This paper describes new approaches to data collection and analysis utilizing technology-assisted methods that are now possible in online studies of reading. Two techniques are described in detail, one supporting a non-intrusive method for real-time data collection during online reading, and a second describing a new method for visualizing and…

The Student Achievement Mode (SAM) gives teachers a system for collecting and analyzing data in order to increase student achievement in classrooms and schools. Developed in 1 school, the model is currently used in 63 elementary and 8 secondary schools in a large school district in Florida. The purpose of SAM is to increase student achievement,…

A new method is proposed to set multiple standards in performance tests. The method combines three sources of information coming from three different data collections. The first is an empirical definition of mastery of an item; the second consists of parameter estimates of the items in an Item Response Theory (IRT) model, and the third source is a…

This volume is part of a set intended to document the data collection of the 1990-91 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). Volume 1 provides the essential background information for the survey, and Volume 4 is the restricted use codebook for the SASS Bureau of Indian Affairs data. Volume 2 is the restricted-use codebook for the survey, and this…

This study assessed the effects of a gluten-free diet over one year on learning patterns in three autistic children (ages 5 to 8) participating in an applied behavioral analysis program. Rates of learning for five behavioral targets 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months after the start of the diet were compared using a within-subjects…

This report presents a brief overview of the most common approaches to the calculation of transfer rates and discusses the use of a transfer rate as a measure of institutional effectiveness. It provides an overview of existing practices and helps to inform a discussion of whether or not transfer rate data should be collected from British Columbia…

The usefulness of journals as a source of qualitative data in educational research was studied through journals kept by preservice teachers in an adolescent development course with a practicum component. Four journals were analyzed, two from preservice teachers assigned to project-centered classrooms and two from preservice teachers assigned to…

The Code of Virginia requires school divisions statewide to submit data annually to the Department of Education (DOE) on incidents of discipline, crime, and violence. These incidents shall include: (1) those that occurred on school property, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored activity; and (2) offenses, wherever committed, by students…

This document presents findings from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) fall 2003 data collection, which includes two survey components: Institutional Characteristics for the 2003-04 academic year and Completions covering the period July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003. This data was collected through the IPEDS web-based…

This report contains the 2002 revised statistical standards and guidelines for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the principal statistical agency within the U.S. Department of Education. The primary goal is to provide high quality, reliable, useful, and informative statistical information to public policy decision-makers and to…

The major purpose of this investigation was to ascertain how many four year colleges and universities throughout the United States required undergraduates who were enrolled in elementary, secondary or junior high school teacher education curricula to complete at least one course in the teaching of reading. (Author/RK)

The Progressive Architecture Awards Jury included applied research for the first time this year. In the category of "designs of specific projects" a citation was given for data gathering and data analysis involving participatory planning and charrettes to develop a longrange school building program. (Author/MF)

This study attempted to appraise the relative effects of Project C.O.P.E., a Glassboro State College program designed to offer junior year, elementary education students experience in teaching the deprived. (Editor)

A school district audit committee has the capacity to unearth pertinent information about the operating efficiency and effectiveness of a school district, as well as providing a more professional audit. (Author/WM)

A look at how the Atlanta Public Schools has utilized computers for collecting data to support a large community of computer users and a variety of computer applications. (Author/HB)