This paper focuses on interpreting the major conceptual features of California's Academic Performance Index (API) as a coherent set of statistical procedures. To facilitate a characterization of its statistical properties, the paper casts the index as a simple weighted average of the subjective worth of students' normative performance and presents…

The Core Data Collection System of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is an automated collection system with interactive edits that runs on IBM-compatible microcomputers. The data collected include information about school districts, schools, school programs, and student characteristics and achievement. This manual…

This document contains statistics that describe the University of Alaska (UA) Statewide System of higher education, which encompasses 4-year institutions and community and 2-year colleges. UA consists of four major administrative units: UA Statewide, UA Anchorage, UA Fairbanks, and UA Southeast. A brief profile is provided of each unit. The…

This document provides statistics that describe the University of Alaska (UA) statewide system of higher education, which encompasses 4-year institutions and community and 2-year colleges. The student profile information includes: (1) headcount by campus, gender and ethnicity; (2) part-time/full-time student enrollment; (3) non-credit student…

This document presents key institutional facts and figures for the 2001-2002 academic year. Information outlined in the report includes: (1) fall enrollment history from 1977-2001; (2) student characteristics; (3) full-time and part-time enrollments; (4) demographic data on incoming students; (5) enrollment by program of study; (6) degrees and…

Past trends and projected future changes in the composition of enrollment across levels of education and regions of the country, as well as between public and private schools, indicate the amount of resources the nation's schools will require. This report issued by the National Center for Education Statistics indicates that total (public and…

This document contains tables that summarize data about the attendance of students in Maryland's public schools in 1997-1998. In 1997-1998, Maryland has an average daily attendance of 93.7% with an average daily membership of 828,477.3 students and a statewide dropout rate of 4.05%. Tables provide detailed information in the following categories:…

This booklet contains a sampling of charts taken from "The Condition of Education 1999." It features graphs on trends in science performance of white and black 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds; mathematics performance of 4th-, 8th-, and 12th-grade students; international comparisons of student performance in mathematics and science; reading…

Following an introduction, Volume 1 of this year's annual report from the Commissioner of Education contains the first of three parts. Part I includes chapters on: statistics of state common school systems; secondary education in New Zealand; education in France; educational systems of England and Scotland, and operations for 1890-'91; provision…

Reports educational statistics of student enrollment on the basis of survey data obtained by the Engineers Joint Council between 1967 and 1972. Indicates that the 1972 survey shows a significant decline at all levels in comparison with fall 1971. (CC)

Public-school statistical data are given for 50 states and the District of Columbia for the years 1959-1969. Revised estimates by state and region for 1968-69 and preliminary estimates for 1969-70 are presented in tabular form. (DB)

Reproduces selected text, charts, and tables from the National Center for Education Statistics 1982 report, "The Condition of Education," by Nancy Dearman and Valena Plisko. In the 1980s the numbers of preprimary and elementary school children are projected to rise while the secondary school age group will shrink. (Author/JM)

Renting of schools producing chemists and chemical engineers in 1978 shows little change from 1977 listings. (Author/BB)

The National Center for Education Statistics collects annual data on the number of bachelor's degrees conferred by institutions of higher education in the United States and on the number of persons who enter college as first-time freshmen. Compares the relationship between the two sets of data. (Author/RK)