Project data is organized to provide a valid, simplified description of American adolescents which should be of use to guidance personnel. A chapter on educational achievement traits presents an overview of the factor solution for the abilities domain, and describes the compositions of the three factors that represent core achievement traits:…

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) continuously monitors the knowledge, skills, and performance of the nation's children and youth in a variety of academic subjects. Data from the NAEP 1996 Long-Term Trend Science Assessment show mixed results since the first assessment. Scores for all three age groups fell and then rose. Both…

This is one in a series of technical reports presenting summary statistics derived from the University of Washington registrar's office quarterly scholarship lists. Two types of tables are included: first, for each class, the mean cumulative grade-point average, standard deviation, and number of students enrolled in autum, winter, and spring…

Traces development of Danish secondary school during last one hundred years. Notes learning differences and educational achievements between boys and girls. (DS)

National Assessment is a survey of how much U.S. citizens know about and what they are capable of doing in 10 broad subject areas. This pamphlet outlines the types of findings on educational achievement that might be made from the statistical data on knowledge, attitudes, and skills being gathered. Additionally, the report examines social…

This interim report summarizes ongoing research reported from the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia on the relationship between matriculation through the Tertiary Education Entrance Project Series A Test Battery and university performance. In view of the preliminary nature of the findings, the tables are…

Boys (165) and girls (139) in grades 3-6 in an almost entirely Negro Higher Horizons school in New York City were studied to determine the extent to which they differed in their aspiration to white-collar and professional occupations and in their ability to identify these occupations. The children were asked to make a choice among…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS 1963-65 UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE IF RELATIONSHIPS EXISTED BETWEEN THE DEGREE OF SUCCESS IN COLLEGE LEVEL COURSES AND SUCH CORRESPONDENCE STUDENT VARIABLES AS AGE, SEX, ACHIEVEMENT, COMPLETION, WITHDRAWAL, REASON FOR ENROLLING, DISTANCE FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE CENTER, PREVIOUS EDUCATION, AND THE TIME ELAPSED…

This report reviews the most current data on women's progress in mathematics and science achievement, attitudes, course-taking patterns, and college majors. Results of recent studies suggest that many factors such as parental encouragement, teacher preparation, teacher student interactions, curriculum content, hands-on laboratory experiences,…

Analyzes the anomaly of why women continue to seek higher education and excel even though future payoff is poor. Examines four hypotheses: reference-group theory; social powerlessness; belief that barriers to success have been removed; and sex-role socialization. Presents empirical evidence to assess each hypothesis. (SLM)

This report presents detailed statistics for the population of the United States on the field of vocational training, classified by various social and economic characteristics. The statistics are based on the 1970 Census of Population. The introduction contains information relating specifically to this report, including definitions. The tables…

Presents state-level educational statistics on the elderly population for 1960, 1970, and 1975. Describes an economic perspective that incorporates the level of educational attainment as a strategic variable in an explanatory model of social and economic behavior. Presents several tables of state- and national-level educational statistics. (Author)

ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION WAS STUDIED BETWEEN OVER- AND UNDER-ACHIEVING STUDENTS IN THE ELEVENTH-GRADE TO DEVELOP AN OBJECTIVE MEASURE OF MOTIVATION FOR USE IN PREDICTING ACADEMIC SUCCESS OR FAILURE. APPROXIMATELY 800 STUDENTS IN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS WERE SELECTED FOR VALIDATION AND CROSS-VALIDATION SAMPLES. THEY WERE DIVIDED BY SEX AND ACHIEVEMENT.…

Spanish Americans admitted to State and county mental hospitals in the U.S. during 1972 were examined. Purpose was to show if and how they differed from admissions of other ethnic groups in terms of their demographic composition (age, sex, and marital status), their socioeconomic level as measured by educational attainment, their diagnostic…

A National Collegiate Athletic Association report on athletes' graduation rates provides data that can support either side of the debate over academic standards. Rising academic requirements for incoming athletes may cause higher graduation rates, but may also force blacks out of sports in disproportionate numbers. Graduation data for 1987-88 and…