Author: United States. National Education Goals PanelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Measuring Progress Toward the National Education Goals
Author: United States. National Education Goals PanelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Improving the Capacity of the National Education Data System to Address Equity Issues
Author: National Forum on Education Statistics (U.S.). National Education Statistics Agenda CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Educational equalization
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
"A Guide to Improving the National Education Data System" (1990) makes 36 recommendations for improving data collection in the areas of student/background characteristics, education resources, school processes, and student outcomes. This paper uses the framework of the "Guide" to review issues raised in "Education Counts," a recent examination of the nation's capacity to measure and monitor educational change, focusing specifically on data needed to address issues of educational equity with respect to student populations. The first section discusses current equity and at-risk policy issues and the data needed to address them. The second section looks more closely at the data currently available to address these items. The third section examines limitations in current data collections for addressing equity issues, and a fourth section provides specific recommendations for ways to improve the national data system to address equity issues. Recommendations center on the creation of student-based record systems, the linkage of elementary and secondary systems, the development of new measures and indicators, and the reporting of data according to student characteristics. (Contains 10 figures, 2 appendixes, and 60 references.) (SLD)
Recent Department of Education Publications in ERIC
Author: United States. Dept. of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : ERIC (Information retrieval system)
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Recent Department of Education Publications in ERIC
Author: United States. Department of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : ERIC (Information retrieval system)
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Resources in Education
Author: Minutes of the regional forums
Author: United States. National Education Goals PanelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The National Assessment of College Student Learning
Author: Sal CorralloPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This report summarizes proceedings and conclusions of a two-day national planning workshop to further the assessment of national postsecondary outcomes, as suggested by Goal 6.5 of the National Education Goals, and to determine how the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the states might work more effectively to develop mutually-supportive postsecondary assessment activities and policies. Conclusions of the workshop indicate that there is no immediate possibility of aggregating state-level data on postsecondary outcomes to create a usable national indicator. But they do suggest other ways in which the states and the federal government might work together to improve the quality of the data. Section 1 provides background information and an overview of the workshop. Section 2 presents results of an inventory of state activities. Section 3 describes the workshop's major discussion themes and conclusions concerning: (1) the current political context for postsecondary assessment; (2) the corresponding methodological context; and (3) results of working sessions. Section 4 provides conclusions, policy implications, and possible next steps. Appendices include, in addition to the workshop agenda and participants list, a paper describing current activities of the NCES and individual background papers on each state's activities in postsecondary assessment. Also appended are the texts of the following prepared papers: "What Political Leaders Expect from Postsecondary Assessment" (Charles S. Lenth); "Perspective from the National Education Goals Panel" (Ken Nelson); "The State Perspective" (Mark D. Musick); "The Virginia Experience" (Margaret A. Miller); "Making Assessment Essential without Legislative Mandates: The Missouri Experience" (Ava L. Fajen et al.); and "Methodological Concerns: An ETS Perspective" (John Mazzeo). (MAH)
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Author: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
Author: Recent Publications of the Department of Education
Author: United States. Department of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description