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Weber, Jennifer – North Dakota University System, 2016
This 2016 Enrollment Report was prepared for the State Board of Higher Education by the North Dakota University System (NDUS). Enrollment trends highlighted herein include a one-year comparison for two-year institutions, four-year institutions, and system wide. Trends over the last five years and the last ten years are also described. For example,…
Descriptors: State Universities, Annual Reports, Enrollment Trends, Institutional Characteristics
Jennings, Jennifer L.; Deming, David; Jencks, Christopher; Lopuch, Maya; Schueler, Beth E. – Sociology of Education, 2015
Do schools reduce or perpetuate inequality by race and family income? Most studies conclude that schools play only a small role in explaining socioeconomic and racial disparities in educational outcomes, but they usually draw this conclusion based solely on test scores. We reconsider this finding using longitudinal data on test scores and…
Descriptors: School Statistics, Educational Quality, Evidence, Educational Opportunities
Cogan, Leland; Schmidt, William; Houang, Richard – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2013
Beginning in the spring of 2011 the Center for the Study of Curriculum at Michigan State University conducted a survey of school district curriculum directors/supervisors in the 41 states that had officially adopted the new Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM). The Center's goal was to provide baseline information to inform and…
Descriptors: State Standards, Mathematics Education, Program Implementation, Comparative Analysis
Armstrong, John; Zaback, Katie – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2014
This report analyzes college completion metrics for the Appalachian Region, compares outcomes of students attending campuses in the Region with those of students attending campuses outside the Region, and offers insight about major stumbling blocks to college progression and completion for students in Appalachia.
Descriptors: College Graduates, Graduation Rate, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Programs
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2015
The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)-State Data Exchange is a one-of-a-kind regional program with 23 statewide higher education governing and coordinating board partners. The Data Exchange annually collects, compiles, and publishes: (1) the most current and detailed comparative statistics on postsecondary education in the 16 SREB states;…
Descriptors: Consortia, Clearinghouses, Regional Programs, Data Collection
Crissey, Sarah R.; Bauman, Kurt J. – US Census Bureau, 2012
The Census Bureau has historically grouped high school diploma holders along with those who hold "high school equivalent" credentials. Among these is the credential earned through successfully passing the General Education Development (GED) test. Interest in identifying those with GEDs has recently increased, in part from debate within…
Descriptors: Credentials, High Schools, Educational Attainment, Census Figures
Group of Eight (NJ1), 2011
This briefing examines government and private funding across educational sectors. Key findings include: (1) Differences in funding for public and private education across the sectors: (a) do not reflect policy coherence; and (b) entrench inequities; (2) All sectors receive funding from both public and private sources, though the shares vary.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Private Education, Financial Support, Private Schools
Radó, Péter – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2011
The paper aims to contribute to the assessment of the contextual relevance of various educational policies through an analysis of three aspects of the performance profiles of European countries: participation, the quality of learning outcomes and the equity of learning outcomes. Comparative analysis of international student achievement assessment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Participation, Educational Quality

Brookes, B. C. – Journal of Documentation, 1981
Argues that the application of Bradford's original formulation to Leimkuhler's choice of bibliographic citations more closely fits the statistical data than does his own. Operational research techniques are assailed as inadequate and wasteful to the needs and purposes of the social sciences. Six references are provided. (RAA)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Citations (References), Comparative Analysis, Mathematical Formulas
Morrisson, Christian; Murtin, Fabrice – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2009
Global economic transformations have never been as dramatic as in the twentieth century. Most countries have experienced radical changes in the standards of income per capita, technology, fertility, mortality, income inequality and the extent of democracy in the course of the past century. It is the goal of many disciplines--economics, history,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Attainment, Demography, Global Approach

Liew, Chong K.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1985
Introduces two data distortion methods (Frequency-Imposed Distortion, Frequency-Imposed Probability Distortion) and uses a Monte Carlo study to compare their performance with that of other distortion methods (Point Distortion, Probability Distortion). Indications that data generated by these two methods produce accurate statistics and protect…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Data Processing, Monte Carlo Methods

Bryan, Elizabeth H. – Mathematics Teacher, 1988
This set of activity sheets requires students to organize and display data with a box-and-whiskers graph. Students use the plot as a summary display to detect patterns and to highlight the important features of the data for purposes of comparison. (PK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Comparative Analysis, Data, Data Analysis
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
For the school year 1923-24 reports were received from 913 universities, colleges, and professional schools. Of this number 144 are under public control and 769 under private control; 150 are independent professional schools. There are 165 schools of theology, 124 schools of law, 80 schools of medicine, 43 schools of dentistry, 63 schools of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Statistical Data, Statistical Distributions, Universities