This documentation is for the provisional version 2a file of the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey for School Year (SY) 2013-14. It contains a brief description of the data collection, along with information required to understand and access the data file.…

This documentation is for the revised file (Version 1b) of the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) for school year 2008-2009, fiscal year 2009 (FY 09). It contains a brief description of the data collection along with information required to understand and…

These school statistics are compiled from estimated data provided by the 50 state education agencies and the District of Columbia for use by the National Education Association's state and local affiliates, which employ them in their negotiations, research, and lobbying activities. Current-year projections of enrollment, staff, and financial…

Survey responses of 400 school district personnel directors reveal the five most used personnel cost cutters and the percent of districts using them: (1) early retirement (47%); (2) fewer district administrators (45%); (3) fewer district support staff (39%); (4) reduced professional leave (37%); and (5) curtailment of overtime (37%). (MLF)

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…

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…

The salary paid school business officials is generally related to (1) the region of the country, (2) the district enrollment size, and (3) the expenditure per pupil of the district. Text, charts, and tables illustrate responses from 1,031 reporting school systems. A profile of fringe benefits is presented. (MLF)

Provides a summary of research and graduate study activities at 227 U.S. and Canadian engineering colleges. Included is information on the number of faculty and students; degree requirements; degree granted; research areas; and research expenditures of each institution. Presents indices by fields of graduate study and areas of research. (YP)

It is crucial that measures and indicators for important aspects of the educational system be found and collected. As the education system strives to meet commonly identified goals, effective inputs become easier to identify and become more amenable to common collection and use, overcoming the two major impediments to developing national education…

These two interim reports are the third and fourth in a series based on data from the 1,082 microcomputer-owning public and non-public elementary and secondary schools that responded to a survey of 1,600 schools (68%) between December 1982 and March 1983. Issue No. 3 presents comparable data on microcomputer ownership and use for schools in…

This report on school staffing ratios is prepared from information collected as part of Educational Research Service's "National Survey of Salaries and Wages in Public Schools, 1987-88," which provides data on salaries, wages, and number of staff for 22 professional and 10 support positions. Included are pupil-staff and teacher-staff…

Comparative financial information for fiscal year 1986-87 is presented in this report, derived from two surveys of 535 public community and junior colleges. Chapter 1 provides guidance on the use of the report to compare institutional statistics with national and peer group medians; points out limitations of the data; and summarizes findings in…

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) collects statistics on the condition of education in the United States, analyzes and reports the meaning and significance of these statistics, and assists states and local education agencies in improving their statistical systems. This publication contains a summary of all recent data collections…

This survey represents the first volume of a three-part report which presents the contract salaries and minimum and maximum wages for 22 professional positions scheduled for 1986-87 according to data from 1,031 responding school systems. In addition to this information, the system-by-system listing considers data such as enrollment, per pupil…

This study represents the second volume of a three-part report which presents the annual salaries actually paid to 22 categories of professional personnel for 1986-87 by 1,031 surveyed school systems. A system-by-system listing relates data such as enrollment; per pupil expenditure; the contract salaries paid to superintendents; the highest,…