The former headmaster of a day school for maladjusted children provides a critical overview of surveys of the prevalence of violent and disruptive behavior in schools. (Editor/RK)

Nine graphs and tables present data on past and projected preschool enrollment, birth rates, participation by women in the work force, and effects of preschool programs on first grade achievement. (PGD)

The primary purpose of this document is to help state and local education agencies and schools develop adequate policies and procedures to protect information about students and their families from improper release, while satisfying the need for school officials to make sound management, instructional, and service decisions. The document was…

This is the 28th edition of salary and wage studies conducted annually by the Educational Research Service. It collects salary data from a national panel sample of school systems for 22 professional and 10 support positions. Consistency in study design and procedures through the years has also made this the definitive study of salary changes in…

This report presents a new analysis of student achievement scores and educational progress for states on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Results based on score quartiles show that states are generally making more progress in mathematics achievement than in reading, good readers are getting better at the same time weak readers are…

The State Center Community College District (SCCCD) 2002-2003 Fact Book presents institutional data on the following topics: (1) student and enrollment trends; (2) planning and decision making; and (3) service area demographics. The Student and Enrollment Chapter profiles the student body and contains demographic data self-reported on the…

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has explored the feasibility of adjusting nonstandard dropout reports to make them comparable with those from states using the standard Common Core of Data (CCD) definition. Between 1997 and 1999 staff from NCES and state education agencies worked with analysts from Westat to develop a…

Presents ten steps, with emphasis on sports facilities, that administrators can take to make schools and campuses safer. (Author/MLF)

Today's attack on the public schools is not only unfair, it may very well shatter the foundation. The facts are that this is the golden era of American education. At no time in the nation's history has literacy been higher, academic skills greater, and educational opportunities pursued by so many. (Author)

Lists the following information for the school year 1975-76 for 200 institutions of engineering education: administrative officers, number of faculty, graduate degree requirements, off-campus extension centers for graduate study, research areas of accepted doctoral theses, personnel engaged in separately budgeted research, and research expeditures…

Discusses school finance data needs, highlighting discrepancies between available data and emerging policy issues surrounding resource origination, disposition, and utilization; and data usage. Discusses some innovative data uses (allocating teachers' and students' time) in New York State and recommends ways to assure the alignment of collected…

Only by accepting responsibility for ferreting out all the accurate relevant information on an issue can board members trust their decisions. Describes the categories of fundamental, unsolicited, and on-demand information and how best to deal with them. (MLF)

Robustness of the school-level item response theoretic (IRT) model to violations of distributional assumptions was studied in a computer simulation. In situations where school-level precision might be acceptable for real school comparisons, expected a posteriori estimates of school ability were robust over a range of violations and conditions.…

Many states are answering the call for public reports on educational progress by developing indicator systems that are designed to show trends within and relationships among school data. A table shows 13 states and the number of indicator components used. Offers advice to school boards considering indicator systems. (MLF)

Presents some of the findings of the 1990 annual enrollment survey of journalism and mass communication programs in the United States. Discusses findings regarding enrollment and degrees granted, curricular specialization, gender and race, faculty size, and curricular activities. (SR)