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Fratto, Kim; Throndsen, Jennifer; Suddreth, Diana; Nielsen, Darin – Utah State Board of Education, 2018
The purpose of this report is to provide formative and summative feedback to the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) regarding evidence of implementation and impact for the Interventions for Reading Difficulties Pilot Program. The report, while addressing the effects of the Interventions for Reading Difficulties Pilot Program, is also designed to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Difficulties, Reading Programs, State Programs
Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2019
"Ohio Education by the Numbers" offers busy policy makers, journalists, and civic and business leaders simple and easy-to-use vital statistics about Ohio's schools and the students they serve. The facts and figures contained within offer an overview of Ohio's students; where they go to school; their achievement on national and state…
Descriptors: School Statistics, Statistical Data, Public Schools, Student Characteristics
Yeado, Joe; Grace, Julie; Schmidt, Jeff – Public Policy Forum, 2017
Our 31st annual report analyzing data from southeast Wisconsin's public school districts finds that while 68 of the 92 school districts are exceeding or significantly exceeding expectations on our new state report cards, there are large achievement gaps across the region on state assessments for low-income students and students of color. Key…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Demography, Academic Achievement, Educational Finance
Chapman, Anne; Keyes, Maddie; Schmidt, Jeff – Public Policy Forum, 2017
Our 32nd annual report analyzing data from southeast Wisconsin's public school districts finds progress on some college readiness indicators and largely positive showings on district report cards. Those results are offset, however, by discouraging results on standardized tests and continued substantial achievement gaps between students of…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Demography, Academic Achievement, Educational Finance
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2012
Comprising eleven financial aid programs, the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship (TELS) provided financial aid to 101,569 students at a cost of $297,589,674 in 2010-11 (Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation [TSAC], 2011). The four largest programs (the HOPE scholarship program, the General Assembly Merit Scholarship program [GAMS], the…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, Grants, Science Teachers, Dual Enrollment
Advocates for Children of New Jersey, 2016
This annual snapshot of child well-being is intended to inform policymakers and the public of the progress of and challenges to ensuring the health, welfare, and safety of all children. Following an introduction, this report contains seven sections: (1) The State of Children and Families, including data on births and family structure; (2) The…
Descriptors: Well Being, Children, Family Characteristics, Child Health
Advocates for Children of New Jersey, 2015
This annual snapshot of child well-being is intended to inform policymakers and the public of the progress of and challenges to ensuring the health, welfare, and safety of all children. Following a special section on the racial disparities that exist among New Jersey children based on the Annie E. Casey Foundation's "Race for Results"…
Descriptors: Well Being, Children, Family Characteristics, Child Health
Louisiana State Department of Education, 2004
Up to six years of data (the current year and the five previous years where available) are presented in Louisiana's District Composite Reports. Each year, this report is updated by adding the most current year?s data and deleting the data that are more than six years old. Incorporating longitudinal data in the District Composite Report enables…
Descriptors: Tables (Data), Institutional Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, Academic Achievement
American School Board Journal, 1986
Presents a state-by-state report of vital school statistics in the following categories: per-pupil expenditures; average teacher salaries; federal, state, and local funding percentages; per capita income; poverty percentages; pupil-teacher ratios; enrollment; minority characteristics; and Scholastic Aptitude Test scores. Contains six charts that…
Descriptors: Charts, Demography, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1990
Trends in quantitative facts relevant to public education in South Carolina are provided for the 1988-89 school year along with information beginning with the reference year of 1969-70. Twenty-six tables contain statewide information on enrollment, educational finances, programs, and test scores. Thirty-three other tables provide district…
Descriptors: Demography, Economics, Educational Finance, Educational Trends
Dunn, Lloyd M. – 1988
A review of research on the cognitive, linguistic, and scholastic development of mainland Hispanic-American children paints a dismal overall picture. Hispanics are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, 11% of the population in 1986; about 75% have Mexican ancestry. Less than half of Latin adults speak English well enough for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism
Ekstrom, Ruth B.; And Others – 1988
The book is the outgrowth of two studies: a cross-sectional analysis comparing the experiences and tested achievement of high school seniors over the decade 1972 to 1982, and a longitudinal analysis relating cognitive growth (particularly in mathematical skills) of 1980 high school sophomores to their schooling experiences over the period 1980 to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Development, Demography
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1989
This report presents individual statistical profiles of the school districts of New York State for 1987-88, displayed by racial/ethnic group and sex wherever available. Statistical data are presented on three tables. Table 1 covers the following: (1) Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Enrollment; (2) Annual Attendance Rate; (3) Participation Rate in…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment