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Direct linkSwailes, Stephen; Roodhouse, Simon – Policy Futures in Education, 2004
This article reviews the reactions to higher-level National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in the United Kingdom in the context of certification levels by level and subject. The most successful higher NVQs are linked to professional qualifying routes, have generic application across a range of sectors or fill gaps where qualifications were not…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, National Standards
Download full textFine, Kerry Kinney; Lehnertz, Mary Jane – 1991
In 1988, a study was conducted by the Research Department of the Minnesota House of Representatives to examine college student retention and enrollment patterns in the state. Community college retention was examined by tracking the progress of fall 1987 entering freshmen through 1990. Interviews, focusing on students' plans, background,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Huang, Gary; Holt, Albert – 1995
This guide aims to facilitate research and policy analysis in rural education by linking substantive issues to the data sources of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The guide may be used in two ways: as a handy tool for scanning NCES data that are presented with immediately applicable issues; and to stimulate, with sample…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Databases, Educational Policy, Educational Research
McGrew, Kevin S.; And Others – 1992
This report examines the extent to which individuals with disabilities are involved in national and state data collection programs that play a pivotal role in reform efforts focusing on measurement of educational indicators. Thirty national data collection programs were identified and 9 of the 30 are reviewed. The extent to which students with…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Henderson, Richard L.; And Others – 1993
In Arkansas 110 adults were asked questions over the telephone about the quality of Arkansas' educational system. The use of the data gathered through the phone survey will help enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of educational decisions made by policymakers in Arkansas. Opinions of parents and the community are generally positive.…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Satisfaction, Community Support, Community Surveys
Walling, Peter J. – 1984
Based on information reported to the New Jersey State Department of Education in 1983, this report is intended to foster communication on educational uses of computers between and among school districts, county offices, and the department's central office. The first of four sections summarizes data from the department's Survey of Instructional…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Microcomputers
Turner, Philip M.; Coleman, J. Gordon, Jr. – 1986
This study was undertaken to determine the extent to which State Education Agencies (SEA) are involved in either mandating or recommending school library media personnel evaluation procedures or forms to Local Education Agencies (LEA). A survey instrument was mailed to all 50 SEA's with a 94% return rate. Well over half of the SEA's were involved…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Job Performance, Learning Resources Centers, Library Personnel
Lecker, Alan – American School Board Journal, 2002
In a recent survey by Public Agenda, 853 randomly selected public school superintendents and 909 randomly selected public school principals cite politics and bureaucracy as their biggest obstacles. Two thirds or more say they need more autonomy to reward outstanding teachers and remove ineffective teachers. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Bureaucracy, Elementary Secondary Education
Stedron, Jennifer M.; Shah, Tajel; Bautsch, Brenda; Martin, Patricia; Deye, Sunny; Bailey, Lamar; Handel, Stephen J.; Vasavada, Natasha; Shen, Yilan; Exstrom, Michelle; Shelton, Sara; Santiago, Helen; Bell, Julie Davis; Quin, Bradley J.; Baum, Sandy; Bell, Julie Davis; Sturtevant, Anne; Bautsch, Brenda; Williams, Ronald; Kerouac, Pamela; Badolato, Vincent – College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2010
There are formidable challenges at every level of the system that confront students who aspire to enroll and succeed in college. In 2007, the College Board formed the Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education to study the educational pipeline as a single continuum and identify solutions to increase the number of students who…
Descriptors: Public Policy, State Action, State Legislation, State Surveys
DePew, John N. – 1990
This final report presents the results of a survey conducted during 1989-90 which investigated the preservation needs of Florida's academic and public libraries. Data were collected via mail questionnaires sent to 516 libraries and a series of follow-up visits to 22 of the 374 libraries (72.5%) which responded to the survey. Information elicited…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Harris (Louis) and Associates, Inc., New York, NY. – 1982
A national cross section of 2,502 adult Americans and owners or managers of 800 companies in the precision metalworking industry were surveyed to study public attitudes toward working in this industry and to explore recent recruiting and training practices in the precision metalworking field. The survey results indicated that Americans as a whole…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Education, Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices
Latin American Research and Service Agency, Denver, CO. – 1989
This document comprises a report on the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) of Hispanic Americans residing in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. A total of 2,400 people (600 per state) were interviewed by telephone between December 1988 and January 1989. The following sample characteristics are…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Attitudes, Federal Programs, Health
Miller, Jon D. – 1983
Attitudes toward science and technology issues and policies are reviewed in this analysis of the "attentive public." The study establishes the size of the attentive public for science, its growth over time, its social composition, the recruitment and socialization of science attentives in the high school and college years, the areas of…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Science, National Surveys, Public Opinion
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. – 1988
Interest in state level assessment compared with national assessment is increasing in many states. This report makes 12 recommendations to the U.S. Department of Education and to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) grantee on how state achievement data from 1990 mathematics assessments should be measured and reported by NAEP,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Office of Research and Development. – 1982
In order to establish base line information on microcomputers and their use for K-12 schools in Louisiana, the State Department of Education measured the current status of the use of computers in the public schools of the state. Two different forms were used for the survey, one designed to collect information on the instructional use of the…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers, Public Schools
