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Download full textDoolittle, Fred; And Others – 1993
This report summarizes the National Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Study, which examined the impact of Title IIA of JTPA on participants' employment, earnings, and welfare receipt. Between 1987 and 1989, more than 20,000 adults and out-of-school youths who applied for JTPA services in 16 areas across the country were randomly assigned to a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Data Collection, Employment Programs
Penuel, William R.; Davey, Tim L. – 1998
This paper discusses a number of interventions that are aimed at increasing educational opportunities of homeless students in the United States. Only a few of these programs have been locally evaluated, and the evaluation process is particularly challenging for local evaluators to undertake. At a state and national level, commitment to evaluation…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Bond, Frances T. – 1990
Methods and instruments used by teacher preparation institutions in conducting graduate follow-up studies were investigated, and an effort was made to determine the institutions' satisfaction with the methodology and results of their current follow-up procedures. A survey instrument was constructed that addressed eight questions related to…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Graduates, Data Collection, Education Majors
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1990
This manual has been produced to familiarize data users with the procedures used for data collection and processing of the base year parent component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) and to provide necessary documentation for using the data files. Chapter 7 and Appendix F, in particular, contain essential information…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases, Educational History
Mohadjer, Leyla; And Others – 1992
The National Household Education Survey (NHES) was conducted for the first time in 1991 as a way to collect data on the early childhood education experiences of young children and participation in adult education. Because the NHES methodology is relatively new, field tests were necessary. A large field test of approximately 15,000 households was…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Data Collection, Dropout Research
Javitz, Harold S.; Wagner, Mary – 1990
The National Longitudinal Transition Study (NLTS) of Special Education Students provides ongoing information regarding the transition of youth with disabilities from secondary school to early adulthood. The sample for the study, which began with a 1987 survey (Wave 1), involved more than 8,000 youth from the national population of secondary…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Interviews
Marder, Camille; And Others – 1992
The National Longitudinal Transition Study (NLTS) of Special Education Students provides ongoing information to the special education community regarding the transition of youth with disabilities from secondary school to early adulthood. The sample for the study, which began with a 1987 survey (Wave 1), involves more than 8,000 youth from the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Interviews
Leadholm, Barbara J.; Miller, Jon F. – 1994
This publication discusses the role of Language Sample Analysis (LSA) in identifying language disorders, providing detail necessary to initiate a focused intervention program, and providing a method for monitoring progress in language intervention. Section 1 provides an overview of the LSA process and types of language disorders, while Section 2…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cultural Differences, Dialogs (Language), Disabilities
Davis, Alan – 1992
The dominant issues in considering the use of tests developed outside the classroom to measure the impact of curriculum reform on higher order thinking are reviewed by a panel interviewed for this discussion. Panel members are: (1) Stuart Kahl, (2) Robert Linn, (3) Senta A. Raizen, (4) Lauren Resnick, and (5) Thomas A. Romberg. It is conceded…
Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Malave, Lilliam M. – 1987
This paper presents a followup of selected studies on effective schools with a population of bilingual and/or limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. Over 150 research papers on both effective schools and effective bilingual LEP instruction were reviewed. The literature was divided into three categories: (1) studies with a population including…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Kino, Mary M.; Roeber, Edward D. – 1990
A profile of state-wide educational assessment programs is constructed, and the means by which such programs have changed over time and may change in the future are discussed. Data for the study were taken from biennial surveys by the Association of State Assessment Programs, first conducted in 1977. This study covers data on time of survey…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements
Cohen, Michael P. – 1988
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) of the National Center for Education Statistics collects data from all sections of postsecondary education. For less-than-two-year institutions, the IPEDS collects data on fall enrollment, completions (earned awards and certificates), etc., from all public institutions in that category and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases, Estimation (Mathematics)
Thompson, Bruce; Melancon, Janet G. – 1990
Effect sizes have been increasingly emphasized in research as more researchers have recognized that: (1) all parametric analyses (t-tests, analyses of variance, etc.) are correlational; (2) effect sizes have played an important role in meta-analytic work; and (3) statistical significance testing is limited in its capacity to inform scientific…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Correlation, Effect Size
Kalsbeek, William D.; Parker, Rebecca Robin – 1989
This report describes efforts to develop sampling methods to be used in national or regional studies of migrant and seasonal farm workers (MSFWs). Several facets of the MSFWs' lifestyle create sampling difficulties. One is mobility. Although the dynamic nature of MSFWs' movement is partly understood, it is sufficiently unpredictable to create…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Farm Labor, Migrant Housing, Migrant Workers
Theunissen, Phiel J. J. M. – 1983
Any systematic approach to the assessment of students' ability implies the use of a model. The more explicit the model is, the more its users know about what they are doing and what the consequences are. The Rasch model is a strong model where measurement is a bonus of the model itself. It is based on four ideas: (1) separation of observable…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Difficulty Level, Evaluation Criteria, Item Sampling
