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Barnett, W. Steven; Epstein, Dale J.; Friedman, Allison H.; Boyd, Judi Stevenson; Hustedt, Jason T. – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2008
The 2008 State Preschool Yearbook is the sixth in a series of annual reports profiling state-funded prekindergarten programs in the United States. This yearbook presents data on state-funded prekindergarten during the 2007-2008 school year. The 2008 Yearbook is organized into three major sections. The first section offers a summary of the data,…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Evaluation, Yearbooks
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Maryland School Performance, Product, and Service Development Office. – 1993
This publication presents performance data and the concomitant standards of performance that form the basis of school improvement in Maryland. The Data-Based Areas section of this report describes essential tools for measuring how well schools, school systems, and the state are preparing every student for higher education and successful careers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment
Idaho KIDS COUNT Project, Boise. – 1996
This data book represents a count of children and their well-being in society. It is intended to serve as a reference document, merging into a common format vital records (births and deaths), census information, and administrative data from many sources. The book is also intended to serve as an organized, cohesive and accurate view of how children…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Children, Demography
Brimhall, DeeAnn W.; Reaney, Lizabeth M.; West, Jerry – 1999
The early childhood program participation component of the National Household Education Survey (NHES) was developed to collect information on children's experiences in a wide range of care settings. Findings of the NHES for 1995 found that approximately 39 percent of the nation's primary school children receive some form of nonparental care before…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Educational Attainment, Elementary School Students, Employed Parents
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1997
This document provides information on student charges at public 4-year colleges and universities in the United States for the academic year 1996-97. A narrative section of the report discusses: what is included in the cost of college, the most recent cost figures for public institutions, average costs for American Association of State Colleges and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Expenditure per Student
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1997
This paper assesses the likely impact of proposed changes in the Office of Postsecondary Education's method of calculating parental base-year income on determining eligibility for student financial aid. In examining applicant data the study concludes that the change to use of prior, prior year (PPY) income is not a good proxy for the current prior…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Eligibility, Family Financial Resources