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…

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 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…

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…

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 fold-out chart provides information about educational achievement in New Mexico for 1988-89. Demographic and educational indicators are summarized for the 88 school districts with over 292,450 students in 633 public schools in the state. The New Mexico Assessment System measures student achievement in language arts, social studies, science,…

Information is presented about education in North Carolina. Data are included in the following areas: (1) population; (2) enrollment and attendance; (3) faculty numbers and salaries; (4) general financial resources; (5) governmental revenue; (6) school revenue; (7) governmental expenditures and debt; (8) school expenditures; and (9) miscellaneous…

This report presents a variety of statistical and financial data on Colorado's public schools, as required by the Colorado School Laws, Chapter 123-1-13(1). This volume is the 1973 edition of the report, which presents data up through the 1971-72 school year. Included in the report are (1) a series of graphs summarizing significant statewide data…

A statistical portrait is provided of private schools in the United States, using the best national data available to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Previously published work is used to give an overview of private schools from 1980-81 through 1985-86. Following an introductory examination of private schools in the United…

This publication provides projections of statistics for elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education. Projections for the 10-year period from 1969 to 1979 are made for enrollments, graduates, teachers, and expenditures. Based mainly on 1958-59 to 1968-69 data, these projections assume that the past 10 years' trends in…

This publication provides projections of statistics for elementary and secondary school and institutions of higher education. Projections for the 10-year period from 1970 to 1980 are made for enrollments, graduates, teachers, and expenditures. Based mainly on 1959-60 to 1969-70 data, these projections assume that the past 10 years' trends in…

This paper reports summary data on the general characteristics, fiscal revenues and expenditures, educational agency and school numbers and sizes, and students and staff for each state, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands). Data are reported for…

Consisting largely of 17 tables and 46 graphs, this document reports regional and subregional division characteristics of public elementary and secondary education (PESE) in 1988-89 in the United States; it also reports characteristics associated with the urbanicity, or most prevalent type of locale (TOL), and the relative wealth (RW) of states.…

Core school enrollment and staffing data from the historical file of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) are presented for 1990-91 and for some previous years (typical comparisons are made with data for 1982-83 and 1989-90). The following demographic trends that influence both public and private education are summarized: (1)…