Statistical data is used in the media and on online platforms, often with an interpretation that serves some commercial or political purpose. Primary preservice teachers must be able to understand statistical data and analyze it critically. Only in this way will they be able to contribute as future teachers to the development of a critical spirit…

The 2014/2015 Results for Learning Report: Basic Education at Risk examines the progress achieved by Global Partnership for Education (GPE) partner developing countries over the period 2008-2012. Universal primary education has never been so close, yet there are still 58 million children of primary school age who do not go to school around the…

This First Look report presents data on public elementary and secondary education revenues and expenditures at the local education agency (LEA) or school district level for fiscal year (FY) 2012.1. Specifically, this report includes findings from the following types of school finance data: (1) Revenue and expenditure totals by state and the 100…

This First Look report introduces new data for national and state-level public elementary and secondary revenues and expenditures for fiscal year (FY) 2012. Specifically, this report includes findings from the following types of school finance data: (1) Revenue and expenditure totals; (2) Revenues by source; (3) Expenditures by function and…

The interim report for FY 1974 is the first program evaluation, conducted midway through the first year of operation, of the secondary level Experience-Based Career Education Program at Far West School (FWS). A brief introduction surveys the FWS program and discusses the organization of the report. Section 2, descriptions of data collection…

The evaluation summary covers the first year's operation of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) program. The report's first section describes the student, employer-related, and parent-related goals of the program; program operation and costs; and replication concerns (transportation, costs per…

The report examines the attitudes of the 44 students in the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) program toward the program as indicated by their responses to an interview schedule (included in an appendix) administered near the end of the first program year (1972-73). Regarding post-high school plans most…

Initiated in Lincoln County, West Virginia, in 1971, the study is the result of the collection and analysis of data from 1233 students in grades 1-10, 794 parents of students in grades 1-12, 78 teachers of students in grades 1-12, and 30 business and industrial personnel. In Part One of the report, the emphasis is on the career education treatment…

The final evaluation report summarizes the FY 1974 operation of the Experience-Based Career Education Program at Far West School (FWS). The report's introduction provides a brief overview of the secondary level program and the evaluation design. Chapter 2 focuses on the procedures for the recruitment and selection of program students, discusses…

The report examines the attitudes of parents of 31 of the 44 students in the Appalachia Education Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) program toward the program as indicated by their responses to a standard interview form (which appears in an appendix). Twelve interviews involved both the mother and the father of the student;…

This report updates a series of NCES reports on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988. The report includes national and regional population estimates for the percentage of students who dropped out of high school between 2008 and 2009, the percentage of young people who were dropouts in 2009, and the percentage of young people…

Operation TACT (Toward an Allied Health Career Today), conducted in Hartford, Connecticut, was a cooperatively planned program integrating allied health education into the secondary level curriculum and offering educational opportunities to minority and disadvantaged students. The evaluation report opens with a historical summary of the project, a…

Project MACK's major goal was to provide a comprehensive school program at McClymonds High School in Oakland, California that would reduce the dropout rate, improve student achievement, reduce absenteeism and class-cutting, and improve student attitudes toward school. Project components included 1) Career Cluster Program, which focused on work…

This study, conducted in response to the requirements of Wisconsin's State Advisory Council for Vocational Education as delineated in the Vocational Amendments of 1968, focuses specifically on the impact of Federal vocational education funds on State health occupations education programs. The six chapters deal respectively with: (1) the…

The Research for Better Schools (RBS) Career Education Program in Philadelphia focuses on experience-based instruction and includes career exploration and specialization, career guidance, and basic skills. An evaluation of the program's effectiveness is presented based on an analysis of t-test results of two experimental groups and a control…