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Kramer, Steven L.; Osgood, Jeffery; Bernotsky, Lorraine; Wolff, Edward; Merlino, F. Joseph; Garcia, Tanya I.; Kramer, Helen M. – Educational Policy, 2016
This article investigates the utility and availability of college data to evaluate the impact of high school interventions. It reports results of a pilot study that collected information about the college experiences of graduates from four high schools in the northeast United States. Using these results as a lens, the article examines what…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, State Policy, College Readiness, Intervention
Pinkus, Lyndsay – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2006
Graduation rates are a fundamental indicator of whether or not the nation's public school system is doing what it is intended and funded to do: enroll, engage, and educate youth to be productive members of society. Graduation rates are not just a "bottom line" for schools--they are critical predictors of individual achievement and have undeniable…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Educational Indicators, Predictive Measurement, Educational Attainment
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Human Resource Research. – 1993
This handbook introduces the reader to the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) research project and the various data sets that comprise the NLS. It is designed to assist readers in making an informed decision on whether the NLS is an appropriate data source for their research needs and to provide additional resources for those who desire more…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Planning, Data Collection, Databases
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Human Resource Research. – 1993
This annotated bibliography is designed as a companion to the comprehensive NLS (National Longitudinal Surveys) Annotated Bibliography 1968-1989. It contains two sets of entries: approximately 250 entries of newly found NLS-based journal articles, working papers, and dissertations as well as updated titles, citations, and abstracts for entries…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Planning, Data Collection
Smith, M. Cecil; Sheehan-Holt, Janet K. – 2000
A study focused on researchers' use of the English-Language Background Questionnaire (EBQ) portion of the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS), the results of which were released in 1993. Data were gathered by surveying NALS data users about how they have used the EBQ data, their perspectives on the strengths and weaknesses of the EBQ, and their…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Citizen Participation, Content Analysis
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Human Resource Research. – 1993
This practical manual is designed as a guide for those working with one or more of the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) data sets. Section 1 is a discussion of the sample design, sampling methodology, and field procedures used during the surveys of each NLS cohort. Weighting, sample representativeness, and attrition are discussed, and a series…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Planning, Data Collection, Data Interpretation