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Download full textBureau of the Census (DOC), Washington, DC. Data User Services Div. – 1983
This report provides technical documentation associated with a 1980 Census of Population and Housing Summary Tape File (STF) 3F--which contains responses to the extended questionnaire summarized in STF 3, aggregated by school district. The file contains sample data inflated to represent the total population, 100% counts, and unweighted sample…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Databases, Demography, Educational Background
Lane, Martha A.; And Others – 1984
This effectiveness review of the California Literacy Campaign (CLC), a program designed to significantly reduce the number of functionally illiterate adults in California, was submitted to the California State Library for consideration of continuation of state funding beyond 1984-85. The review includes an analysis of existing data (state library…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Educational Assessment, Library Services, Literacy Education
David, Jane L. – 1981
After a brief introduction indicating the value of the first Follow Through evaluation, this document offers ideas about how a new wave of Follow Through approaches should be evaluated. The discussion is based on the premise that the form of an evaluation must be derived from the questions for which answers are sought, the audience(s) to whom the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Context Effect, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Harnisch, Delwyn L. – 1983
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the item characteristics of the General Educational Development Tests (GED) for specific subgroups of students. The method employed was the approach suggested by Linn and Harnisch in which the three-parameter logistic model is used for detecting interactions between item content and group…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Item Analysis
Baker, Eva L.; And Others – 1985
This is a final report of support received through the National Institute of Education (NIE) to assist in research on the writing ability of United States children. The study began under the auspices of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) in order to contribute to a cross national assessment of…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Hypothesis Testing
Forster, Fred – 1987
Studies carried out over a 12-year period addressed fundamental questions on the use of Rasch-based item banks. Large field tests administered in grades 3-8 of reading, mathematics, and science items, as well as standardized test results were used to explore the possible effects of many factors on item calibrations. In general, the results…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Item Analysis
Clegg, Margarette; Tippett, Candace, Ed. – 1982
In early 1982, a survey of the educational needs of adult residents of Watauga County was conducted by Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute (CCC&TI). The study sought to assess respondents' needs for additional curriculum programs, non-credit programs, educational services, general interest courses, and home courses by cablevision.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Education, Cable Television, Community Attitudes
Milwaukee Area Technical Coll., WI. Dept. of Research, Planning, and Development. – 1985
Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) initiated summer evening classes during summer 1985. In June 1985, a study was conducted to evaluate the functions, services, and facilities of the summer school and to develop a profile of MATC summer students. A random sample of 1,609 (38.5%) of the 4,183 students enrolled in summer 1985 were surveyed…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Day Students, Evening Students, Participant Satisfaction
Nandakumar, Ratna – 1984
Heckman's correction for regression in selected samples for predictive validity studies was applied to a large data file on 7,984 law school applicants. Data included ethnic group, sex, socioeconomic status, undergraduate degree, school, scores on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), writing ability, undergraduate grade point average, and age.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Error of Measurement, Grade Prediction
Vanecko, James J.; And Others – 1976
This report presents the analytic plan for a study of demonstration Title I projects. The study is to be one of distributional equity: what kinds of instructional services are received by what kinds of students. It is mandated by the United States Congress and will provide the basic analysis for possible modifications in the Elementary and…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Research
Hicks, Marilyn M. – 1984
Six methods of equating Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) test scores for samples consisting of the usual groups of examinees and groups controlled for native language representation were evaluated in terms of scale stability. The equating methods included three item response theory (IRT) variants (fixed b's scaling, a one-parameter…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Equated Scores
Collins, Elmer F.; Bailey, J. P. Jr. – 1975
The field survey procedures employed and the response rates obtained in the First Follow-Up Survey of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) are described. The first step in data collection for First Follow-Up involved an extensive tracing operation to update name and address files. A newsletter was mailed out to…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Followup Studies
Westat Research, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1977
Approaches to sampling are suggested for use by states in reporting more effectively on the completers and leavers in vocational education programs. Following an introductory chapter, six others outline the proposed plan for followup studies. Chapter 2, a task outline for a proposed ongoing sampling survey, divides the first three of the followup…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Dropout Research
Granville, Arthur C.; And Others – 1976
This executive summary presents the major findings of Interim Report III, which reports preliminary evaluation of Project Developmental Continuity (PDC). A Head Start demonstration program, PDC is aimed at promoting greater educational and developmental continuity as children make the transition from preschool to school. The report addresses three…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Data Collection, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education
Ladd, Everett Carll, Jr.; And Others – 1978
The development and data validation of the 1977 Ladd-Lipset national survey of the American professoriate are described. The respondents were selected from a random sample of colleges and universities and from a random sample of individual faculty members from the universities. The 158 institutions in the 1977 survey were selected from 2,406…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
