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George, Catherine C.; Vannest, Kimberly J. – Beyond Behavior, 2009
Questions and concerns exist regarding the exclusion of students with disabilities from statewide assessments, partly because the number of student with disabilities who are included in state assessment varies from state to state and is generally low. This contributes to a belief that accountability for all students may be misunderstood or ill…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Program Effectiveness, Accountability, Decision Making
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
Texas State Legislature, Austin. Legislative Education Board. – 1991
The development of Texas' new cost-of-education index (CEI) for 1992-93 is described in this report. The two components of the index are price, which adjusts for regional price variations beyond the control of local districts, and scale, which adjusts for diseconomies of scale due to differences in district size as measured by pupil attendance.…
Descriptors: Budgets, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Indexes, Educational Economics
Renfrow, Raylene; Henderson, David L. – 1985
This study determined the prominent brands of microcomputers presently in use in Southeast Texas schools, the reasons for their selection, and computer use and brands in relation to grade level. Questionnaires related to microcomputer use were sent to 115 school districts in southeast Texas in 1985. The return rate was 83 percent. A total of 8,258…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Educational Media, Educational Technology
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
Marshall, F. Ray; Bouvier, Leon F. – 1986
The future is filled with demographic change for the State of Texas. As the population becomes more ethnically diverse, the Texas demographic, economic, and sociocultural profiles also will change. This volume presents a wide range of demographic information on the State of Texas. The 10 chapters look at: (1) the population of Texas: past,…
Descriptors: Demography, Futures (of Society), Human Geography, Population Growth
Corn, Anne L.; Coatney, Lynn – Spectrum, 1984
One hundred teachers of the visually handicapped in Texas's public day schools were surveyed to help schools improve recruitment. Data are presented on (1) the teachers' professional training and certification, (2) job characteristics, (3) teachers' reasons for choosing their profession, and (4) their attitudes toward their positions. (MCG)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Elementary Secondary Education, Occupational Information, Special Education Teachers
Jeffries, Judson L. – Negro Educational Review, The, 2004
The history of Juneteenth, slavery, and deferred freedom is filled with heroes, plots, and interesting twists. For many of African descent, Juneteenth is a day to commemorate the official ending of American slavery. Slavery did not end with the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. Not until June 19, 1865 was slavery abolished--two and a half…
Descriptors: Slavery, African Americans, State Norms, Compensation (Remuneration)

Texas State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. Div. of Community Colleges and Technical Institutes. – 2000
This statewide fact book contains general statistical information about public community and technical colleges in Texas. Each section of the report begins with a statewide summary, which generally includes graphical representation of observations. Following the statewide summary in each section, detailed institutional information is presented in…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1984
The Texas Education Agency completed its first study of the "Availability of Teachers for Texas Public Schools" in November 1982. That report contained an analysis of data from a variety of sources and concerned past staffing practices and the current and future status of teacher supply and demand. This study builds on the November 1982…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary School Teachers, Employment Patterns, Enrollment Trends
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Research and Evaluation. – 2002
This report describes the status of public education in Texas, as required by Texas law. It contains an executive summary and 14 chapters on the following topics: (1) state performance on the academic-excellence indicators; (2) a summary compilation of overall student performance on the state performance assessments and a study of the correlation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Gains, Charter Schools