This manual is designed to familiarize data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing of the base-year school component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). A corollary objective is to provide the necessary documentation for use of the data files. The manual provides a wide range of…

This report presents information on public elementary schools and secondary schools for the 1990-91 school year and the 1990 fiscal year, with an appendix containing final revised data for the 1989-90 school year and the 1989 fiscal year. Statistics are based on data collected through two of the four surveys of the Common Core of Data (CCD)…

Ten tables presenting national data on private schools are provided. Data were collected using the Private School Questionnaire, which is one of seven questionnaires comprising the 1987-88 Schools and Staffing Survey developed by the United States Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. The survey, conducted by the…

Creating a positive school climate and developing a fair and consistently enforced discipline system are fundamental steps in making school campuses safe. Model programs and policies are presented to minimize student and staff victimization risks by helping evaluate where a school district stands in terms of effective school safety and school…

Vermont state legislation provides additional funding to small schools--those enrolling fewer than 100 students. To meet legislative requirements, a study group examined costs, educational quality, and consolidation issues in Vermont's small schools. In 1996-97, Vermont had 50 small schools (16 percent of all public schools), primarily K-6…

This report includes early tabulations from the 1985 Public School Survey of schools and teachers. The tabulations and figures are prefaced by a description of the survey methodology, indicating what the limitations are on the data and briefly describing sampling variation. The mail sample survey collected information on a nationally…

This report, mandated by the Education Amendments of 1976, presents information on the demand for and availability of qualified teachers and administrative personnel and relates these findings to Office of Education (OE) teacher training programs. Two sample surveys provide data for this report: the Survey of Recent College Graduates (RCGS)…

Evaluation forms used by the Colorado bilingual program are presented. Contents include forms concerning the following information: (1) pupil numbers by category information, (2) pupil attendance data, (3) parent advisory council information, (4) parent participation by specific activity, (5) reading achievement data--district level test data…

This report presents non-fiscal information on public elementary and secondary schools for the 1991-92 school year and finance data for the 1990-91 school year (fiscal year 1991). Statistics are based on data from two of the four surveys of the Common Core of Data program of the National Center for Education Statistics. In comparing findings of…

The tables in this report summarize statistical information for schools and education agencies as supplied to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) by state education agencies. Information comes from the 1989-90 school year Public Elementary and Secondary School Universe and the Public Elementary and Secondary Education Agency…

This report summarizes students' responses regarding crime at school collected by the National Crime Victimization Survey in a special supplement during the first half of 1989. The data represent an estimated 21.6 million students, ages 12 to 19. The analysis accounts for crime experienced by different groups--males and females; blacks and whites;…

To compile information on state and school district standardized testing programs, a survey instrument was designed and sent to 135 members of the National Association of Test Directors (NATD). Seventy responses (52%) were received in time to be included in the compilation. Most participating school districts (n=61, 87%) had a program mandated by…

This study presents financial data on Catholic high schools in five enrollment ranges across the country. The two objectives of the study were to acquire general data for national purposes and to develop specific models for managing Catholic high schools. Nine tables of data are available for reference. The first part of this report deals with…

The Florida Merit Schools Program is described and evaluated in this report. Program goals were to increase student academic performance and to provide economic incentives to school staffs. Research phases involved: document analysis of school district plans submitted to the state Department of Education; interviews with school personnel from five…

This report presents fall 1987 demographic, staffing, salary, and workload information on California community college employees, based on data provided by 68 of the 70 districts in the state. First, tables present the total number of district employees by: primary occupational activity; the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees by…