Policymakers aiming to close the well-documented achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students have increasingly turned their attention to issues of teacher quality. A number of studies have demonstrated that teachers are inequitably distributed across student subgroups by input measures like experience and qualifications, as well…

The document presents, in table form, data on the pre-center characteristics of 46 student families in the Mountain-Plains program in September and October 1974. The characteristics include: family demography, racial origin, educational level, previous training, average number and length of jobs, employment status, salaries and income, welfare and…

This report summarizes the characteristics of the students participating in the Social Learning Curriculum. The information on these educable mentally retarded students includes: sex, age, IQ, tests upon which intelligence estimates are based, year of test administration, physical or emotional handicaps, and the number of children considered…

This report presents data on the 1991-92 activities of New York State institutions regarding minority and disadvantaged student programs, enrollment, student financial aid, and expenditures. Sections report on Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) student profiles and eligibility, descriptions of campus programs, data on student achievement,…

The annual report contains a narrative description of New York State's accomplishments in terms of the objectives of the fiscal year 1974 State Plan for the Administration of Occupational Education under the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968, as well as important statistical information concerning the status of occupational education in the…

A study examined the outcomes attained by 389 indigenous students who completed programs at the 4 largest Aboriginal community-controlled adult education colleges in the 9-member Federation of Independent Aboriginal Education Providers (FIAEP). The survey, which elicited a 57% response rate, established that, although a very large percentage of…