Each year the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) publishes a pocket summary of their "Projections of Education Statistics." This summary reviews data on U.S. education from 1980-81 and provides predictions of educational data until 2002-03. Included are tables summarizing population trends and tables of elementary school and…

Based on published statistics and on information collected by Quality Education Data (QED) during telephone calls to every United States school district in 1981-82, 1982-83, and 1983-84 (including all intermediate units and subdistricts of large school districts), this publication presents in tabular form information on the size of the…

Wyoming is a state of great natural beauty with only five people per square mile and a unique way of life that deserves to be preserved. The economy, though, is almost totally dependent on energy extraction, an area that has not done well of late. The state's small population makes "boutique" products and services not very profitable,…

The Educational Research Service annually reports an important statistical measure, the Composite Indicator of Changes in Average Salaries and Wages Paid by Public School Systems (CIC), which is designed to reflect overall changes in average salaries and wages paid by school systems in much the same way that the Dow Jones Average or the Standard…

This handbook presents statistical procedures that will assist State and local school officials in making longrange projections for a decade or more. The author suggests several seemingly appropriate procedures but leaves it to the State and local officials to select the procedures that appear most suitable for their specific local conditions.…

Reviews trends from 1971 to 1982 primarily as revealed by Department of Education statistics. Enrollment, number and size of schools and districts, student-teacher ratios, programs for exceptional children, basic courses, computer applications, revenues, expenditures, cost-cutting, student performance assessment, state provisions to improve…

Because they feel that music educators should be aware of general educational trends, the authors present an overview, with statistics, of two of education's most pressing problems: declining enrollments and higher costs. (JL)

A pullout desk reference of key school statistics, this 10th annual edition provides a review of the year's big stories in education; key indicators of school performance and progress in areas such as test scores and educational technology; school construction and school bond issues; demographic profiles of school board members and school…

This report presents the results of the seventh and final year of data collection on the characteristics of teacher education students in Minnesota. Twenty-two of Minnesota's 27 approved teacher education institutions provided information on program applicants between July 1, 1993 and June 30, 1994, with 21 institutions providing information on…

This is the first of two volumes of the National Center for Education Statistics' annual statistical report on the condition of education in the United States for 1990. This volume addresses elementary and secondary education, while the second volume covers postsecondary education (PE). Condition of education indicators (CEIs)--key data that…

Information from 171 diocesan offices across the United States was drawn together to prepare this statistical report on enrollments and revenues in Catholic elementary schools. The report, one of the annual statistical reports on Catholic education developed using the National Catholic Educational Association's national database, also provides…

The purpose of this study was to gather data and test the hypothesis that the number of constant dollars expended for educational supervision by Louisiana public school systems increased during the decade from 1963 to 1974. To facilitate comparison of expenditures from different years, all financial data are expressed in terms of "constant…

Using data from the ten-year-old Data Bank of the National Catholic Educational Association, the author points out some trends in America's Catholic schools: enrollment stabilization, shifts from religious to lay teachers, increasing minority enrollments, and increasing operating expenses. (SJL)

Begins with a look at the year's major education news: implications of the massacre at Columbine High School, major Supreme Court decisions, and pro- and anti-voucher political rhetoric. Following is an analysis of how the nation is doing on the Goals 2000. Other sections take the pulse of public education and analyze the challenges faced by…

This first edition of Key Data on Higher Education in Europe consists of 70 indicators offering both qualitative and quantitative information and data on 31 European countries. Key Data on Higher Education in Europe is intended to provide a very wide audience with information on many aspects of higher education systems. Its aim is to highlight…