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Holmes, Brian – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1985
Trends in comparative education are analyzed in terms of attempts to collect and classify data more systematically and in terms of the contribution comparative education can make to understanding educational change. The growth in comparative education literature and the work of some non-governmental agencies are also discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Education, Data Collection, Data Interpretation
Amadeo, Jo-Ann; Torney-Purta, Judith; Barber, Carolyn Henry – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), University of Maryland, 2004
In this fact sheet, data is reported from the IEA Civic Education Study -- a two-phased study of 14- and 17-year olds' civic knowledge, attitudes and activities conducted in 29 countries in 1999 and 2000 with nationally representative samples of students. The information from this study is used to address three main points concerning the media and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trust (Psychology), Citizenship Education, Mass Media Effects
Crowley, Catherine J. – 2003
This digest discusses the difficulty of assessing the speech and language of culturally and linguistically diverse students and recommends strategies for identifying communication disorders. It begins by reviewing what qualifies as a communication disorder, discussing the limitations of speech and language tests, and outlining test considerations.…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Disorders, Cultural Influences, Data Collection
Aaronson, Daniel; Barrow, Lisa; Sander, William – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2003
Using unique administrative data on Chicago public high school students and their teachers, we are able to estimate the importance of teachers on student mathematical achievement. We find that teachers are educationally and statistically important. To be sure, sampling variation and other measurement issues can strongly influence estimates of…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Achievement
Schalock, Robert L.; Kiernan, William E.; McGaughey, Martha J. – 1992
Targeted to mental retardation/developmental disability (MR/DD) and vocational rehabilitation agencies, developmental disabilities councils, consumer and advocate groups, and protection and advocacy programs, this manual is designed to assist in the development of state-level data systems responsive to current accountability requirements. It also…
Descriptors: Adults, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Database Design
Donan, Linda – 1997
Basic principles and methods of ethnographic research are outlined for students who may wish to undertake this form of qualitative research. Ethnographic research is defined as a form of study based on observation of human action, discourse, and self-perception, and is suggested as an appropriate form of research when experimental research is…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Data Collection
It Takes More Than Testing: Closing the Achievement Gap. A Report of the Center on Education Policy.
Kober, Nancy – 2001
This report provides educational stakeholders with information about how to close the achievement gap in education. Researchers reviewed several analyses of test score data and various studies of the gap and its causes. Part 1 contains background information and discusses why this gap has become such a critical issue, reviews basic principles, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Data Interpretation, Educational Policy
Wine, Jennifer S.; Whitmore, Roy W.; Heuer, Ruth E.; Biber, Melissa; Pratt, Daniel J. – 2000
This report describes the methods and procedures used for the full-scale data collection effort of the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study First Follow-Up 1996-98 (BPS:96/98). These students, who started their postsecondary education during the 1995-96 academic year, were first interviewed during 1996 as part of the National…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Data Interpretation, Enrollment
Camara, Wayne J. – College Entrance Examination Board, 2003
This research note describes data on college persistence, educational attainment, and remediation, and explains the difficulty in interpreting this data.
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Educational Research, School Statistics, Educational Attainment
Camara, Wayne J. – College Entrance Examination Board, 2003
This research describes data on college persistence, educational attainment, and remediation, and explains the difficulty in interpreting this data.
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Educational Research, School Statistics, Educational Attainment

Gable, Robert A.; Arllen, Nancy L.; Evans, William H.; Whinnery, Keith M. – Preventing School Failure, 1997
This discussion of collaboration between general and special educators focuses on selection of instructional interventions in mainstream settings and curriculum-based methods of evaluating programs designed to increase the academic performance of students with and without disabilities. It then suggests ways to incorporate data-based decision…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Decision Making

Spangler, David B. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1998
Presents an activity on reading data from a table, estimation, computation, and 15 questions about the activities and their solutions. (ASK)
Descriptors: Computation, Data Interpretation, Elementary School Mathematics, Estimation (Mathematics)

Fielding, Rob – Australian Art Education, 1996
Highlights some of the fundamental differences between positivistic and qualitative research methods regarding art education. Defends qualitative research and argues that applying natural science research principles to human endeavors is often futile. Discusses the special problems and advantages of qualitative research. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Data Collection, Data Interpretation

Lilly, Sherril L. – Science Teacher, 1989
Describes a two-day forensic science course that is offered to eighth grade students enrolled in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Magnet Schools. Provides sample student activity sheets for the course. (Author/RT)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Interpretation

Braun, Henry I. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1988
A new approach to the quantification and interpretation of change when only repeated cross-sectional data are available--the Trajectory Analysis of Matched Percentiles--is presented. A recent attempt to interpret the findings on reading achievement of the National Assessment of Educational Progress is critically analyzed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Data Collection, Data Interpretation