This profile is designed as a recording sheet for monitoring an individual student's progress throughout the school year. Fourth grade assessment materials and the "Strategies for Instruction in Mathematics" suggest tasks and questions that can be used for on-going and summative assessment. Directions for use and descriptions of levels of…

This profile is designed as a recording sheet for monitoring an individual student's progress throughout the school year. Fifth grade assessment materials and the "Strategies for Instruction in Mathematics" suggest tasks and questions that can be used for on-going and summative assessment. Directions for use and descriptions of levels of…

In order to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004, states must collect valid data as needed to report annually to the Secretary of Education. This requirement, combined with those set forth in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation, has led states to collect and analyze data about their programs, districts,…

This research note describes data on college persistence, educational attainment, and remediation, and explains the difficulty in interpreting this data.

This research describes data on college persistence, educational attainment, and remediation, and explains the difficulty in interpreting this data.

This report presents comprehensive statistics on the organization, staff, pupils, and finances of public elementary and secondary schools in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the outlying areas of the United States. It provides detailed data for the school year 1975-76 and historical trend data for selected items of information, in some…

This report presents comprehensive statistics on the organization, staff, pupils, and finances of the regular full-time public elementary and secondary day schools in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the outlying areas of the United States. Detailed data are given for the survey year 1965-66, as well as historical data for selected…

This report presents comprehensive statistics on the organization, staff, pupils, and finances of the regular full-time public elementary and secondary day schools in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the outlying areas of the United States. Detailed data are given for the survey year 1967-68, as well as historical trend data for…

Workers must be retrained to fill the new jobs created by technology. Twenty-one occupations expected to become increasingly important are described. Competent teachers must be attracted to vocational education, and teaching methods must be updated. Education must equip people to change. (RM)

In 1977-78 and 1978-79, women faculty at a state university were receiving lower salaries than the average at all ranks, even with adjustment for several variables. Salary inequities persisted in 1979-80, despite implementation of an equity agreement between the administration and a faculty bargaining unit. (Author/MJL)

Presents an annotated list of 27 computer-oriented references for researchers and for teachers using computers in the classroom. Resources focus on various aspects of mathematics curriculum/instruction as well as research studies. The former include teaching calculus with computers, guidelines for using computers in statistical instruction, and…

Criticizes the statistical procedures commonly employed to justify assumptions of the comparable validity and predictability of cognitive tests among different populations. (GC)

In the Philadelphia school district, in 1975-76, several educational inputs, including the basal linguistic approach, were particularly distinguishable for their contribution to growth in the reading achievement of fourth graders. The impact of pupil, principal, teacher, and instruction characteristics are examined. Regular school attendance…

This paper examines the relationships between various economic outcomes and vocational training in high school for those who have completed exactly 12 years of schooling. The authors attempt to determine whether the findings remain robust when different surveys and time period of analysis, and other variations in specifications are used.…

The specification and estimation of a partial least squares model is discussed in terms of assessing the magnitude of the effects of a variety of differences among Swedish schools on the cognitive and affective outcomes of lower secondary students in science. (Author/SB)