Examines the necessity, availability, and feasibility of collecting and analyzing data on human and fiscal resources at the school level, based on the author's studies of Chapter 1 programs and New Jersey's school finance reform. Explores answerable questions; necessary data; collection challenges involving revenues and expenditures, staff,…

Describes the 2002 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" 37th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The purpose of the "Digest" is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of U.S. education from prekindergarten through graduate school. Contains information on a variety of…

Summarizes broadly representative research and promising practices in school systems aimed at reducing discipline problems and school crime. Advises that disciplinary strategies and procedures should be developed in collaboration with school staff and students and be administered fairly and consistently. (15 references) (MLF)

Some segments of the business community have lost patience with schools that fail to prepare disadvantaged and low-achieving students for work. Critics cite declines in test scores, higher costs, and bloated bureaucracies. Offers 17 ways to improve school performance. (MLF)

The National Association of Test Directors (NATD) conducted a survey of testing issues and practices in members' public school districts in the United States during the 1988-89 school year. Responses from 50 testing directors in large school districts as summarized provide an overview of test use and testing practices. (SLD)

Explores the role of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) in providing data about teacher quality in U.S. education. SASS findings make it clear that recruiting teachers will do little to help unless ways are found to retain teachers and to understand the social and organizational context of teaching. (SLD)

Each issue of this journal presents a statistical record of the progress of African Americans in U.S. institutions of higher education. An analysis is presented of all applicable vital statistics in order to present a running record of African American progress in postsecondary education. (SLD)

Studied the strengths and weaknesses of data collected for higher education management at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. While the university had great amounts of data on students, the usefulness of the data was questionable, making studying the link between educational input, process, and output very difficult. (SLD)

Provides universe data on the organization, students, staff, and financial resources of public elementary and secondary education agencies and schools. (Author)

The Philippine school system is considered as one of the largest in the world with 41,989 public elementary and secondary schools and 7,790 private schools under the supervision and regulation of the Department of Education [DepEd Fact Sheet, 2005]. On top of this statistics are 40 duly-registered educational institutions called the Philippine…

This publication is the 14th edition of the "Mini-Digest of Education Statistics," a pocket-sized compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from kindergarten through graduate school. The "Mini-Digest" is designed as an easy reference for materials found in much greater detail in the…

The Milwaukee voucher program, as implemented in 1990, allowed only nonsectarian private schools to participate in the program. However, following a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling, the program was expanded to include religious private schools in 1998. This second phase of the voucher program led to more than a three-fold increase in the number of…

The "Code of Virginia" (Section 22.1-279.3:1) requires school divisions statewide to submit data annually to the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) on incidents of discipline, crime, and violence (DCV). School divisions began reporting data on discipline, crime, and violence to the VDOE in 1991. The federal "Gun-Free Schools…

In order to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004, states must collect valid data as needed to report annually to the Secretary of Education. This requirement, combined with those set forth in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation, has led states to collect and analyze data about their programs, districts,…

The National Association of Secondary School Principals periodically studies practices and characteristics of secondary schools to help inform educators and shape policy. Such studies of middle-level education were conducted in 1966 and 1981. As middle-level education moved into the 1990s, many new questions about education and leadership needed…