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Download full textIngels, Steven J.; And Others – 1989
Nonresponse issues are investigated for the base year (1988) survey of the United States Department of Education's National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), a national probability sample of middle schools and eighth-grade students in the spring of 1988. The total eighth-grade enrollment for the NELS:88 sample of schools was 203,002;…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics)
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1988
The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) is a major new panel study of educational outcomes sponsored by the Center for Education Statistics of the United States Department of Education. The NELS:88 is designed to provide trend data about critical transitions experienced by young people as they develop, attend school, and embark…
Descriptors: Field Tests, Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1987
In anticipation of the base-year survey of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), a field test of the questionnaire and test items was conducted in 1987. NELS:88 is a national, longitudinal study designed to provide trend data about the critical transitions of young people as they develop, attend school, and enter the work…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Biographical Inventories
Ingels, Steven J.; Quinn, Peggy – 1996
The National Education Longitudinal Studies Program (NELS) is a long-term effort that encompasses the educational experience of youth from three decades. This report is based on the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), a component of the NELS series that began as a national probability sample of eighth grade schools and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Experience, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Ingels, Steven J.; Scott, Leslie A. – 1991
The collection of dropout statistics is discussed from the perspective of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). The NELS:88 follows a cohort of 1988 eighth graders over time and is designed to provide trend data about transitions experienced as students progress through the educational system. Dropout statistics are provided…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Data Collection, Demography, Dropouts
Ingels, Steven J. – 1990
The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), a longitudinal study sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics, provides trend data about transitions experienced as young people develop, attend school, and embark on careers. The study began with a national sample of about 26,000 eighth graders in 1988 and follows these…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Data Analysis, Grade 8, Individual Development
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
Ingels, Steven J. – 1991
Some students are excluded from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) because of an inability, whether due to physical, mental, or linguistic barriers, to participate in studies requiring questionnaire or cognitive test completion. The implications of this exclusion for sample representativeness, national estimation, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Data Collection, Disqualification, Eligibility
Ingels, Steven J.; Scott, Leslie A. – 1993
Sample undercoverage issues in the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) are addressed. The main focus is the exclusion of certain categories of student in the base year, 1988, and in in-school follow-up rounds. A subsidiary focus is the question of how adequately transfer students were captured within the sampling procedures of…
Descriptors: Attendance, Data Collection, Eligibility, Followup Studies
Ingels, Steven J.; Owings, Jeffrey A. – 1994
The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) serves as an example of how three specific problems of representativeness in a longitudinal study may be approached and overcome. NELS:88 was designed to provide longitudinal data about the educational transitions experienced by students as they leave eighth grade and move through high…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Change, Cohort Analysis, Eligibility
PDF pending restorationScott, Leslie A.; Ingels, Steven J. – 1992
The longitudinal analysis population of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) is used to produce descriptive findings about the transition to high school of eighth grade students. An overview summarizes some of the policy issues of the study and sketches the research design and samples. First, longitudinal data are used to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Selection (Students), Educational Policy, Educational Practices
