This document analyzes the composition and structure of various salary schedules for teachers currently used by public school systems. An overview of features found in teacher salary schedules is provided, including discussions on the basic structure of the schedule, methods of initial placement and advancement on the schedule, and salary…

This paper reviews trends in resource allocations in the public schools over the last 25 years. It focuses specifically on changes in expenditures and school staff for the nation as a whole and for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, using data from the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Education Association…

Statistical significance is misused in educational and psychological research when it is applied as a method to establish the reliability of research results. Other techniques have been developed which can be correctly utilized to establish the generalizability of findings. Methods that do provide such estimates are known as invariance or…

This inventory provides profiles, tables, and listings of automated library activities at 115 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions. The library profile covers 18 functions: (1) acquisitions; (2) serials check/claim; (3) serials/union list; (4) authority control; (5) cataloging/utility; (6) cataloging/local; (7) circulation; (8)…

Combining and consolidating statistical reports published separately prior to 1983-84, this document presents statistical information on the status of public education in Dade County, Florida, in terms of organization, educational programs and services, achievement, and other outcomes of schooling. Multi-year statistics on student population,…

This report includes state-level tabulations of basic data on the numbers, sizes, types, and grade spans of public schools in the United States for the school year 1986-87. The data are based on information from the Common Core of Data series of the Center for Education Statistics. Nine tables summarize statistical information supplied to the…

There has been great interest in disparities in revenues and expenditures of school districts based upon the school district's educational background, median family income, and racial makeup. Accordingly, this study correlates each school districts' expenditures, various supports, and revenues with the district's educational background, median…

The four papers in this collection focus on the analysis and use of library statistics in various situations: (1) "Statistics for Management and Trend Analysis: A SCONUL Experiment" (Anthony J. Loveday, United Kingdom), which discusses the work of the Standing Conference of National and University Libraries (SCONUL) in the collection and…

This book contains 15 chapters: (1) "Teaching Problem Solving"; (2) "Using Calculators and Computers in Elementary School Mathematics"; (3) "Organizing for Instruction"; (4) "Teaching Numeration of Whole Numbers"; (5) "Teaching Numeration of Common and Decimal Fractions"; (6) "Teaching Addition and Subtraction of Whole Numbers"; (7) "Teaching…

These four fact sheets address a number of issues relating to women in the work force. The first, "An Overview of Women in the Work Force," offers a look at the numbers of women in the labor force, the occupational categories represented by women workers, women in professional and nonprofessional occupations, and women in nontraditional…

U.S. Bureau of the Census data show that in 1980, Native Americans resided in all but five counties in North Dakota, with the greatest concentration in the counties containing reservations (35.3% in Rolette County, which contains the Turtle Mountain Reservation). Nearly 63% were under 25 years of age; 53.6% of these between 5 and 17. The median…

A comparative budget analysis approach employed by British universities is discussed. The British funding system analyzes in detail unit costs and marginal costs and undertakes comparative assessments of expenditure patterns and priorities for a group of 95 institutions with similar objectives, in which each has autonomy in resource allocation.…

This study investigated seven methods for analyzing multivariate group differences. Bonferroni t statistics, multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) followed by analysis of variance (ANOVA), and five other methods were studied using Monte Carlo methods. Methods were compared with respect to (1) experimentwise error rate; (2) power; (3) number…

This document is a graphic collection of statistical data compiled by the Michigan Department of Education that reflects some of the important educational trends in Michigan. The report is organized in five major sections. The first section describes student enrollment trends and the recent status of various programs designed to serve certain…

In October 1984 the Illinois Association of School Boards mailed four-part questionnaires concerning collective bargaining and salaries to superintendents in 940 of the 1,006 school districts in Illinois. This report arranges the data from the 582 responses into tables providing information concerning four broad subjects: the current status of…