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Slanker, Barbara O. – 1976
In 1975 the American Library Association (ALA) prepared and distributed nationally lists of materials for younger readers and adults to stimulate interest in the America Issues Forum. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the distribution system and quality of the lists. Questionnaires were adapted for random samples of school,…
Descriptors: American Culture, Annotated Bibliographies, Data Collection, Libraries

Plisko, Valena White; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1986
This study evaluates 35 federal and privately sponsored databases that report national education statistics in terms of their potential for informing policy deliberations. It argues that for all the national data collected, information is lacking on several major concerns, is often inadequate statistically, and is sometimes contradictory. Various…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education

Graettinger, John S. – Journal of Medical Education, 1979
Statistical information concerning medical students who participated in the National Resident Matching Program in 1979 is provided. The information includes data on United States students, North American graduates, foreign graduates, and numbers of specialty positions offered and applicants matched. (JMD)
Descriptors: Competitive Selection, Educational Demand, Educational Supply, Foreign Students
Riley, Lawrence E., Ed.; Nagi, Saad Z., Ed. – 1970
The data are intended to offer a comprehensive picture of disability and rehabilitation in the United States. Provided are a selection of existing statistics on the prevalence and distributions of disability and the programs, organizations, and occupations concerned with the disabled and their rehabilitation. Also included is an account of…
Descriptors: Agencies, Disabilities, Facilities, Federal Aid
Gentile, Augustine – 1968
A method for collecting and disseminating information on hearing handicapped children was developed, and the availability of recorded information on both the incidence and development of hearing impaired children was determined. Detailed information was collected on 4,300 of the estimated 6,755 hearing impaired students enrolled in schools,…
Descriptors: Achievement, Communication Skills, Demography, Exceptional Child Research
Levine, Daniel B., Ed. – 1986
At the request of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement, the Panel to Evaluate the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) was established in 1985 by the National Academy of Sciences. This report culminates an extensive two-year study of NCES and reflects the panel's broad view of the center's…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Gill, Clark C. – 1969
This report is divided into 11 chapters which describe the various elements of education in Mexico; additional chapters present the physical and social setting and a summary of the authors conclusions. Tables, primarily 1964 figures, and references illustrate and append the text. Highlighted in the discussions are: 1) the closely linked…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Administration
Davis, Celestine, Ed.; Sonnenberg, Bill, Ed. – 1993
This is the third periodic report on the programs and plans of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The challenge facing the NCES is to collect and analyze data that track the growth and change in educational experience in the United States. Current programs toward this goal, future plans, and major publications of the NCES are…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Databases, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
Rock, Donald A.; And Others – 1991
Sixty tables are presented, which examine the test achievement of a national probability sample of eighth graders in public and private schools. Statistics were obtained from the base-year student survey of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). The NELS:88 monitors the transition of a national sample of young adults as they…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Effect Size, Grade 8, Institutional Characteristics
Straka, Gerald A. – 1984
Beginning with an overview of the development of the country's educational policy since the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, this paper provides an information survey on the current state of education in the People's Republic of China. After brief sections on the relations between Chinese society and the educational system and current trends in the…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Development, Educational History
National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education, Washington, DC. – 1975
The National Advisory Council's annual report focuses on the dramatically increasing numbers of adult Americans who are continuing their education on a part-time basis; in this regard, the council recommends the adoption of a national statement of policy reaffirming the need for lifelong learning opportunities for all citizens. In support of this…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Advisory Committees
National Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1976
The papers contained in this special report were written as background material for three conferences sponsored on behalf of the National Commission for Manpower Policy. (Information on the proceedings of the conferences can be found in a related document, ED 138 763.) The papers, by titles, included here are as follows: "Defining the…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Economic Change, Economic Development, Employment