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Peer reviewedLewit, Eugene M. – Future of Children, 1994
Examines sources of national data on child abuse, the number of cases reported, and recent trends. The author addresses the issues of substantiation rates and the various categories of abuse, then provides brief examinations of the characteristics of the victims of abuse and of child fatalities related to maltreatment. (GLR)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Data Collection, Databases
Download full textNational Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1985
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has acted to provide a new perspective with its 1985 survey of the literacy skills of young Americans aged 21-25. In the spring of 1985, NAEP began screening 40,000 households to identify a nationally representative sample of between 3,600 and 5,000 young adults aged 21-25 and several hundred…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
Astin, Alexander W.; And Others – 1991
This report presents national normative data on the major trends and characteristics of 1.6 million students attending American colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshmen. The normative data are reported separately for men and for women and for 35 different institutional groupings. Among the findings are the following: (1) student…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Freshmen, Data Analysis, Data Collection
National Commission on Children, Washington, DC. – 1990
This interim, progress report to the President and Committees of the House and Senate describes activities of the National Commission on Children in six communities across the country. The report contains information from hearings, town meetings, site visits, and forums in the communities. Included in the report are discussions of: (1) the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Caregivers, Childhood Needs, Cooperation
Stephens, Susan A.; Lakin, K. Charlie – 1990
This final volume of a five-volume report on instructional programs for handicapped children and youth in separate day and residential facilities throughout the United States provides additional documentation on the two surveys used in the study (volume 4 contains the survey instruments and appendix B of volume 2 describes the instrument…
Descriptors: Coding, Data Collection, Databases, Day Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1992
This report responds to a congressional request for information on the following selected issues involving intercollegiate athletics: (1) revenue and expenses of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and its member schools' athletic departments; (2) a data profile on the gender and race/ethnicity of staff members in five selected…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Black Colleges, Budgets, College Athletics
