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Download full textHunter, Lillian; St. Pierre, Leslie – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2016
Online learning plays an important role in the state's education landscape. Both students and schools benefit from online courses by: (1) Allowing students to enroll in courses that are not available at their school; (2) Ensuring that students are able to earn credits needed for graduation; (3) Providing schools with a wide array of educational…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Annual Reports, Educational Benefits
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. – 1986
Hearings on the 1990 Decennial Census were held on May 1, 1986, and May 15, 1986. The May 1 session focused on data processing procedures. Speakers included John G. Keane, Daniel G. Horvitz, William Eddy, Judith S. Rowe, Benjamin F. King, and Stephen E. Fienberg. Topics included automation of address files and questionnaire check-in; dissemination…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Data Collection, Data Processing, Demography
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. – 1975
Full and complete enumeration of the American population is a constitutionally mandated process whereby political representation in Congress is distributed. Census data are also used to calculate the allocation of funds to State and local governments for Federal assistance programs, to insure equal employment opportunity, and to protect voting…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Data Collection, Demography, Economic Factors
Hobbs, Frank; Lippman, Laura – 1990
This report presents international statistics on the status of children and families, and thus updates a 1988 fact sheet containing international comparisons of public policies promoting the well-being of children and families. Included in the report are data on basic demographic trends, family composition and marital dissolution, the economic…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Comparative Analysis, Demography
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. – 1986
Testimony on the need for building an information base on the changing demographics of an aging society in order to make intelligent policy decisions is presented in this Senate committee hearing. Opening statements by Senators Charles Grassley and John Glenn are provided. Jacob A. Brody, dean of the School of Public Health, University of Illinois…
Descriptors: Demography, Federal Programs, Hearings, Older Adults
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Population. – 1978
The report, prepared by the Select Committee on Population of the United States House of Representatives, discusses the consequences of the changing age composition and geographical distribution of the population. The committee recommends that the government needs to anticipate these changes in order to develop a policy in response to the problems…
Descriptors: Agencies, Birth Rate, Census Figures, Data Analysis
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. – 1986
This document provides a transcript of a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Census and Population which focused on immigration statistics and ways of improving the methods of accounting for all immigrants. Prepared statements were presented by four witnesses: (1) Daniel B. Levine, the director of the Panel on Immigrations Statistics, who…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Size, Demography, Hispanic Americans
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1983
Changes that have recently taken place in the composition of the American family and the circumstances in which children and youth are now growing up are highlighted in this Congressional report. While this compilation of approximately 64 tables of data is not intended to be comprehensive, nor does it use every statistical series available, it…
Descriptors: Children, Demography, Family Attitudes, Family Characteristics
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1988
This document contains testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the difficulties associated with the lack of reliable demographic data for use in planning appropriate assistance to "special populations" of older Americans, including minorities, persons with disabilities, the rural elderly,…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Census Figures, Data Collection, Demography
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1990
A hearing was held to consider problems women face in obtaining preventive care or early comprehensive prenatal care. Testimony concerned: (1) the Public Health Service Expert Panel's report on prenatal care; (2) Los Angeles' critical shortage of maternity care providers; (3) new research from Detroit that suggests that even when prenatal care is…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Birth Weight, Demography, Drug Abuse
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
The hearings presented in this volume are composed of testimony about general trends that have implications for the future of all federal programs affecting elementary and secondary education. One of the focuses of the hearings is on demographic trends that have an impact on elementary and secondary education, particularly the question of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Competency Based Teacher Education, Data Analysis
Green, Rosalie E. – 1983
This compilation, consisting primarily of state statutes providing education and training benefits for senior citizens, focuses on the accessibility of educational opportunities to older adults across the country. Included in the first part of the volume are excerpts from federal education laws dealing with education and training for older…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1984
The text of this hearing begins with statements about the scope of interest, functions, and goals of the newly formed Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. Testimony then focuses on demographic and economic trends influencing family composition and incomes in the recent past, trends in federal spending for children and their families,…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Demography, Divorce, Economic Factors
