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Baer, Justin; Baldi, Stephane; Ayotte, Kaylin; Green, Patricia J. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2007
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is an assessment of the reading comprehension of students in their fourth year of schooling, measuring student performance on a combined reading literacy scale and on a literary subscale and informational subscale. PIRLS is conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, International Studies, Reading Achievement, Family Environment
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Nielsen, Francois; Fernandez, Roberto M. – National Center for Education Statistics, 1981
The data and analyses presented in this report are from the first (1980) wave of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) study, "High School and Beyond," a longitudinal study of U.S. high school seniors and sophomores. This study was conducted for NCES by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, High School Students, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement
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Huang, Gary; Taddese, Nebiyu; Walter, Elizabeth – National Center for Education Statistics, 2000
This study examines the gaps related to gender and race/ethnicity in entrance, persistence, and attainment of postsecondary science and engineering (S&E) education. After reviewing selected prior research and examining potentially relevant variables in two National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) surveys, several variables were selected…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, College Science, Minority Group Students, Womens Education