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Download full textDow, Mirah J.; McMahon-Lakin, Jacqueline – School Library Research, 2012
To address the presence or absence of school librarians in Kansas public schools, a study using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was designed to investigate staffing levels for library media specialists (LMSs), the label used for school librarians in licensed-personnel data in Kansas, and student achievement at the school level. Five subject areas…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Personnel Data, Academic Achievement
Keaton, Patrick – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
The Common Core of Data (CCD) is an annual collection of public elementary and secondary education data by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. The data presented in this report are selected from the three nonfiscal components of the Common Core of Data…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Statistical Surveys, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Agencies
Direct linkEngel, Rozlyn C.; Gallagher, Luke B.; Lyle, David S. – Economics of Education Review, 2010
Household disruptions--such as divorce, relocation, and parental absence--have long concerned researchers interested in the educational attainment of children. Here, we consider a plausible source of exogenous variation in work-related parental absences--military deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan in the 2002-2005 period. Combining the…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Family Work Relationship, Children, Academic Achievement
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2010
At the request of the Education Reform Project of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, the National Council on Teacher Quality undertook an analysis of the teacher policies in the Baltimore City Public Schools. Its analysis looks at the teachers' contract, school board rules and state laws. It also collected personnel data from the…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Public Schools, Educational Policy, Content Analysis
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2010
Staffing each classroom with an effective teacher is the most important function of a school district. Doing so requires strategic personnel policies and smart practices. The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), working with its local partner, the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, undertook an analysis of the Boston Public…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Public Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
Ingersoll, Richard M.; May, Henry – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2010
This study examines the magnitude, destinations, and determinants of the departures of mathematics and science teachers from public schools. The data are from the National Center for Education Statistics' nationally representative Schools and Staffing Survey and its longitudinal supplement, the Teacher Follow-up Survey. Our analyses show that…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Teacher Persistence, Labor Turnover, Science Teachers
Gomes, Alessandro Damasio Trani; Borges, A. Tarciso; Justi, Rosaria – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
This study investigates the relationship between the students' understanding of the aims of an investigative activity and their performance when conducting it. One hundred and eighty-one year nine students from a public middle school in Brazil took part in the study. Students working in pairs were asked to investigate two problems using a…
Descriptors: Investigations, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Personnel Data
