Digest of Education Statistics (1999)Thomas D. Snyder DIANE Publishing, 2000 - 549 pages Issued by the Nat. Center for Educ. Statistics (NCES). Provides a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from kindergarten through graduate school. Includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by NCES. Chapters: (1) all levels of education; (2) elementary and secondary education; (3) post-secondary education; (4) federal programs for education and related activities; (5) outcomes of education; (6) international comparisons of education; and (7) learning resources and technology. Includes 33 figures and 434 tables. |
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... American education from kindergarten through graduate school . The Digest includes a se- lection of data from many sources , both government and private , and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the ...
... American education from kindergarten through graduate school . The Digest includes a se- lection of data from many sources , both government and private , and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the ...
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... American Institutes for Research provided re- search and statistical assistance . In the Office of In- formation Services , Chris Sheedy provided editorial assistance and Phil Carr designed the cover . Jerry Fairbanks of the U.S. ...
... American Institutes for Research provided re- search and statistical assistance . In the Office of In- formation Services , Chris Sheedy provided editorial assistance and Phil Carr designed the cover . Jerry Fairbanks of the U.S. ...
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... American education scene . Clearly , from the large number of participants , the number of years that peo- ple spend in school , and the large sums expended by educational institutions , it is evident that the American people have a ...
... American education scene . Clearly , from the large number of participants , the number of years that peo- ple spend in school , and the large sums expended by educational institutions , it is evident that the American people have a ...
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... American edu- cational system . Tables illustrate the total number of persons enrolled in school , the number of teachers , the number of schools , and total expenditures for education at all levels . This chapter also includes ...
... American edu- cational system . Tables illustrate the total number of persons enrolled in school , the number of teachers , the number of schools , and total expenditures for education at all levels . This chapter also includes ...
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... American Indian or Alaskan Native 1 American Asian / Total White 1 Black 1 His- panic 2 Indian or Pacific Alaskan Islander 1 Native 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 United States 75.2 77.9 63.1 49.8 77.5 65.5 20.3 21.5 11.4 9.2 36.6 9.3 ...
... American Indian or Alaskan Native 1 American Asian / Total White 1 Black 1 His- panic 2 Indian or Pacific Alaskan Islander 1 Native 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 United States 75.2 77.9 63.1 49.8 77.5 65.5 20.3 21.5 11.4 9.2 36.6 9.3 ...
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academic add to totals American American Samoa Asian Average bachelor's degree Black Center for Education Community College County Data not available Data System IPEDS degree-granting institutions Department of Education District of Columbia Education Data System Education General Information Education Statistics elementary and secondary estimates Excludes expenditures Fall Enrollment field of study Full-time funds grade Guam high school graduates higher education Hispanic Includes Indian Information Survey HEGIS institutions of higher Integrated Postsecondary Education ISD TX lowa Master's mathematics National Center non-Hispanic North Carolina North Dakota Outlying areas Pacific Islander American panic Part-time percent population Postsecondary Education Data prepared June 1999 Public Law public school Puerto Rico race/ethnicity racial/ethnic group reported revised from previously Rhode Island sample sciences score secondary schools SOURCE South staff table was prepared teachers technologies Texas tion Total Men Women U.S. Department Unified United University Utah vocational West Virginia women whose racial/ethnic
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Page 506 - Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to enable OCR to carry out its compliance responsibilities.
Page 533 - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands.
Page 529 - Specific learning disability" means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations.
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Page 524 - The area title may include, in addition to the largest city, up to two city names on the basis and in the order of the following criteria: (1) The additional city has at least 250,000 inhabitants or (2) the additional city has a population of one-third or more of that of the largest city and a minimum population of 25,000.
Page 528 - GNP can be viewed in terms of expenditure categories which include purchases of goods and services by consumers and government, gross private domestic investment, and net exports of goods and services.
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Page 489 - The sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design.
Page 529 - A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems.
Page 533 - White. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as "White" or report entries, such as Irish, German, Italian, Lebanese, Near Easterner, Arab, or Polish.