The OECD Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) constitute two of the largest ongoing international student and teacher surveys presently underway. Data generated from these surveys offer researchers and policy-makers opportunities to identify particular educational…

In the past three years, Board of Governors' (BOG) staff, working in cooperation with university representatives, have continued to improve the data collection and reporting capabilities for the State University System. Simultaneously, Board staff have worked to lessen the reporting burden on the universities by reducing the number of data…

This paper reviews studies from twelve less-industrialized countries on the relationship between textbook availability and academic achievement. The studies included a variety of measures, methodologies, and reporting procedures and focused on different achievement indicators, for example, math, science, reading, and language. The paper points out…

Current methods of obtaining reliability coefficients for mastery tests are laborious from a practitioner's perspective. Some methods require two test administrations; while others require access to computer facilities and/or advanced measurement and statistical procedures. This report provides tables from which practitioners can read such…

In the present study Monte Carlo methods were employed to evaluate the degree to which canonical function and structure coefficients may be differentially sensitive to sampling error. Sampling error influences were investigated across variations in variable and sample (n) sizes, and across variations in average within-set correlation sizes and in…

A synthetic presentation of the responses to a detailed questionnaire sent to French teachers all over the world. The report covers the following: (1) the extent of the inquiry; (2) geographical locations; (3) professional formation; (4) professional status; and (5) concluding summary. Many statistical tables are included. (AMH)

This study examined partisan elections in large urban school districts in Canada. It investigated the extent to which the existence of political parties in a school board election serves to aggregate the educational attitudes and opinions of candidates. Also, it investigated the extent to wbich political parties aggregate differences in the…

This report presents data on the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of Puerto Ricans in the mainland United States and makes comparisons between the social, educational, and economic characteristics of Puerto Ricans and other Hispanic and ethnic groups and the total United States population. All data were taken from reports,…

This document contains statistical demographic information describing the gender, age, and ethnicity of the 57,772 students enrolled at City College of San Francisco (CCSF) during the fall 1997 semester, as well as the ethnicity of the faculty, classified staff and administrators working at CCSF at that time. The report includes 1996 figures for…

Not infrequently, investigators assume that reliability for groups is greater than reliability for persons, or that the error variance for groups is less than that for persons. Using generalizability theory, it is shown that this "conventional wisdom" is not necessarily true. Examples are provided from the course-evaluation and the…

Global economic transformations have never been as dramatic as in the twentieth century. Most countries have experienced radical changes in the standards of income per capita, technology, fertility, mortality, income inequality and the extent of democracy in the course of the past century. It is the goal of many disciplines--economics, history,…

This chartbook is designed as a graphic reference on national statistical information about disabilities. Each page contains a content question, explanatory text, and an explanatory chart or table as well as information on sources used. Key terms are shown in boldface and defined in a glossary. Section 1 provides demographic data on Americans with…

This study was undertaken because of a sharp dip in the increase rate in post-secondary enrollments in Manitoba for Fall, 1970. Research was carried out to examine the process by which Manitoba's twelfth grade students make decisions concerning post-secondary enrollment. The research provides information on students' career plans, post-secondary…

Research into the area of assessment of post-secondary demand by Manitoba high school students began in 1971, when a sudden drop in the increase rate of post-secondary enrollment was observed. This report is one of a series that has been published based on the high school demand studies. Earlier reports were largely statistical in nature, and…

The purposes of this study were to compare the responsiveness of educational expenditures per pupil in Ontario, first, to changes in instructional expenditures per pupil during 1971-77, and, second, to changes in proxy measures of educational quality and price levels of teacher services for 1974-77. Variables used to represent quality and price…