This document describes standardized test performance of pupils in secondary schools of the Houston Independent School District (HISD). Tests reported include the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) and the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS). In addition to achievement scores, this report contains information about the students,…

This report provides information about the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS); specifically, it reports statistical data about schools and their administration on a school-by-school and office-by-office basis. The report is organized into seven sections: (1) purpose and organization of the report and definition of terms; (2) county and school…

Study sponsored by the University of Cincinnati, the American College Testing Program, Society for the Advancement of Education, and Exxon Education Foundation. (Editor/CB)

Information about public school enrollment and the numbers of staff members employed is reported in the "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, School Year 1996-97" from which this brief summary is derived. In 1996-97, 45.6 million students were enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools. Of these…

Curriculum suppliers, state departments of education, and home school leaders, are the sources used to estimate that between 248,500 and 353,500 school-aged children (K-12) were educated at home in the 1990-91 school year. This paper explains how this estimate was derived. It provides information on process, possible bias, alternate survey…

This document contains statistics that describe the University of Alaska (UA) Statewide System of higher education, which encompasses 4-year institutions and community and 2-year colleges. UA consists of four major administrative units: UA Statewide, UA Anchorage, UA Fairbanks, and UA Southeast. A brief profile is provided of each unit. The…

This document provides statistics that describe the University of Alaska (UA) statewide system of higher education, which encompasses 4-year institutions and community and 2-year colleges. The student profile information includes: (1) headcount by campus, gender and ethnicity; (2) part-time/full-time student enrollment; (3) non-credit student…

This document presents key institutional facts and figures for the 2001-2002 academic year. Information outlined in the report includes: (1) fall enrollment history from 1977-2001; (2) student characteristics; (3) full-time and part-time enrollments; (4) demographic data on incoming students; (5) enrollment by program of study; (6) degrees and…

To make effective long-term plans, school districts need enrollment projections obtained from objective census-style data and the more subjective information available through interviews with local decision-makers. (MLF)

A small sample of the 60 indicators contained in the "Condition of Education, 1992" are provided in this brief booklet. Ordering information to receive the complete 421-page book is listed along with the following tables: (1) High school completion rate for 19- to 20-year-olds; (2) student drug and alcohol use; (3) immediate transition…

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) projects that total elementary and secondary school enrollment will be 45.6 million in fall 1989. There were an estimated 45.4 million students enrolled in 1988. Enrollment in kindergarten through grade 8 is expected to increase from 32.4 million in 1988 to 32.9 million in 1989, an increase of…

New this year to the annual desk reference of key education facts is a special report on immigration, followed by education events in review; spending on school construction and renovation; demographics of school leadership; indicators of school performance and progress; and education indicators by region and by state. (MLF)

The fourth volume of an annual series contains educational data concerning teaching certificates and diplomas awarded in the Province of Quebec at the secondary, college, and university levels and for adult education. Text, tables, and graphs provide information about graduates at these levels by sex, program, and administrative district.…

Examines journalism enrollment patterns in colleges across the United States based on a 1983 survey of 201 programs. (HOD)

Information on four-year accredited institutions of higher education is presented in four volumes in an early retrievable format to cover the regions of the United States: the northeast, southeast, west, and midwest. It is designed to help counselors, parents, college-bound students, and continuing education students choose a school that best…