This report updates recent trends in household and family characteristics and contains demographic data from the March 1986 "Current Population Survey." The population characteristics include household composition, household and family size, age at marriage, and unmarried couples. The document reports that the U.S. population characteristics are…

This brief article presents some of the facts and figures learned from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). NAEP is an on-going nationwide survey to determine what America's students are learning. It is conducted by the Educational Testing Service, and, at the time this article was written, was funded by the National Institute…

To discover whether high schools and colleges were following the 1971 guidelines on the use of rank in class (RIC) in college admissions decisions, the National Association of Secondary School Principals surveyed 257 public and private secondary schools and 126 public and private colleges across the nation. The survey questionnaire sought data on…

Summarized are the results of a survey conducted at Purdue University of nine different engineering schools regarding the programming languages and expertise needed by their undergraduates. (CS)

This document consists of the two 2000 issues of the newsletter of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE). Each issue contains a feature article and one or more short articles on topics related to early childhood education, calls for papers, announcements about Internet resources, news items about and lists…

Reasons why some students complete further education (FE) and others drop-out were examined in a study involving a sample of 9,000 students and staff from 31 inner city, urban, and rural FE colleges throughout the United Kingdom. Data were collected from the following sources: interviews with FE college managers, staff, and students; review of…

This edition of "NAEPFacts" highlights findings from the first attempt by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to measure elementary students' oral reading on a large scale. This article presents data on 1,136 fourth graders' oral fluency and its relationship to 3 other aspects of reading ability: comprehension,…

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has developed a home page on the Internet that allows users instant access to current NAEP publications and linkages to data from sources within and outside of the U.S. government. The home page features the following "buttons": (1) information on the NAEP; (2) NAEP activities, a…

This brief contains selected references on work force and workplace literacy. The references are divided under the following headings: 10 how-to guides and assessment tools, 15 policy and research reports, and 4 surveys. Each listing may include the following: title, author(s), product description, cost, and publishing source. (NLA)

This report discusses the findings of national surveys that show little evidence of improvement in the economic well-being of Americans with disabilities. Positive and negative findings include: (1) the labor force participation rate for people with disabilities aged 18-64 remained more or less constant, at about 52 percent between 1990 and 1994;…

According to a national survey of 1,200 adults conducted between November 1984 and January 1985, Americans are solidly in favor of raising standards for graduation from junior and senior high schools, even if the changes result in the failure of their own children to graduate. The respondents were not willing to support these reforms if they were…

A study was conducted to investigate the current status of post-tenure faculty evaluation in the community college. Questionnaires were mailed to 1,290 tenured and non-tenured faculty and 421 administrators at 9 community colleges. Study findings, based on a 50.1% response rate, included the following: (1) 77% of the respondents indicated that…

Summarized are results of the National Science Foundation's Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges for the fiscal year 1979. The principal finding is that research and development expenditures at universities and colleges totaled $5.2 billion in fiscal year 1979, up 12% in current dollars and 3% in constant…

This article presents an abbreviated report of a study to develop a model for achieving student participation in the governance of senior high schools. It also presents a blueprint for the implementation of this model in existing schools. For the study, a survey was done of a representative sample of senior high school students, teachers, and…

Information on Canadian social and economic trends is presented in this statistical review. Advance information on national income and expenditure accounts for the first quarter of 1978 is provided. Characteristics of full-time university teachers from 1956-57 to 1977-78 are detailed in tables that recount such developments as the nearly six-fold…