Reducing the dropout rate of Mississippi's public education system from its national high of 42 percent of all students in any potential graduating class to the national average of 10 percent of the class cohort would result in substantial economic benefits to the state far outweighing the related costs, according to this analysis of relevant…

In the summer of 1984, the Pennsylvania Department of Education conducted a survey of promotion policies and practices in Pennsylvania schools in response to a request for information from the State Board of Education. This document presents the major findings from the analysis of data from the 423 school districts that completed the survey. A…

This statistical report presents a comprehensive picture of the Wichita Public School System in 1983-1984. School system data from recent years are also presented for comparison to provide perspective on the 1983-1984 data. The data is organized into seven sections: (1) general information; (2) pupil information (data on enrollment, attendance,…

This report, the seventh in a series, presents national adult basic education (ABE) and secondary level education statistics compiled from the annual reports submitted by the States and other areas receiving federal funds for ABE programs. The statistics cover enrollments, student characteristics, completions, separations, teachers, classroom…

This report, the eighth in a series, presents national adult basic education (ABE) and secondary level education statistics compiled from the annual reports submitted by the States and other areas receiving federal funds for ABE programs. The statistics cover enrollments, student characteristics, completions, separations, teachers, classroom…

The statistics in this report are based on data obtained from the October, 1974, Current Population Survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census. Estimates are made of the number of children three to five years old enrolled in preprimary programs and analyzed by selected socioeconomic factors of age, race, type of school, control of school…

Data for this report were collected from 617 schools, colleges, and departments of education that are members of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Enrollment data are discussed, with tables showing student enrollment in lower, upper, and graduate levels by geographic region. Institutional enrollment by quartile is also…

This Unesco report, one in a series, examines the sources of data used in educational decision making in Greece and proposes innovations in the information system to promote educational planning. The main source of quantitative data is the National Statistical Service of Greece which regularly publishes data concerned with all educational levels.…

This 1979 report presents updated cost and enrollment statistics for Catholic elementary schools, along with brief explanations of the data. Twelve tables give figures on the following: (1) enrollment (Catholic and public schools), (2) school size, (3) projections of school age populations through 1986, (4) operating costs, (5) per pupil costs…

This report, mandated by the Education Amendments of 1976, presents information on the demand for and availability of qualified teachers and administrative personnel and relates these findings to Office of Education (OE) teacher training programs. Two sample surveys provide data for this report: the Survey of Recent College Graduates (RCGS)…

This telephone survey to determine the ethnic composition of the East Detroit school district was done by a team of teachers as part of a teacher workshop training program. As part of the same teacher workshop, another team of teachers wrote an historical sketch of East Detroit, describing its population growth, economic development, and…

Evaluation forms used by the Colorado bilingual program are presented. Contents include forms concerning the following information: (1) pupil numbers by category information, (2) pupil attendance data, (3) parent advisory council information, (4) parent participation by specific activity, (5) reading achievement data--district level test data…

Until recently there had been no systematic effort to gather comparable data from public and private schools. However, for the years 1976-77 through 1978-79, with the cooperation of the National Catholic Education Association and the Council for American Private Education, the National Center for Education Statistics surveyed all known private…

In a collective report of New Mexico's twelve two-year colleges and postsecondary vocational schools, the following information is reported for each institution: the organizational statute, year of organization, vocational school designation, public school districts included within the institutional district, and the percent of district high…

The 1972-73 Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) provided information on 22 measures of students and schools. While some of the data were gathered in routine Michigan Department of Education reports, student performance data were gathered using the Michigan Assessment of Basic Skills battery, Form VMT during January 1973. The battery…