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Ponessa, Joan M. – Public Affairs Focus, 1990
Despite statewide standards, the accuracy of statistical data on dropouts reported by New Jersey schools appears to vary considerably from district to district. Moreover, statewide dropout rates differ significantly depending on the method of calculation used. Several different methodologies, which incorporate unverified information collected from…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Elementary Secondary Education, School Statistics
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Edyburn, Dave – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2001
This article profiles 20 Web sites that can assist practitioners and researchers in locating statistics and resources on special education demographics. Web sites are divided into the following sections: authoritative reports regarding disabilities, federally funded centers on disability statistics, brief reports, specialized search tools, and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Retrieval, Postsecondary Education
Glass, Gene V.; Smith, Mary Lee – 1978
The first in a series of reports by the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, this report demonstrates the positive relationship between reduced class size and pupil achievement. The researchers collected about 80 studies that yielded over 700 comparisons of the achievement of smaller and larger classes. The results showed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Charts, Class Size
Dorfman, William – 1974
The National Center for Education Statistics was established to develop and provide comprehensive statistics about education in the United States. Conducting and publishing specialized analyses, reviewing and reporting of educational activities in foreign countries, and providing assistance to State and local education agencies in improving their…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Foreign Languages Education. – 1979
This report gives information on language enrollments in New York State for the years 1968 through 1979. The statistical tables provide the following information: (1) the percentage of the New York State public school population enrolled in foreign language study in grades 7, 8, and 9-12; (2) enrollment data for FLES, grade 7, grade 8, levels…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends