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Download full textMcGrew, Kevin; And Others – 1993
This research analyzes similarities and differences in how students with disabilities are identified in national databases, through examination of 19 national data collection programs in the U.S. Departments of Education, Commerce, Justice, and Health and Human Services, as well as databases from the National Science Foundation. The study found…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Data Collection, Databases
Peer reviewedPlisko, Valena White; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1986
This study evaluates 35 federal and privately sponsored databases that report national education statistics in terms of their potential for informing policy deliberations. It argues that for all the national data collected, information is lacking on several major concerns, is often inadequate statistically, and is sometimes contradictory. Various…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Ogle, Laurence T., Ed. – 1990
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) collects statistics on the condition of education in the United States, analyzes and reports the meaning and significance of these statistics, and assists states and local education agencies in improving their statistical systems. This publication contains a summary of all recent data collections…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Data Collection, Databases, Educational Assessment
Forgione, Pascal D., Jr., Ed.; Orland, Martin E., Ed. – 1991
This report represents a first step in a voluntary cooperative effort among Federal and State governments and education associations to: identify the most critical needs for education policy information; assess the present capacity of the national statistical system to address these needs; and provide broad direction for system improvements.…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Demography, Educational Assessment
Forgione, Pascal D., Jr., Ed.; Orland, Martin E., Ed. – 1991
This document provides an overview of the "Guide To Improving the National Education Data System," the first publication of the newly created National Forum on Education Statistics. The 36 recommendations for improving the nation's elementary and secondary education statistics system that are outlined in the Guide are summarized. This…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Demography, Educational Assessment
Worthington, Robert M. – 1983
The address of the Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education before the 1983 Rural Education Association Conference reviews recent Department of Education activities in support of rural education and details the Department's rural education policy for the 80's. Characteristics of rural America and rural education are briefly…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Committees, Coordination, Databases
Davis, Celestine, Ed.; Sonnenberg, Bill, Ed. – 1993
This is the third periodic report on the programs and plans of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The challenge facing the NCES is to collect and analyze data that track the growth and change in educational experience in the United States. Current programs toward this goal, future plans, and major publications of the NCES are…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Databases, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
