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Barker, Bruce O.; Muse, Ivan D. – 1983
Information on 44 small/rural K-12 Nebraska school districts (900 students or fewer) is compared to data from 642 similar districts nationwide, using material gathered during 1982-83. Of the nation's 15,601 public school districts, 4,125 (26.4%) were identified as qualifying for the survey; 76.4% (249 districts, enrolling 76,516 students) of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Comparative Analysis, Courses
Barker, Bruce O.; Muse, Ivan D. – 1983
A report compares 30 small/rural K-12 school districts (900 students or fewer) in Illinois to 642 similar districts nationwide, using data from 1982-83. Qualifying districts were identified as 4,125 nationwide (26.4% of all public school districts) and 221 in Illinois (22.4%, enrolling 121,570 students). A questionnaire was mailed to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Comparative Analysis, Courses

Barker, Bruce O.; Muse, Ivan D. – 1983
Data gathered during 1982-83 are used to compare 41 small/rural K-12 Iowa school districts (900 students or fewer) to 642 similar districts nationwide. In Iowa, 307 qualifying districts (70.7% of all public school districts), enrolling 154,130 students, were identified; 4,125 districts nationwide qualified. A questionnaire mailed to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Comparative Analysis, Courses

Barker, Bruce O.; Muse, Ivan D. – 1983
Comparisons between 35 small/rural K-12 Kansas school districts (900 students or fewer) and 642 similar districts nationwide use data gathered during 1982-83. Qualifying Kansas districts (208, enrolling 95,466 students) were identified, to be compared to 4,125 qualifying districts nationwide. A questionnaire mailed to superintendents of 36…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Comparative Analysis, Courses
Barker, Bruce O.; Muse, Ivan D. – 1983
A 1982-83 survey produced data used to compare 17 small/rural K-12 New Mexico school districts (900 students or fewer) with 642 similar districts nationwide. Of New Mexico's 88 school districts, 43 were identified as qualifying (48.9%, enrolling 16,648 students), for comparison to 4,125 similar districts nationwide. A questionnaire mailed to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Comparative Analysis, Courses
Muse, Ivan D.; And Others – 1983
Of the 105 small K-12 rural public school districts (enrollments under 900) identified in the Colorado study, 19 were randomly chosen for use in gathering information to assist educators in understanding and improving the education of rural residents. A 100% response rate to the 123-item questionnaire mailed to superintendents provided information…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Comparative Analysis, Consolidated Schools