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Bohrnstedt, G.; Kitmitto, S.; Ogut, B.; Sherman, D.; Chan, D. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2015
The School Composition and the Black-White Achievement Gap study was undertaken by the National Center for Education Statistics to present both descriptive and associative information on the relationships among the percentage of students in a school who were Black (referred to as "Black student density" or "density"), the…
Descriptors: School Demography, Racial Composition, Achievement Gap, African American Students
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Mohadjer, Leyla; Kalton, Graham; Krenzke, Tom; Liu, Benmei; Van de Kerckhove, Wendy; Li, Lin; Sherman, Dan; Dillman, Jennifer; Rao, Jan – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) assessed the English literacy skills of a nationally representative sample of 18,500 U.S. adults (age 16 and older) residing in private households. NAAL is the first national assessment of adult literacy since the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS). The NAAL and NALS produced direct…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, English, National Surveys, Predictor Variables
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Kitmitto, Sami – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) continues to be interested in addressing the issue identified by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). With the release of the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading and mathematics assessments, NCES again had the opportunity to measure the status and change in…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Disabilities, National Competency Tests, Methods