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Download full textTuttle, Christina Clark; Teh, Bing-ru; Nichols-Barrer, Ira; Gill, Brian P.; Gleason, Philip – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
In this set of four supplemental tables, the authors compare the baseline test scores of the treatment and matched control group samples observed in each year after KIPP entry (outcome years 1 to 4). As discussed in Chapter III, the authors used an iterative propensity score estimation procedure to calculate each student's probability of entering…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Middle Schools, Student Characteristics, Tables (Data)
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2008
The purpose of a state report card is to provide the general public and policymakers with information to assess and improve post secondary education in each state. "Measuring Up 2008" is the fifth in a series of biennial report cards that evaluates states in six overall performance categories: (1) Preparation for post-secondary education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education
Fiene, Richard; And Others – 1989
This report presents findings of the Pennsylvania Child Care Training Needs Survey. The purpose of the survey was to determine statewide needs for child care training. A random sample of 500 day care centers was selected from the 2,127 day care centers in Pennsylvania. The sample was stratified in terms of the state's four regions--northeast,…
Descriptors: Day Care, Demography, Early Childhood Education, Educational Needs
Summers, Anita A.; Wolfe, Barbara L. – 1975
This publication discusses the difficulties of calculating reliable income estimates for particular groups of people and presents a methodology for overcoming those obstacles. Basically, the procedure involves setting up cumulative distributions of housing values, rental values, and family incomes for each census tract. Average housing values and…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Surveys, Computer Programs, Data Analysis
Lutz, Frank W.; Garnon, Frederick W., Jr. – 1978
Recently there has been a resurgence in demand for citizen participation in public school decision-making. To directly assess the degree of this phenomenon, 30 public school districts were selected from Pennsylvania (excluding Philadelphia and Pittsburgh), based on a random sample, for a citizen attitude measurement questionnaire that yielded 320…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Citizen Participation, Community Attitudes, Decentralization
Senier, John – 1975
Population projections developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 1970 to 2000, have been updated to report the latest information on fertility and mortality trends and migration within the State. Methology utilized closely resembles the cohort component procedure, with multiple regression analysis applied to historical information for…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Demography, Educational Planning, Futures (of Society)
Center for Rural Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. – 1997
Graphs, data tables, maps, and written descriptions give a statistical overview of rural Pennsylvania. A section on rural demographics covers population changes, racial and ethnic makeup, age cohorts, and families and income. Pennsylvania's rural population, the nation's largest, has increased more than its urban population since 1950, with the…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Health Services
Smith, Mark K., Ed.; And Others – 1977
Selected information is displayed in the form of charts, tables, and graphs about: (1) the State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) program and other state-level student financial assistance programs; (2) the primary state agency or organization responsible for administering these programs; and (3) the general state characteristics relating to student…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Consumer Protection, Demography, Educational Finance
Madden, J. Patrick; And Others – 1975
The first in a series of 53 publications designed to provide information relative to human service decision makers, this datebook constitutes a statistical summary of the socioeconomic problems of children and families with children in Pennsylvania's 67 counties. Data taken from the 1970 U.S. Census Report are presented via 24 tables, 15 figures,…
Descriptors: Age, Census Figures, Children, Demography
Hole, F. Marvin; And Others – 1977
A study was done in Pennsylvania to identify the demographic characteristics and inservice needs of adult vocational teachers in five employment categories: full-time adult vocational teachers, part -time adult vocational teacher only, part-time adult vocational teacher/full-time secondary teacher, part-time adult vocational teacher/working…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Demography, Educational Experience, Educational Needs
Philadelphia Public Schools, PA. – 1960
THE PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION REPORTS ON THE STATUS OF RACIAL BALANCE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS WELL AS ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S PROGRESS TOWARD INTEGRATION. THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS, EMPLOYEE ASSIGNMENT POLICIES, AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND BUILDING CONDITIONS ARE DISCUSSED. ORGANIZED HUMAN RELATIONS EMPHASES WERE…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Human Relations Programs, Inservice Teacher Education, Public Schools
Brehman, George E., Jr. – 1979
This report, compiled by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, offers an overview of education in Pennsylvania from the past through the present with future projections. Extensive use of data in the form of tables and graphs is used to analyze the three main sections of the book: demographic trends, basic education, and higher education.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Projections
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Div. of Advisory Services. – 1984
Although the level of funding for adult education programs in Pennsylvania was reduced from 1982-83 to 1983-84, progress was made in increasing the availability of adult basic education (ABE) programs throughout the State and in decreasing the overall rate of premature separations of students from ABE programs. Total hours of service to ABE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Compensation (Remuneration)
Steketee, Martha Wade; Bergsten, Martha C. – 1997
This Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in the status of Pennsylvania's children. The statistical portrait is based on 18 indicators of child well-being: (1) low birth weight; (2) lack of early prenatal care; (3) births to single teens; (4) infant mortality; (5) child deaths; (6) child violent deaths; (7) substantiated child abuse; (8)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
