The Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment of the New York City public schools annually evaluates the AIDP English Instructional Services (EIS) program in reading and writing. Tests already in place in the High School Testing program are used as evaluation instruments. Program objectives include normal curve equivalent (NCE) gains of at…

The Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment of the New York City Public Schools annually evaluates the PCEN English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program. Tests already in place in the High School Testing program are used as evaluation instruments. Objectives are that at least 50 percent of program participants will show a positive difference…

Focusing on the period from 1990 to 1992, this articulation report provides information on students enrolled in Florida's State University System (SUS) who, prior to enrolling in their respective universities, attended one of Florida's 28 public community colleges. Following an overview of articulation in Florida, a series of 15 tables are…

Basic descriptive information is provided about the 100 largest school districts in the United States and its outlying areas during the 1990-91 school year. The 100 largest public school districts, representing fewer than 1 percent of all school districts, were responsible for educating 23 percent of all public school students. Characteristics…

This document is a compendium of reports prepared for presentation to each of North Carolina's 134 local school systems by the State Board of Education. Each report summarizes student performance in the system for 1989-90 in table and graph form and permits a comparison with student performance in preceding years. These reports satisfy a state…

This statistical report discerns and analyzes financial trends in Catholic secondary schools. The report is based on a randomly selected and stratified (by region and size) sample of 222 responding schools out of an initial sample of 500 schools. Characteristics examined include the grade composition, near-term plans, gender compositions,…

This is the second in a series of early estimates for private elementary and secondary education in the United States reported by the National Center for Education Statistics. These estimates are key statistics reported early in the school year and include the numbers of teachers and students in private elementary and secondary schools and the…

This report of statewide enrollments in Connecticut public schools based on enrollments through October 1988 includes projections for: (1) elementary; (2) middle/junior high; (3) high; (4) kindergarten, grade 8, and grade 12; and (5) racial/ethnic groups. Information on the following background factors are also included: (1) births; (2) high…

This statistical factbook provides information on student demographics, employees, budget, organization, graduates, programs, enrollments, grants, and the foundation on Catonsville Community College (CCC). An additional section provides parallel information on Carroll Community College where available. The first section focuses on college data,…

Data on student enrollments in the 17 regional community colleges and state technical colleges in Connecticut are provided for fall 1989 and spring 1990. Introductory material highlights the following findings: (1) the combined community-technical colleges are the largest unit of undergraduate higher education in Connecticut, serving 48% of all…

Data are presented to allow comparisons of school districts on various characteristics that result from, or are closely connected with, education in South Carolina. This document presents 115 tables of ranked characteristics related to public education in South Carolina. The characteristics are arranged alphabetically by the 91 school district or…

This statistical factbook provides information on student demographics, employees, budget, organization, graduates, programs, enrollments, grants, and the foundation on Catonsville Community College (CCC) in Maryland. An additional section provides parallel information on Carroll Community College (Maryland) where available. The first section…

Intended to inform the governing board, administration, faculty and staff about the general characteristics of students served by Southwestern College (SWC), this annual student profile examines a number of demographic and educational characteristics of fall 1990 students. First, introductory sections provide an overview of demographic and…

This three-part document provides strategies for evaluating the impact of a province-wide testing program in Ontario (Canada) and reviews the literature on the impact of testing. Part One identifies the effects of province-wide examinations for selected high school courses and proposes four studies to monitor these effects: (1) an analysis of data…

This report provides data on hourly wage rates and annual salaries paid in 1987-88 by responding public school systems to personnel employed in 10 selected support positions. The questionnaire was mailed to 1,728 of the approximately 11,307 public school systems in the United States enrolling 300 or more pupils. Of the 169 school systems with…