This report presents the 2011 Montana Youth Risk Behavior Survey high school student frequency distributions for students with disabilities. These frequency distributions are based upon surveys with 1,672 high school students with disabilities in Montana during February of 2011. Frequency distributions may not total 1,672 due to nonresponse and…

This pilot study, which tests an instrument and a procedure for investigating the 16mm film resources network for the public libraries of New Jersey, presents data from a stratified sample of libraries to examine use patterns and scale, as well as the various mechanisms used to make the films available to the public. Where possible, costs and…

This report describes a pilot project to develop a Cooperative System for Public Library Data Collection, which would enable the Center for Education Statistics (CES) of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement to issue national statistical reports on public libraries by using data collected by state library agencies in their annual…

The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes toward collective bargaining of teachers, principals, central office staff, and superintendents employed by Tennessee's public school systems. A 10-item opinionnaire was completed by personnel in 160 Tennessee schools. The results of this attitude questionnaire indicated that, as a whole,…

Since 1993 The Oregon University System has gathered information about the college enrollment characteristics of its graduates in order to understand the college choices and behavior of Oregon's high school graduates. It sought to identify the proportion of the graduating class that went on to a postsecondary school, the type of college students…

In October 1984 the Illinois Association of School Boards mailed four-part questionnaires concerning collective bargaining and salaries to superintendents in 940 of the 1,006 school districts in Illinois. This report arranges the data from the 582 responses into tables providing information concerning four broad subjects: the current status of…

A random sample of 600 telephone subscribers was surveyed to determine Arkansas citizen attitude on higher education. Sections of this report present general findings on public attitudes, attitudes on higher education, and demographic and geographic variations in response. Findings reveal that Arkansans seemed convinced generally that colleges and…

The increased number of nontraditional students in Ohio and a growing awareness of their needs have led to the recognition that developmental programs attempt to improve attitudes and skills for their own merit and are not necessarily remedial preparation for other courses. First used in the 1890's to narrow educational differences between…

Information on public elementary schools and secondary schools is presented for the 1989-90 school year and the 1989 fiscal year. Statistics are based on data collected via two of the four surveys of the Common Core of Data conducted annually by the National Center for Education Statistics and provided by state education agencies from their…

A survey of all 1978 occupational program graduates of Illinois Community Colleges was conducted during January and February 1979 to determine: (1) graduate employment status, placement rates, and salaries; (2) job location; (3) job satisfaction; (4) graduates' evaluation of community colleges; (5) degree of graduates' success in achieving…

A total of 2,782 nonreturning occupational and transfer students responded to a series of surveys conducted by 13 Texas community colleges during fall 1977 as part of the Tex-SIS (Student Information System) Follow-up System. Information on college majors, educational goals, reasons for not re-enrolling, satisfaction with college experience,…

During Fall 1977, a questionnaire was mailed to 8,455 first-year graduates of 26 Texas community colleges. Responses were received from 4,838 graduates (57%). Following a section presenting survey highlights in 25 graphs, the survey report presents aggregate statewide questionnaire responses expressed as numbers and percentages. Respondents are…

This report contains the results of a pilot survey of employer satisfaction with Connecticut's public college graduates from the class of 2003 conducted by the Department of Higher Education (DHE) in the spring of 2005. The project was part of a four-state project entitled, "Defining Best Practices for Responsible Accountability Models in…