This article provides a brief review of the genesis of the National Education Goals and considers the role of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in monitoring progress toward them. Reform movements began the call for back to basics in the 1970s. The emerging debate among educators, business and professional leaders, policymakers,…

This manual describes regulations and procedures for Oregon's required reporting of elementary school through high school dropouts for the 1991-92 school year and beyond. Topics covered include the following: (1) basics of dropout reporting; (2) suggested reporting procedures; (3) exceptions; (4) non-dropouts; (5) dropouts; (6) students who return…

This publication provides a pocket-sized compilation of statistical information on American education from kindergarten through graduate school. It is an easy reference for material found in greater detail in the 1993 editions of the "Digest of Educational Statistics,""The Condition of Education," and "Youth…

School districts in South Carolina are ranked according to their 1990-91 average daily membership (ADM) from the 15-day attendance and membership report. Ninety-one geographic school districts are represented in addition to Palmetto Unified District, South Carolina Youth Services District, Felton Laboratory School of South Carolina State College,…

Education improvement and renewal continues to capture the attention of researchers, policymakers, and the public. Although much has been done to enhance public education programs and services, many challenges still remain. This document acts as a tool for use throughout this period of public school reform. It contains state level data on an array…

A statistical portrait is provided of private schools in the United States, using the best national data available to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Previously published work is used to give an overview of private schools from 1980-81 through 1985-86. Following an introductory examination of private schools in the United…

Formerly published in "Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems," the information presented here on the 20 largest cities (by population size) comes from the 27th annual survey of public schools, conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. Data are presented in eight tables and three graphs, covering number of…

This publication provides a general description of the California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS), standards governing the use of its data, descriptions of the data elements and CBEDS reports, guidelines for access to the data, and a data request form. The CBEDS database consists of three principal files: (1) enrollment and staff data for…

This report on transiency and stability in the Los Angeles Unified School District continues a series that has been augmented annually since 1968-69. Transiency refers to the adjusted numbers of entrants and leavers, expressed as a percentage (rate); stability refers to the student population that has remained in the school all year, expressed as…

This report on transiency and stability in the Los Angeles Unified School District continues a series that has been augmented annually since 1968-69. Transiency refers to the adjusted numbers of entrants and leavers, expressed as a percentage (rate); stability refers to the student population that has remained in the school all year, expressed as…

This report on transiency and stability in the Los Angeles Unified School District continues a series that has been augmented annually since 1968-69. Transiency refers to the adjusted numbers of entrants and leavers, expressed as a percentage (rate); stability refers to the student population that has remained in the school all year, expressed as…

This report on transiency and stability in the Los Angeles Unified School district continues a series that has been augmented annually since 1968-69. Transiency refers to the adjusted numbers of entrants and leavers, expressed as a percentage (rate); stability refers to the student population that has remained in the school all year, expressed as…

This annual report on the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) contains demographic and enrollment profiles of the nine colleges that compose the LACCD as well as a systemwide budget, student enrollment characteristics, and the results of a 1989 student survey. The report contains school profiles for the following district colleges: East…

A data file, created by merging seven federal files to form one comprehensive record for the 1976-77 school year, is presented. Data, including financial and demographic data from various school district surveys, were recorded for 16,859 school districts. Specific collecting agencies were the National Center for Educational Statistics, the Bureau…

This data handbook presents enrollment statistics for public high school graduates for selected years between 1969 and 1987. The data used to generate these statistics were taken from students' high school transcripts. Four data sets were used to generate the statistics in this time series report: the National Assessment of Educational Progress…