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Dow, Mirah J.; McMahon-Lakin, Jacqueline – School Library Research, 2012
To address the presence or absence of school librarians in Kansas public schools, a study using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was designed to investigate staffing levels for library media specialists (LMSs), the label used for school librarians in licensed-personnel data in Kansas, and student achievement at the school level. Five subject areas…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Personnel Data, Academic Achievement
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Engel, Rozlyn C.; Gallagher, Luke B.; Lyle, David S. – Economics of Education Review, 2010
Household disruptions--such as divorce, relocation, and parental absence--have long concerned researchers interested in the educational attainment of children. Here, we consider a plausible source of exogenous variation in work-related parental absences--military deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan in the 2002-2005 period. Combining the…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Family Work Relationship, Children, Academic Achievement
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Gomes, Alessandro Damasio Trani; Borges, A. Tarciso; Justi, Rosaria – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
This study investigates the relationship between the students' understanding of the aims of an investigative activity and their performance when conducting it. One hundred and eighty-one year nine students from a public middle school in Brazil took part in the study. Students working in pairs were asked to investigate two problems using a…
Descriptors: Investigations, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Personnel Data
Bairu, Ghedam – Education Statistics Quarterly, 2001
Provides the following national and state data for public elementary and secondary schools in 1999-2000: (1) number of students enrolled; (2) number of staff by type; (3) number of high school graduates; and (4) race/ethnicity of students and graduates. Data are from the Common Core of Data program. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Ethnicity, High School Graduates