Descriptor
Author
| Lows, Raymond L. | 2 |
| Barker, Bruce O. | 1 |
| Clauss, Joanne | 1 |
| Driscoll, Mark | 1 |
| Hall, Robert F. | 1 |
| Jones, Scott | 1 |
| Murphy, Joseph | 1 |
| Thurston, Paul | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 3 |
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Collected Works - Serials | 1 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 3 |
| Community | 2 |
| Policymakers | 2 |
Location
| Illinois | 7 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedMurphy, Joseph; And Others – Research in Rural Education, 1987
Uses responses of 77 teachers from eight Illinois rural high schools to 36-item survey to assess amount of time students devote to homework; existence of school homework policy; purpose and type of homework assignments; teacher review, feedback, and grading of homework; and value and significance of assigning homework. (NEC)
Descriptors: Assignments, Educational Policy, Feedback, High Schools
Lows, Raymond L. – 1988
School finance is basic to understanding and improving the condition of rural education. Information necessary for financial planning and policy development at the state and local levels is stored in large computer readable data bases and needs to be accessed. Pertinent data elements need to be extracted from the data base and relationships among…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Policy, Public Schools
Peer reviewedDriscoll, Mark – Rural Educator, 1986
Discusses factors related to the success of a mathematics program selected for excellence by criteria that included student performance on standardized math tests and the intensity of involvement in extracurricular activities. Outlines characteristics of the school's rural farm community, administrative and teacher leadership, and the role of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Competition, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Jones, Scott – 1985
Conclusions reached by the Illinois State Board of Education Study, released in May 1985, that small schools are inferior and inefficient, that Illinois has too many schools, and that over half its schools should be closed seem to be an educational step backward. Without linking the two concepts, the study implies that school consolidation will…
Descriptors: Community Control, Consolidated Schools, Educational Finance, Educational Philosophy
Download full textLows, Raymond L. – 1989
School finance is basic to understanding and improving the condition of rural education. The purpose of this study was to: (1) determine the relationship between educational spending and component property wealth in the rural schools of Illinois; (2) examine potential trends in component property wealth in Illinois; and (3) identify and facilitate…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Definitions
Hall, Robert F.; Barker, Bruce O. – Rural Research Report, 1995
Rural schools typically face multiple challenges related to providing educational opportunities for students and staff. A comparison of curricular offerings in English, foreign languages, and mathematics in a Chicago suburban high school, a rural high school district, and a small rural unit district reveals the curricular disadvantages of small…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Opportunities, Educational Practices
Thurston, Paul; Clauss, Joanne – 1985
Justification for school district consolidation is made on the basis of either reducing cost or increasing educational quality. Some cost reduction may be realized through certain economies of scale in some consolidations but it is by no means automatic. The Illinois State Board of Education emphasizes the relationship between high school size and…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Consolidated Schools, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum
