Alberta has developed an innovative new way of measuring performance to ensure we continue to provide the best possible education opportunities for all of our students. This accountability framework, called the Accountability Pillar, recognizes and respects the outstanding work seen in our school authorities every day. It ensures school…

The data presented in this combined report--"Rankings & Estimates"--provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. As one might expect in a nation as diverse as the United States--with respect to economics, geography, and politics--the level of commitment to…

The Student Mobility Index is designed to be a highly sensitive statistic of classroom disruption. The idea behind the statistic is that any student entries or exits to and from a classroom during the year, over however many days, contribute to a disruption of instructional continuity and obstacle to institutional organization. This kind of…

The "29th Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 2007" focuses on key state performance data in accordance with recommendations of the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education. Volume 1 focuses on the children and students being served under "IDEA"…

Using evidence from Durham, North Carolina, we examine the impact of school choice programs on racial and class-based segregation across schools. Theoretical considerations suggest that how choice programs affect segregation will depend not only on the family preferences emphasized in the sociology literature but also on the linkages between…

To remain competitive in the international marketplace, the United States will have to recommit to a new era of educational reform. Students must be pushed to reach higher expectations, and the U.S. educational system must find an efficient and centralized mechanism to measure national progress in education reform. This document describes the…

This special report consists of eight tables providing data on student suspensions in the Phoenix (Arizona) Union High School District from the 1975-76 school year through the 1980-81 school year. The first table shows the number of students suspended in each of the district's 13 secondary programs, by grade and student ethnicity. The second and…

The purpose of this paper is to encourage persons concerned with violence and vandalism in schools to take a more critical look at school-crime statistics and reports and their data-gathering methods. It makes two points. First, writings on or about student crime and violence may be misleading because of certain errors in quantifiable data, such…

This report provides an overview of the major program activities for fiscal year 1978 and 1979 of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). It is intended to give readers a clear idea of the structure and functions of NCES and does not present any actual statistical data. The first section summarizes the center's purpose and objectives.…

This report describes the fiscal year 1977-78 program and plans for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). It is intended to give readers a clear idea of the structure and functions of NCES and does not present any actual statistical data. The report consists of three main sections. Section 1, "NCES Policies, Procedures, and…

By the use of figures, tables, and descriptive text, significant facts and relationships are shown regarding school buildings, rooms, pupils, instructional staff members, and noninstructional employees. Information is presented on the following--(1) the relationship of the number of pupils to school plants, rooms, general-use facilities,…

This document is an attempt to bring together in one source a comprehensive statistical picture of public post-secondary two-year institutions in Iowa during the 1972-73 school year. Much of the data in this publication is presented in tables. Brief narratives and charts have also been included to assist in providing the reader with a more easily…

Examines existing data on the frequency and cost of school vandalism and describes a planned national study designed to determine the frequency, nature, and costs of school vandalism and to examine current efforts to reduce vandalism. (JG)

Examines some factors that have hindered development of comparable data on the prevalence of handicaps among school-age children, reviews and evaluates some popular prevalence studies, and discusses the potential value of a national survey of the school-age population recently completed by the National Center for Health Statistics. (Author/JG)

There has been much discussion on the place of statistics in schools. Is it part of mathematics or should it be regarded as a new and separate subject? (RK)