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Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Kourotchkina, Anna – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
Distance education in the present Russian Federation and former Soviet Union has a long tradition that prevails to this day. The majority of students in Russia are enrolled in distance learning programs. The numbers indicate the existence of a well-established system for distance education, of which little is known in Western literature. A review…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Statistical Data, Educational Development
ACT, Inc., 2015
Since 1959, ACT has collected and reported data on students' academic readiness for college. As a trusted, nonprofit leader in research on college and career readiness, ACT is committed to continuing efforts to provide data and information to help solve the daunting problems faced by our nation. This report is part of a series of reports that…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Middle School Students, Progress Monitoring, Benchmarking
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Tursz, Anne; Crost, Monique; Gerbouin-Rerolle, Pascale; Cook, Jon M. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objectives: Test the hypothesis of an underestimation of infant homicides in mortality statistics in France; identify its causes; examine data from the judicial system and their contribution in correcting this underestimation. Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional study was carried out in 26 courts in three regions of France of cases of infant…
Descriptors: Homicide, Child Abuse, Physicians, Courts
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Mitchell, Douglas E.; Batie, Michael; Mitchell, Ross E. – Urban Education, 2010
This article examines a half century of housing and school segregation data in two large California school districts. Based on a review of both the methods and the substantive data available tracking the relationship between school and housing integration, the study reported here shows that very substantial school-level integration in these two…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, School Segregation, Housing, Urban Areas
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Mahony, Pat; Hextall, Ian; Menter, Ian – Gender and Education, 2004
The paper reports on aspects of an ESRC project, "The impact of Performance 'Threshold Assessment' on teachers' work" (ESRC R000239286). The paper begins by explaining the nature and technology of "Threshold Assessment," and its location nationally within the performance management system recently introduced into schools in England. We review the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Data, Management Systems, School Districts
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Jacklin, Angela; Robinson, Carol; Torrance, Harry – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2006
There are now higher than ever numbers of children in public care in the developed world and increasing concerns across Europe to examine the differences in policies and practices and their impact on childrens lives. The small-scale research reported in this paper was commissioned by an agency in the UK concerned with addressing the challenge of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Confidentiality, Social Work, School Districts