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Hemphill, Annie – Center for Public Education, 2018
In an international benchmark survey of high school students, the U.S. consistently scores in the middle of the pack compared to many western European and eastern Asian countries. Finland has been among the top performers dating back to 2000. The country's performance led many in the U.S. to ask, what is Finland doing that is leading to high…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers
National Science Foundation, 2018
"Science and Engineering Indicators" ("Indicators") is a biennial congressionally mandated report that provides high-quality quantitative information on the U.S. and international science and engineering enterprise. The report employs a variety of presentation styles--such as narrative text, data tables and figures--to make the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Engineering Education, Educational Indicators, Information Sources
National Science Foundation, 2014
The "Science and Engineering Indicators" series was designed to provide a broad base of quantitative information about U.S. science, engineering, and technology for use by policymakers, researchers, and the general public. "Science and Engineering Indicators 2014" contains analyses of key aspects of the scope, quality, and…
Descriptors: Sciences, Engineering, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education
UNICEF, 2012
Teacher absenteeism is a global phenomenon. It is recognised in numerous studies and policy documents as one of the most critical causes of children's impaired learning and moral growth, and as a barrier to national and international development goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and Education For All (EFA). This research is the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attendance, Employee Absenteeism, Elementary School Teachers
Human Resources and Social Development Canada, 2008
In 2007, Human Resources and Social Development Canada commissioned Environics Research Group Limited to conduct a public opinion survey on labour market issues among 3,000 adult Canadians. The objective of the public opinion survey was to better understand the perceptions of Canadians regarding labour market challenges and opportunities in order…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Surveys, Adults, Attitudes
Taylor, Paul, Ed. – Pew Research Center, 2010
Social institutions that have been around for thousands of years generally change slowly, when they change at all. But that's not the way things have been playing out with marriage and family since the middle of the 20th Century. Some scholars argue that in the past five decades, the basic architecture of these age-old institutions has changed as…
Descriptors: Marriage, Family Structure, Census Figures, Trend Analysis
National Science Foundation, 2010
The Science Indicators series was designed to provide a broad base of quantitative information about U.S. science, engineering, and technology for use by policymakers, researchers, and the general public. "Science and Engineering Indicators 2010" contains analyses of key aspects of the scope, quality, and vitality of the Nation's science…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Science Education, Engineering Education, Competition
Alberta Education, 2008
Alberta Education conducts a set of annual telephone surveys to obtain feedback from education system stakeholders regarding their perceptions of Alberta's education system. Respondents for the survey include senior high school students, parents of children in the K-12 education system, parents of children with severe special needs, teachers in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Telephone Surveys, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Alberta Education, 2008
In the spring of 2000, Alberta Education (previously Alberta Learning) appointed the Review Committee on Outcomes (RCO) to consult with Albertans to find out what they expected from the K-12 education system and how these expectations are being met. This report presents the main findings of the 2008 Satisfaction with Education in Alberta Surveys…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Objectives, Telephone Surveys, Foreign Countries
Canadian Education Association, Toronto (Ontario). – 1984
This report presents tables summarizing 2,109 Canadians' reported opinions on education from a 1984 survey conducted by the Canadian Gallup Poll under the direction of the Canadian Education Association. Data are included for Canada as a whole and are also broken down by region; by the respondents' age, sex, education, income, occupation, mother…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Governance, National Surveys
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, 2004
Between August and September 2004, EKOS Research Associates conducted the first round of a study entitled, Rethinking Science and Society. The aim of this study is to assess Canadians' attitudes toward science and research, particularly since research and innovation policies have become increasingly important for the federal government. The…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Federal Government, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Criterion Research Corp., Edmonton (Alberta). – 2001
In February 2001, a survey was conducted to determine satisfaction of stakeholders in Alberta's learning system. Telephone interviews were held with random samples of: parents, high school students, parents of children with severe special needs, parents of students with mild or moderate special needs, the general public, adult learners, and school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Educational Experience, Elementary Secondary Education
McNair Anderson Associates Pty., Ltd., (Australia). – 1985
The public reaction to the proposal that the Australian government should reintroduce fees for tertiary education was surveyed in 1985. The influence of the proposal on the way people would vote in a federal election was also investigated. The fee would be between $900 and $1,500 per year for full-time tertiary education. As part of a McNair…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Educational Policy, Fees, Foreign Countries
Mercer, B. Jill – 1980
A three-phase study was conducted in Alberta, Canada, to determine factors influencing reading achievement and specifically to assess the effects of television viewing on reading achievement. In the first phase, 453 people responded to a survey regarding which factors they felt were important in influencing reading achievement. It was concluded…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Failure, Foreign Countries, Public Opinion
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Suda, Zdenek – European Journal of Education, 1979
The problem of overqualification is related to the educational aspirations in a comparative cross-national study using data collected in opinion surveys in four European countries (Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, and Poland) and the United States. (JMF)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Economic Factors
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