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Privacy Technical Assistance Center, 2018
The administration of college admissions examinations by SEAs [state education agencies] and LEAs [local education agencies] raises potential legal issues under FERPA [Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974], IDEA [Individuals with Disabilities Education Act], PPRA [Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment], and state privacy laws, and…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Technical Assistance, Privacy, State Departments of Education
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Hunter, Gerald P.; Williamson, Stephanie; Wilks, Asa; Hanley, Janet M.; Stecher, Brian M. – RAND Corporation, 2020
The Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching initiative, which was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was a multiyear effort to improve student outcomes--particularly high school graduation and college attendance among low-income minority students--by increasing student access to effective teaching. The RAND Corporation worked…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Use, Instructional Effectiveness, Teacher Effectiveness
Wiggins, Afi Y.; Stelling, Laura – Online Submission, 2015
This supplemental report provides technical documentation for the full report (published separately) concerning the 63% of AISD's Class of 2013 graduates who enrolled in a postsecondary institution the year after high school, and 74% of Class of 2012 graduates persisted in college for a second year. [For the full report, see ED626498.]
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Attendance, Enrollment Trends, High School Graduates
Rampell, Catherine – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article reports that several colleges and universities like Purdue University are mining data they have about students to try to improve retention. The institutions analyze years' worth of data on which students did well and which did poorly, and what variables--whether they be SAT scores, financial-aid status, or attendance at the dining…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, School Holding Power, Computer Mediated Communication, Academic Achievement
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2006
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) "Saving Futures, Saving Dollars": Five Percent Increase in Male Graduation Rate Could Lead to Savings of $8…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Graduation, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries