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Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines. – 1990
Information on the condition of K-12 education in Iowa during 1990 is presented in this document. To provide comparisons across time, comparable data for the 1985-86 school year are also presented. Following the introduction, the first section describes statewide initiatives for improvement and quality assurance and for increased educational…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
Presents tables showing that the variability among states for results of the 1992 International Assessment of Educational Progress and National Assessment of Educational Progress is as great as that among countries. Also, Asian-American students score higher than any other students in the world. First- and second-ranked states are listed for math…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Johnson, Wayne Paul; Hickrod, G. Alan – 1985
According to a formula developed to measure the adequacy of state educational finance levels, only three of six selected midwestern states provided adequate levels of expenditure per pupil in 1981-82. The formula for determining adequacy, developed by Jerry Miner and Walter McMahon, consists of totaling adequate levels of expenditure in seven…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Quinn, Nancy W.; Quinn, C. William – 1990
A detailed regional profile that compares rural and urban populations of seven North Central states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) is presented in this report. Following an overview of the report, sources, and definitions, the next eight sections discuss the region as a whole and each of the seven states by…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education, Population Distribution
Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines. – 1992
The progress of Iowa public elementary and secondary schools and community colleges made in 1992 toward the National Education Goals is described in this report. The first section describes selected initiatives designed to reach major goals of the state's strategic educational plan: increasing student achievement; transforming the education…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. – 1996
This publication comprises the seventh annual "Condition of Education" report for the state of Iowa. It contains descriptive data for the year 1996 that will assist in local decision making. The report contains data for the following areas of prekindergarten through grade 12 education: enrollment; school personnel; program; student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Curriculum, Educational Attainment