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Download full textLurkus, A. D.; Rampey, B. D.; Donahue, P. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
This report presents results for three years of trial school-district-level reading assessments in NAEP at grades 4 and 8. Five urban public-school districts voluntarily participated in NAEP in 2002 and 2003: Atlanta City, City of Chicago School District 299, Houston ISD, Los Angeles Unified, and New York City Public Schools. In 2003 four…
Descriptors: Grade 8, English (Second Language), Limited English Speaking, Urban Schools
BROOKS, MELVIN S.; HILGENDORF, ROBERT L. – 1960
MIGRANT LABORERS WHO PICKED STRAWBERRIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS IN THE SPRING OF 1958 WERE SURVEYED. THIS PARTICULAR SAMPLE WAS SELECTED FOR STUDY BECAUSE FAR MORE CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED IN THE HARVEST OF STRAWBERRIES THAN IN ANY OTHER FARM TASK OF THE AREA. MIGRANTS WHO WERE INTERVIEWED WERE SELECTED BY SYSTEMATIC RANDOM SAMPLING--A PROCEDURE THAT…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Aspiration, Attitudes, Family Characteristics
The Demographics and Academics of College Readiness in Illinois. Policy Research Report: IERC 2005-3
Presley, Jennifer B.; Gong, Yuqin – Online Submission, 2005
In order to help Illinois policymakers and education administrators assess whether the State's public high school graduates are ready to enter and succeed in college, the IERC is undertaking a six-year longitudinal study of the Illinois Class of 2002. This first report shows that only about one third of the Class of 2002 is college-ready, and that…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, College Bound Students, Noncollege Bound Students, Student Characteristics
DeAngelis, Karen J. – Online Submission, 2003
The study examines the early career paths of a random sample of individuals who earned their Illinois Type 75 administrative certificates in 1999-2000. (Contains 2 footnotes, 7 charts and 8 tables.)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Certification, Career Development, Gender Differences
Teplin, Linda A.; Abram, Karen M.; McClelland, Gary M.; Mericle, Amy A.; Dulcan, Mina K.; Washburn, Jason J. – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2006
This bulletin examines the prevalence of alcohol, drug, and mental disorders among youth at the Cook County (Illinois) Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, by gender, race/ethnicity, and age. Drawing on research conducted by the Northwestern Juvenile Project, this bulletin finds that nearly two-thirds of males and three-quarters of females studied…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Juvenile Justice, Psychological Patterns, Drug Abuse
Direct linkAmos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2006
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) "Leaving Boys Behind": New Report Finds Higher High School Graduation Rates for Females Across Every Racial…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, High School Graduates, Graduation Requirements
Hare, Bruce Robert – 1975
This investigation studied children of different races, socioeconomic backgrounds, and sexes, and attempted to identify the components by which they arrive at their self-evaluation. The study used a pre-tested 30 item self-esteem measure. The study also used a test anxiety scale, an achievement orientation scale, and an arbitration scale. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
Triandis, Harry C.; And Others – 1972
In order to choose among several strategies of cross-cultural training, a standard experimental paradigm is needed to inexpensively generate reliable and valid data. The research presented in this document provides what appears to be such a paradigm. It involves the presentation of intercultural conflict to subjects, under standardized conditions.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attitudes, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Background
Malpass, Roy S.; Symonds, John D. – 1972
Preferences for 92 values, obtained from a survey of cross-cultural studies of values, were obtained from two separate and geographically distant sets of groups consisting of black and white males and females of lower- and middle-Class status. The middle-class black population was of insufficient size to include, however. Value preferences were…
Descriptors: College Students, Goal Orientation, High School Students, Middle Class Standards
Budde, Stephen; Mayer, Susan; Zinn, Andrew; Lippold, Melissa; Avrushin, Adam; Bromberg, Ava; Goerge, Robert; Courtney, Mark – Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2004
In this multi-faceted exploratory study, administrative data were used to examine trends in residential care utilization by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and youth outcomes from 1993 to 2003. Multivariate analyses were conducted to determine the factors associated with entry to residential care and…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Placement, Youth, Foster Care
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1995
This report examines undergraduate persistence and time to degree at public universities in Illinois, focusing on the year-to-year persistence of cohorts of freshmen students admitted to 10 universities between 1983 and 1993. It also examines the public university graduating class of 1993-94 and describes the factors influencing time to degree. It…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Age Differences, Bachelors Degrees, College Students
Report to the Governor and General Assembly on Underrepresented Groups in Illinois Higher Education.
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 2002
This annual report presents information on minority, female, and disabled students and staff in Illinois higher education. It seeks to explain and track recent changes in representation among these groups and highlights statewide and institutional efforts to improve representation. This year's report is divided into three sections: (1)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Annual Reports, Black Students, Diversity (Student)
Eber, Lucille; Rolf, Karen – 1999
This report summarizes an analysis of the Illinois State Board of Education's (ISBE) Funding and Child Tracking System (FACTS) for students with emotional/behavioral disabilities (EBD) from 1989-1996. The data indicate: (1) the numbers of youth identified with EBD as a primary disability increased by 13 percent; (2) older children, male children,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Disorders, Black Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Watson, Lemuel W. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2004
Community colleges are well positioned to provide underserved student populations with access to computer technology. This chapter explores the issues of access and technology from multiple perspectives in the community college, and explains how community colleges can develop a foundation for their technology plan.
Descriptors: Technology Planning, Community Colleges, Access to Computers, Educational Technology
Mosena, Pat W. – 1986
This report presents findings from the Adolescent Parent Outreach Survey (APOS), a longitudinal survey of mothers under 18 years old in Cook County, Illinois, who were receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in October 1981. The report provides a profile of adolescent mothers on AFDC, and identifies personal and family background…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Contraception, Dropouts, Early Parenthood
