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Clements, Barbara S. – School Administrator, 1990
Before schools can tackle the student dropout problem, they need to distinguish school leavers from completers. A year-long pilot project in 31 states will record all students who drop out and their reasons for leaving, using a statistical reporting model developed by the Council of Chief State School Officers. Recommendations and participant…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Data Collection, Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textClements, Barbara S. – 1989
The Education Data Improvement Project of the Council of Chief State School Officers collected data to identify specific elements collected by each state, and to isolate discrepancies in ways different states define, collect, and report fiscal data. A shuttle survey was designed to verify what information states collect on revenues and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures
Clements, Barbara S.; Blank, Rolf K. – 1997
Nearly all the states produce one or more accountability or indicator reports containing data reported at one or more levels of the education system as well as data from other sources. To inform discussion about what data are useful and appropriate to report, comparisons were made of state accountability and indicator reports. A list of 74…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Clements, Barbara S.; And Others – 1990
A project is described that helps states provide more comparable, complete, and timely educational information for the annual Common Core of Data (CCD) to be used for policy-making decisions. The Education Data Improvement Project (EDIP), funded by the National Center for Education Statistics, began in the fall of 1985. In the first phase/year,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
Clements, Barbara S. – 1990
One of the most frequently used indicators of the success of American schools is the graduation rate. There is a need, however, to track categories of school completers other than traditional diploma recipients; school reforms and stricter graduation requirements may influence how people attain a secondary education. This report contains…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cohort Analysis, Data Collection, Definitions
Peer reviewedClements, Barbara S. – Equity and Excellence, 1991
To make educational assessments and comparisons meaningful, dropout data must be collected according to the same definitions, by the same procedures, and over the same time periods. A 31-state pilot project represents an effort by the National Center for Education Statistics to standardize data collection about high school completion. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Definitions, Dropout Rate
