This report briefly describes and analyzes several of the most frequently used techniques for depicting trends and making projections of education statistics. Each technique is described simply and nontechnically, with its uses and shortcomings, and a step-by-step analytical and graphic example and explanation. Projection techniques described…

The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) annually publishes a statistical report on the status and progress of education in the United States. This pamphlet provides 14 charts that represent a small sample of the 60 indicators contained in the "Condition of Education, 1995" report. The charts present…

In 1967-68 the operating expenditures of the 2,370 college and university libraries covered in the survey totaled approximately $510 million. Of that total, $189 million or 37% was spent on books and other library materials, and $275 million or 54% was spent for salaries and wages. Binding and rebinding accounted for 3% of the total; all other…

This report consists mainly of data tables and graphs that present a variety of financial statistics on Canadian elementary-secondary education, up through and including 1975. The report is divided into five sections. The first three sections deal separately with consolidated elementary-secondary education expenditures, school board financial…

This report consists mainly of data tables and graphs that present a variety of financial statistics on Canadian elementary-secondary education, up through and including 1975. The report is divided into five sections. The first three sections deal separately with consolidated elementary-secondary education revenues and expenditures, school board…

This publication is an annual statistical report describing conditions in education as well as those in the larger society that affect education. In this year's report, statistical data are presented on a wide variety of issues concerning educational institutions, participants, and personnel. Each entry on a topic consists of a table and a chart…

A few diagrams containing data for 1973 and 1974 have been added to this latest edition of the 1972 financial statistics for Canadian elementary and secondary education. Otherwise, however, the report has not undergone any major modifications. The booklet consists of two parts. The first part examines the highlights of the report, while the second…

This booklet contains a collection of brief articles with accompanying statistical tables and graphs that were originally published in 1974 issues of "American Education." A variety of statistical data are presented in a series of two-page sections; taken together, these sections illuminate many of the current trends in American…

Utah's Minimum School Finance Program provides for the funding of several component programs. This document reports on these component programs, describing their characteristics and objectives and displaying graphically the recent statistical data revealing their extensiveness, their costs, and trends in their utilization. The report first…

This publication consists primarily of several hundred charts, graphs, and tables that present a wide variety of educational statistics for the United States through and including the 1974-75 school year. The largest section of the report is organized into eight chapters that each present statistics on a different dimension of American education.…

This publication consists primarily of several hundred charts, graphs, and tables that present a wide variety of educational statistics for the United States through and including the 1975-76 school year. Section 1 provides a broad demographic and social context for examining education and traces the scope of the educational enterprise. Section 2…

This report presents statistical data on the dropout rates in Massachusetts public schools for 1990. The data were gathered through a state mandated annual survey of the state's public schools. Dropouts are defined as students aged 16 years or older who leave school prior to graduation for reasons other than transfer to another school. The report…

Covering each semester between summer 1988 and summer 1989, data are provided on enrollment patterns; morning, afternoon, and evening class sessions; and full-/part-time faculty ratios in the Compton Community College district. The first section of the report provides information pertaining to on- and off-campus enrollments for summer semester…

This is the second publication in the series that provides information about education in the new South Africa. Educational data were collected by the new nonracial education departments in each of the nine provinces. Because of the difficulties of gathering information on the new systems, no evaluation of the educational progress made by…

The sources of public school revenues and how these dollars were spent are summarized in this report. More than $234 billion were collected for public elementary and secondary education in 1991-92 in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Revenues ranged from a high of approximately $27 billion in California to approximately $539 million in…