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Apaloo, Francis – Online Submission, 2014
Educators and policymakers are concerned about high student mobility, especially because mobility is associated with negative academic performance outcomes for students in particular and for schools more generally. Furthermore, student mobility may lower educational performance for at-risk and low-performing students compared with peers who remain…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement, School Surveys
Villarreal, Victor – Exceptionality, 2015
This study examined the educational environment placement and educational outcomes of students identified as having an emotional disturbance (ED). The sample was drawn from special education enrollment data for students aged 6-21 years in the 50 states and Washington, DC in 2010. Additional economic and demographic state-level variables were…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Outcomes of Education, Special Needs Students, State Surveys
Beekman, John A.; Ober, David – School Science and Mathematics, 2015
Nine years of results on 4.2 million of Indiana's Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (ISTEP) mathematics (math) exams (grades 3-10) taken after the implementation of No Child Left Behind have been used to determine gender gaps and their associated trends. Sociocultural factors were investigated by comparing math gender gaps and gap…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Gender Differences, Trend Analysis
Hogrebe, Mark C.; Tate, William F. – Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2012
Place matters in moderating variable relationships between algebra performance and educational variables because there are differences on the socioeconomic (SES) poverty-affluence continuum that shape local contexts. This article examines relationships between variables for school district demographic composition, teaching and financial contexts,…
Descriptors: Place of Residence, Poverty, Algebra, Socioeconomic Influences
Weerts, David J.; Ronca, Justin M. – Journal of Higher Education, 2012
This longitudinal study examines factors that explain differences in levels of state appropriations for higher education across states, sectors, and institutions between 1984 and 2004. The study sheds light on the complex relationship between institutional mission, state fiscal health, and state political context in explaining appropriations for…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Longitudinal Studies, Performance Factors, State Aid
State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2013
The State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report is produced annually by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) to broaden understanding of the context and consequences of multiple decisions made every year in each of these areas. No single report can provide definitive answers to such broad and fundamental questions of public…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Income, Public Policy
Martinez-Garcia, Cynthia; Slate, John R. – Current Issues in Education, 2010
We examined the five most recent years of data (2003-2004 through 2007-2008) from the Texas Academic Excellence Indicator System regarding new teachers employed at high school campuses. We specifically focused on the extent to which differences were present between high school campuses with the highest new teacher percentages and high school…
Descriptors: High Schools, Economically Disadvantaged, Minority Groups, Academic Achievement
State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2012
The State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report is produced annually by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) to broaden understanding of the context and consequences of multiple decisions made every year in each of these areas. No single report can provide definitive answers to such broad and fundamental questions of public…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Tax Effort, Income, Educational Finance
Bendixen-Noe, Mary K.; And Others – 1993
The impact of population density on the likelihood of Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) clients becoming economically self-sufficient was examined through a study of 2,647 ADC recipients referred to a total of 8 comprehensive vocational assessment centers (CVACs) for ADC clients that were established in Ohio in 1992. Of the CVACs, two were from each…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Status, Educational Attainment, Employment Level
Narayana, D. – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2005
This study analyses the impact of democratic decentralisation on the chances of socially excluded groups to participate in newly created local governance institutions--Panchayati Raj Institutions--in three Indian states. This institutional reform included a quota for the disadvantaged--women and lower castes--to ensure their effective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Females, Organizational Change
Burson, William W. – 1972
A manual for assessing the effectiveness of an elementary school , taking differences in the school's resources into account, is presented. The Pennsylvania State Board of Education established the Bureau of Educational Quality Assessment which developed a measurement package in Phase I. Field tests were conducted on grade 5 students in 1968 in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Objectives
Herr, Gregory – 1984
A study examined the extent to which formal and informal policies, practices, and activities intended to increase vocational enrollments and completion exist in New Hampshire's high schools. Data were collected from interviews with six vocational staff members at each of five sites, a survey given to administrators at 28 sites, and responses to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Differences, Dropout Characteristics
Steurer, Stephen J.; Smith, Linda; Tracy, Alice – 2001
The impact of correctional education (CE) on inmates' postrelease behavior was examined in a longitudinal study of recidivism in Maryland (which has a medium-sized prison population), Minnesota (which has a small prison population), and Ohio (which has a large prison population). The study sample consisted of 3,170 individuals in the release…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis
Fincher, Cameron – 1983
A study examined the predictive efficiency of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for adult learners in the University System of Georgia (USGA). Also investigated during the study were the effects of variables such as age, sex, and race on the performance of adult learners on the SAT and in college and the relative academic performance of adult…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations
Jensen, Jane; Haleman, Diana; Goldstein, Beth; Anderman, Eric – 2000
The reasons why undereducated individuals choose not to participate in adult education were examined in a comparative, qualitative case study that was conducted in eight nonmetropolitan sites (including the pilot site) in diverse economic regions across Kentucky. Data were collected from the following sources: in-depth interviews with 84 adults…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults, Age Differences