This report, the most recent of an annual series begun in 1937, offers revised information on State minimum salary laws affecting teachers as of September 1968. The first section of the report summarizes the following information for the 31 States which have minimum salary laws: (1) Year of original adoption of legislation; (2) type and amount of…

This publication presents a variety of revenue and expenditure data for U.S. public elementary and secondary schools during the 1973-74 fiscal year. Data were compiled from annual expenditure reports submitted by each state and from responses to a biennial survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Most of the booklet…

From a national survey of 358 school heads, this article presents a statistical portrait of Catholic high schools today: their locations; student populations; administrator characteristics; curriculum; management methods; and administrators' attitudes, problems, and goals. (SJL)

Twelve tables are presented, which provide enrollment and staffing data concerning the 100 largest school districts in the United States. The data were reported to the National Center for Education Statistics in the spring of 1989 through the Common Core of Data survey series, and files used for this report contain data for all 50 states, the…

The Educational Research Services, Inc.'s National Survey of Salaries and Wages in Public Schools for 1985-86 collected data on the number of personnel in 23 professional and 10 support positions in public school systems throughout the United States, as well as data on the fall 1985 enrollment of these systems. Various pupil-staff and…

Basic educational data, for fall 1974, on all public elementary and secondary day schools in the United States, the District of Columbia, and some outlying areas under U.S. jurisdiction are presented in this report. National trend data since fall 1970 are included for selected items. Detailed data, by state or other area, are provided on the…

This publication provides a comprehensive overview of work done across all parts of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Each issue contains short publications, summaries, and descriptions that cover all NCES publications and data products released during a 3-month period. Each issue also contains a message from the NCES on a…

This publication provides a comprehensive overview of work done across all parts of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Each issue contains short publications, summaries, and descriptions that cover all NCES publications and data products released in a 3-month period. Each issue also contains a message from the NCES on a timely…

A state-by-state cost comparison has been added to AS&U's annual analysis and indicates that school budgets may be in deep trouble. (Author/MLF)

The National Association of Test Directors (NATD) conducted a survey of testing issues and practices in members' public school districts in the United States during the 1988-89 school year. Responses from 50 testing directors in large school districts as summarized provide an overview of test use and testing practices. (SLD)

Explores the role of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) in providing data about teacher quality in U.S. education. SASS findings make it clear that recruiting teachers will do little to help unless ways are found to retain teachers and to understand the social and organizational context of teaching. (SLD)

The National Association of Secondary School Principals periodically studies practices and characteristics of secondary schools to help inform educators and shape policy. Such studies of middle-level education were conducted in 1966 and 1981. As middle-level education moved into the 1990s, many new questions about education and leadership needed…

The Common Core of Data (CCD) is the primary database of the National Center for Education Statistics on elementary and secondary public education in the United States. CCD is a comprehensive, annual, national statistical database of all elementary and secondary schools and school districts, which contains data that are comparable across all…

This document provides four tables that contain public school enrollment data for the school years 1991-92 and 1992-93. The following are the tables: (1) public school enrollments for the 50 states and the District of Columbia (a comparison of total state enrollments for 1991-92 compared to 1992-93 listing the variance and percent of variance);…

Three tables present figures on public school enrollment in 1992-93 and 1993-94 in the United States by state and county. The first table, "Public School Enrollments," gives a comparison of total state enrollments for the two years. "County Enrollment Increases" compares increases in county enrollments (1,000 students or more)…