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Download full textRusso, Rocco P. – 1988
The 1988 National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS:88) focuses on a sample of students enrolled in the eighth grade during the spring of 1988. Building on its predecessors (the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 and High School and Beyond), the study is designed to provide trend data about the critical transitions…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Longitudinal Studies
Ingels, Steven J. – 1990
The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), a longitudinal study sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics, provides trend data about transitions experienced as young people develop, attend school, and embark on careers. The study began with a national sample of about 26,000 eighth graders in 1988 and follows these…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Data Analysis, Grade 8, Individual Development
Knoblach, Robin; Chambliss, Catherine – 1989
One of the fastest growing social and economic trends in the latter half of this century has been the entry of women into the labor force, especially women with children. How a mother's working outside the home affects her children is far from clear. This study examined the relationship between maternal employment status and sex-role concept,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Employed Parents, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
Kingsley, David E. – 2001
This paper reports on models that clarify the meaning of trends in 8th grade smoking in one of America's most rural and least densely populated states. It is based on cross-sectional analysis of data collected in the "Kansas Communities That Care Survey" from 1995 to 1999. The analysis of trends data is presented in table form utilizing…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Grade 8, Illegal Drug Use, Influences
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1990
In February 1989, statewide assessment tests in reading, mathematics, and writing were given to a sample of eighth graders throughout Oregon. The results and analyses of reading and mathematics assessments are presented. Important trends are described based on the analysis of data from 1985, 1987, and 1989. The 1989 information provides the first…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Core Curriculum, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Bureau of Research, Planning, and Evaluation. – 1989
This report of statewide enrollments in Connecticut public schools based on enrollments through October 1988 includes projections for: (1) elementary; (2) middle/junior high; (3) high; (4) kindergarten, grade 8, and grade 12; and (5) racial/ethnic groups. Information on the following background factors are also included: (1) births; (2) high…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Elementary Schools, Enrollment Projections, Enrollment Trends
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1988
The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) is a major new panel study of educational outcomes sponsored by the Center for Education Statistics of the United States Department of Education. The NELS:88 is designed to provide trend data about critical transitions experienced by young people as they develop, attend school, and embark…
Descriptors: Field Tests, Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1991
Data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) are reported for New York State. The NELS:88 is the most comprehensive longitudinal study conducted to date by the National Center for Education Statistics. The base year survey conducted in spring 1988 included approximately 1,000 schools nationally and almost 25,000…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Grade 8, High Risk Students
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1992
The Connecticut Mastery Test testing program assesses essential skills in mathematics and language arts, including listening, reading, and writing, for grades 4, 6, and 8. For grade 8, student achievement is measured and reported in relation to specific learning objectives (criterion-referenced) that students can reasonably be expected to have…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Educational Trends
