This report serves as a quick reference guide for elected officials to compare key education policies and data in their states to the rest of the nation. The first section highlights major state policies for all 50 states in both table and chart formats (see Summary Charts ). The second section provides key state data, such as per-student spending…

In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda that seeks to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional level. At the center of these reforms is the need for more Tennesseans to be better…

The Educational Research Service annually reports an important statistical measure, the Composite Indicator of Changes in Average Salaries and Wages Paid by Public School Systems (CIC), which is designed to reflect overall changes in average salaries and wages paid by school systems in much the same way that the Dow Jones Average or the Standard…

Providing administrators and policy makers with reliable comparative data, this 1983-84 survey of salaries and wages of school employees focuses on 23 professional positions in 1,217 school systems, reporting separate figures for large, medium, small, and very small school systems. Data are also reported on five levels of per pupil expenditures…

The data presented in this combined report--"Rankings & Estimates"--provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. As one might expect in a nation as diverse as the United States--with respect to economics, geography, and politics--the level of commitment to…

Part 3 of the annual Educational Research Service, Inc. (ERS) National Survey of Salaries and Wages in Public Schools reports data for the 1984-85 school year on wages and salaries actually paid to support personnel in 10 selected positions, including teacher aides, building custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, clerical staff, and library…

This report provides data on fiscal year (FY) 1996 average 9-month faculty and civil service salaries (excluding fringe benefits) and information on those salaries since FY 1980 for full-time employees at Illinois colleges and universities and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. The report provides data comparing salaries with economic…

Compiling the results of a survey conducted in fall 1989, this report lists the annual salaries actually being paid to persons employed in 22 selected professional positions and 10 support positions by 1,072 public school systems for school year 1989-90. These data are reported separately for large, medium, small, and very small school systems,…

The data presented in this combined report--"Rankings & Estimates"--provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. As one might expect in a nation as diverse as the United States--with respect to economics, geography, and politics--the level of commitment to…

Survey responses of 382 school districts from 43 states provide a database about administrative positions, with full-time teachers as a comparison point, in the areas of base salaries, bonuses, benefits, and perquisites. (MLF)

A total of 396 districts responded from all 50 states and the District of Columbia to this survey about administrative positions, with full-time teachers as a comparison point, in the areas of base salaries, bonuses, benefits, and perquisites. (MLF)

The Composite Indicator of Changes (CIC) in average salaries and wages paid by public school systems is designed to reflect overall changes, to compare salary trends among various categories of personnel, and to analyze salary trends in an individual school system and among groups of school systems. Annual updates of the CIC are computed from data…

Using the data for elementary, junior high, and senior high principals collected in the National Survey of Salaries and Wages in Public Schools, 1982-83, this report provides an analysis of the various methods used by school systems to structure salary schedules for principals, the various provisions of these schedules, and the levels of dollar…

This publication is designed to provide users with trends in quantitative facts relevant to public education in South Carolina. Information for the 1985-86 school year is presented along with information beginning with the reference or base year of 1969-70. The reference year may vary due to the availability of data. The data are presented in…

This report presents comparative data on postsecondary education in Nebraska in 1996. Data tables, analyses, and charts are grouped as follows: fall headcount enrollment, including freshmen residence; degrees awarded; institutional finance; faculty salaries; and private career schools. Headcount data cover full- and part-time students, race and…