In just the last ten years, goaded by broad and still unsettled cultural shifts, education practices have changed dramatically. Schools are no longer just recording and analyzing inputs--dollars spent, number of days of instruction, numbers of students per teacher--but pushing their data-gathering and analysis efforts into the brave new world of…

There are fierce debates over the best way to prepare teachers. Some argue that easing entry into teaching is necessary to attract strong candidates, while others argue that investing in high quality teacher preparation is the most promising approach. Most agree, however, that we lack a strong research basis for understanding how to prepare…

The transition into high school is a critical point in the educational pipeline, and ninth-grade can be characterized as one of its leakiest junctures. This policy brief examines how some states and districts are currently easing the transition into high school for students. It focuses on five key challenges that states, districts and schools…

Discusses school finance data needs, highlighting discrepancies between available data and emerging policy issues surrounding resource origination, disposition, and utilization; and data usage. Discusses some innovative data uses (allocating teachers' and students' time) in New York State and recommends ways to assure the alignment of collected…

This report presents projections of classroom teaching positions in kindergarten through grade 12 for regular day public schools in New York State. The report is organized in three sections, each consisting of three tables. Tables 1-3 display projections of: (1) the classroom teaching force; (2) classroom teacher vacancies; and (3) vacancies to be…

This report summarizes the responses of the State University of New York (SUNY) constituent institutions to the biannual survey of non-credit instructional activities for the period: July 1 through December 31, 1993. It provides statistical data and tables that summarize overall registrations and non-credit instructional activities and reports…

THE DATA IN THIS REPORT ARE STATISTICS ON YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND IN NEW YORK STATE. INCLUDED ARE DATA ON POPULATION, SCHOOL STATISTICS, EMPLOYMENT, FAMILY INCOME, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND YOUTH CRIME (INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY FIGURES), AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. THE STATISTICS ARE PRESENTED IN THE TEXT AND IN TABLES AND CHARTS. (NH)

This report summarizes the response of the State University of New York (SUNY) constituent institutions to the biannual survey of non-credit instructional activities for the period: July 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994. It provides statistical data and tables that summarize overall registrations and non-credit instructional activities and…

This report summarizes, in statistical form, the responses of State University of New York (SUNY) institutions to a 1993 survey of instructional locations away from the main campuses. The five tables contained in the report present data for the full 1992-93 academic year (summer, fall, and spring terms). Table 1 presents summary information on the…

This document records statistics on New York State public school enrollment and staff for 1986-1987. Tables are provided for the following: (1) districts and pupils by type of district; (2) districts and pupils by size of district; (3) public school enrollment by level; (4) number of professional staff members; (5) number of paraprofessional and…

Results of the annual surveys of the geographic origins, or permanent residence, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York (SUNY) during the fall 1977 and fall 1978 semesters are reported. Transfer students are defined as those undergraduate students who were enrolled at a SUNY institution for the first time in a given…

Eleven tables present information about the non-public school enrollment and staffing in New York State in 1991-92. Tables present data for: (1) non-public school enrollment by level and affiliation; (2) trends in enrollment by affiliation from 1987-88 to 1991-92; (3) racial and ethnic distribution of enrollment by affiliation; (4) trends of…

Statistics were collected to show the racial and ethnic distributions of public school students and staff for the 1985-86 school year in New York State. The tables include statistics on: (1) public school students; (2) Black and Hispanic public school students; (3) racial and ethnic origin of public school students between 1981 and 1986; (4)…

This document is a collection of racial/ethnic data on the school population of New York State for 1984-1985. Such data have been collected annually since 1966 and are part of the State Department of Education's Basic Educational Data System. Table 1 gives racial/ethnic student distribution in the State's five major school districts (Buffalo, New…

This statistical report provides data on revenues, staffing, and attendance for the 89 school districts in the 6 counties of western New York. Data for two separate years are included. Section A reports data on actual revenues and expenditures for the 1974-75 fiscal year and is based mainly on state final budget reports for each district in…