Data on the racial and ethnic composition of the Chicago Public Schools student population are presented in this report, which is based on a teacher-observation survey taken on October 31, 1985. The information is used in the development of reports required by various State and Federal agencies to provide for the planning and implementation of…

An analysis of population and public school enrollment trends in Colorado counties from 1960 to 1979 is described in this report, and simplified methods for projecting future enrollments on the basis of the historical data are provided. Population and enrollment trend data for Adams County are included in the document as examples of the data…

This catalog is intended to serve as a guide to data gathered by the offices and bureaus at the central headquarters of the New York City Public Schools. Its purpose is to provide a comprehensive overview of the different kinds of information gathered on a regular basis, and should be viewed as a tool, which in association with the Metropolitan…

This report discusses the program and plans of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) for 1979-80. The publication provides an overview of the major program activities for fiscal year 1979 and plans for 1980. The center provides data to monitor trends in education and address key policy issues. These data are supplemented by special…

The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) has been designed as an instrument suitable for assembling, compiling, and presenting statistics of education both within individual countries and internationally. The classification is designed for assembling data on current educational phenomena such as enrollment, teaching staff and…

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…

This document reports on a study to determine (1) the status of the administrative internship in 1967-68 University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) universities, (2) university supervisors' perceptions of the future of the administrative internship, and (3) the role of the internship in future preparation programs for school…

The data provided in this report is limited to the facts of the geographic origins of students at the State University of New York during fall 1971. The tables of this report are formated to provide geographic origin information on numbers of graduate and undergraduate students both full and part-time. Tables for each college are provided that…

Evaluates data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) that indicate average annual salaries paid to male and female administrators in institutions of higher education during the 1976-77 school year. (Author/RK)

This report presents segmental and institution-specific enrollment and admissions data for 28 of the 29 institutions that comprise the Massachusetts public higher education system: the University of Massachusetts (4 campuses), the state colleges (9 institutions), and community colleges (15 institutions). Data are collected for the University of…

Statistical tables prepared by the Office of Civil Rights and released January 14, 1971, relating to the extent of interracial schooling. (RJ)

Statistical techniques for identifying exceptional school progress are outlined and illustrated. Regression analyses using two sets of test scores are suggested as a preliminary indicator. These techniques would be useful to school administrators. School progress is best measured by criterion referenced tests rather than norm referenced tests.…

Summarizes important education news in six sections, highlighting "main events" (from politics to privatization); (unfavorable) international comparisons of mathematics and science proficiency, reading literacy, and computer usage; common measures documenting kids' rising distress levels; school leaders' demographics and prime worries; rising…