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Cox, Shawna; Gilary, Aaron; Simon, Dillon; Thomas, Teresa – National Center for Education Statistics, 2022
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) sponsors the National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education in order to collect data on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States. The NTPS is a large-scale, nationally representative sample survey of K-12 public and…
Descriptors: Teachers, Principals, Elementary Secondary Education, Administrators
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Shawna Cox; Aaron Gilary; Svetlana Mosina; Jennifer Rhea; Dillon Simon; Teresa Thomas; Chenping Zhang; Maura Spiegelman – National Center for Education Statistics, 2024
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) sponsors the National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education in order to collect data on public and private schools, principals, and teachers in the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau conducts the survey for NCES. The NTPS provides data on the…
Descriptors: Teachers, Principals, Elementary Secondary Education, Administrators
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Cox, Shawna; Parmer, Randall; Strizek, Gregory; Thomas, Teresa – National Center for Education Statistics, 2017
The overall objective of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) is to collect the information necessary for a comprehensive picture of elementary and secondary education in the United States. The abundance of data collected permits detailed analyses of the characteristics of schools, principals, teachers, school libraries, and public school…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Elementary Secondary Education, Questionnaires, Public Schools
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Burns, Shelley, Ed.; Wang, Xiaolei, Ed.; Henning, Alexandra, Ed. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
Since its inception, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has been committed to the practice of documenting its statistical methods for its customers and of seeking to avoid misinterpretation of its published data. The reason for this policy is to assure customers that proper statistical standards and techniques have been observed,…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Data Processing, Statistical Data, Data Collection
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Graham, Shawna; Parmer, Randall; Chambers, Lisa; Tourkin, Steven; Lyter, Deanna M. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
The Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) is sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education and is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. TFS is a follow-up survey of selected elementary and secondary school teachers who participated in the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teaching (Occupation)
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1992
This manual provides guidance and documentation for users of the public release data for the student component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). The general aim of NELS, a continuing long-term project, is to study the educational, vocational, and personal development of students at various grades and the factors that…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Followup Studies
National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1978
This documentation has been prepared to guide the analyst who intends to analyze the data collected for the Safe School Study. Along with the Volume 2 Methodology report, its objective is to serve as a reference guide to the distributed data files. Together, these two volumes describe the data, the techniques utilized in their collection, and the…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1992
This volume contains 11 appendices to a user's manual that provides guidance and documentation for users of the public release data for the student component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). The general aim of the NELS, a continuing long-term project, is to study the educational, vocational, and personal development…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1990
This manual is designed to familiarize data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing of the base-year school component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). A corollary objective is to provide the necessary documentation for use of the data files. The manual provides a wide range of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases
Young, Winnie Y. – 1982
Suggestions and guidelines for using the Bureau of the Census' Current Population Survey (CPS) files are provided. CPS is based on the civilian component of a national probability sample of households and is conducted by the Bureau of the Census. The survey gathers employment data on a continuing basis, as well as supplemental information on such…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Cohort Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing
Fingerman, Paul W. – 1979
Recommendations are made for data processing procedures for the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Common Core of Data survey program. Data are anticipated from about 16,000 local education agencies and 85,000 schools in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 7 territories. These recommendations concern editing and verification…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing, Elementary Secondary Education
Jabine, Thomas B. – 1994
This profile presents and summarizes available information about the quality of data from the five surveys that comprise the SASS, along with background material on the survey design and procedures for the following: (1) School Survey; (2) School Administrator Survey; (3) Teacher Demand and Shortage Survey; (4) Teacher Survey; and (5) Teacher…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing, Elementary Secondary Education
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1990
This manual will familiarize data users with the procedures followed for data collection and processing of the base-year teacher component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988. A corollary objective is to provide the necessary documentation for use of the data files. The manual provides a wide range of information on topics related…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases