Author: Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Education Statistics Quarterly
Author: Education Statistics Quarterly
Author: Education Statistics Quarterly, Spring 2001
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. The "Education Statistics Quarterly" gives a comprehensive overview of work done across all parts of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Each issue contains short publications, summaries, and descriptions that cover all NCES publications, data products and funding opportunities developed over a 3-month period. Each issue also contains a message from the NCES on a timely topic and a featured topic with invited commentary. This issue's featured topic is "Third International Mathematics and Science Study-Repeat" and contains the first three articles: (1) "Pursuing Excellence: Comparisons of International Eighth-Grade Mathematics and Science Achievement from a U.S. Perspective: 1995 and 1999" (Patrick Gonzales, Christopher Calsyn, Leslie Jocelyn, Kitty Mak, David Kastberg, Sousan Arafeh, Trevor Williams, and Winnie Tsen); (2) "Invited Commentary: Lessons from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study--Repeat" (Margaret Cozzens and Susan H. Fuhrman); and (3) "Invited Commentary: TIMSS-R: Innovation in International Information for American Educators" (David P. Baker). The second section, "Elementary and Secondary Education," includes: (4) "Changes in High School Vocational Coursetaking in a Larger Perspective" (David Hurst and Lisa Hudson); (5) "Key Statistics on Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and Agencies: School Year 1997-98" (Lee M. Hoffman); (6) "Early Estimates of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Statistics: School Year 2000-2001" (Lena McDowell); (7) "Monitoring School Quality: An Indicators Report" (Daniel P. Mayer, John E. Mullens, and Mary T. Moore); (8) "Advanced Telecommunications in U.S. Private Schools: 1998-99" (Basmat Parsad, Rebecca Skinner, and Elizabeth Farris); and (9) "A Primer for Making Cost Adjustments in Education" (William J. Fowler, Jr. and David H. Monk). The following section, "Postsecondary Education," includes: (10) "Undergraduates Enrolled with Higher Sticker Prices" (John B. Lee); (11) "From Bachelor's Degree to Work: Major Field of Study and Employment Outcomes of 1992-93 Bachelor's Degree Recipients Who Did Not Enroll in Graduate Education by 1997" (Laura J. Horn and Lisa Zahn); and (12) "Degrees and Other Awards Conferred by Title IV Participating, Degree-Granting Institutions: 1997-98" (Frank B. Morgan). The final section, "Crosscutting Statistics," contains: (13)"Digest of Education Statistics: 2000" (Thomas D. Snyder and Charlene M. Hoffman). (Contains 25 tables and 17 figures.) (SLD).
The Education Quarterly
Author: List of Classes of United States Government Publications Available for Selection by Depository Libraries
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Publications on Foreign Countries, an Annotated Accession List
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
School as Community
Author: Gail FurmanPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791488357
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Addresses the question: How can school communities be created and sustained?
Resources in Education
Author: Education Statistics Quarterly
Author: Migration and the Education of Young People 0-19
Author: Mabel Ann BrownPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317430824
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Migration and the Education of Young People 0–19 investigates migration from a number of perspectives to consider the changing dynamics of society within different countries. Examining the data associated with global migration by focusing on case studies from a wide range of countries, it provides detailed and balanced coverage of this politically sensitive topic to explore the educational needs of migrant young people, the impact of large-scale migration to and from countries and the policy challenges that individual countries face when ensuring adequate provision for migrant young people within their education systems. Chapters cover: The reasons why people might move Social and emotional learning in Britain: a tool to guard against cultural pollution? Migration into a global city: the economic and educational success of London Latvian people on the move and the impact on education People’s movement – Greece Return migration in Lithuania: incoming challenges for children’s education The United States, Latin America, immigration and education Tanzanian street children: victims, ordinary lives or extraordinary survivors? This book explores the changing social dynamics through an extensive range of case studies and will be an essential resource for students taking undergraduate and postgraduate courses in education, sociology and international relations.
