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Warren, John Robert; Saliba, Jim – Educational Researcher, 2012
How many students repeat a grade each year? How do retention rates vary across states and over time? Despite extensive research on the predictors and consequences of grade retention, there is no systematic way to quantify state-level retention rates; even national estimates rely on imperfect proxy measures. We present a conceptually simple…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, School Holding Power, Public Education, National Surveys
State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2012
The State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report is produced annually by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) to broaden understanding of the context and consequences of multiple decisions made every year in each of these areas. No single report can provide definitive answers to such broad and fundamental questions of public…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Tax Effort, Income, Educational Finance
Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Vigdor, Jacob L. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2007
We use data on statewide end-of-course tests in North Carolina to examine the relationship between teacher credentials and student achievement at the high school level. The availability of test scores in multiple subjects for each student permits us to estimate a model with student fixed effects, which helps minimize any bias associated with the…
Descriptors: Credentials, High Schools, Academic Achievement, Teacher Distribution
Hertzog, James F., Comp; Seiverling, Richard F., Ed. – 1977
This manual is designed to aid school administrators and other staff members in interpreting and understanding the Educational Quality Assessment Inventory for Pennsylvania elementary and secondary schools. This volume is keyed to intermediate schools, with a sample status profile for the eighth grade. The statistical data in these profiles are…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Hertzog, James F., Comp.; Seiverling, Richard F., Ed. – 1977
This manual is designed to aid school administrators and other staff members in interpreting and understanding the Educational Quality Assessment Inventory for Pennsylvania elementary and secondary schools. This volume is keyed to elementary schools, with a sample status profile for the fifth grade. The statistical data in these profiles are…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Quality, Elementary Schools
Hertzog, James F., Comp.; Seiverling, Richard F., Ed. – 1977
This manual is designed to aid school administrators and other staff members in interpreting and understanding the Educational Quality Assessment Inventory for Pennsylvania elementary and secondary schools. This volume is keyed to secondary schools, with a sample status profile for the eleventh grade. The statistical data in these profiles are…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Masters, Ruth E. – 1977
The way in which the academic community perceives the pedagogic behaviors associated with women's effective teaching at the college level can have widespread ramifications for women who hope for careers in postsecondary education. One of the major purposes of this investigation was to compare how faculty in masculinely- and femininely-stereotyped…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Engineering Education, Females, Higher Education
Liu, Ben-Chieh; And Others – 1973
Growing attention to the social, economic, political, and environmental health of the nation has precipitated a serarch for indicators other than material wealth which adequately reflect the quality of life in the United States and the well-being of its citizens. Nine indicators (Individual Status, Individual Equality, Living Conditions,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors, Educational Background, Environmental Research