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Kotamraju, Pradeep; Richards, Amanda; Wun, Jolene; Klein, Steven G. – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2010
This project assesses the feasibility of creating a voluntary, nationwide data dictionary that can be used to standardize the reporting of postsecondary accountability reporting requirements for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (otherwise known as Perkins IV). Variables, field codes, and programming instructions,…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Profiles, Data Collection, Accountability
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Wanker, William Paul; Christie, Kathy – Peabody Journal of Education, 2005
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is, quite possibly, the most comprehensive and systemic education reform act passed by Congress in the last 40 years. Given only 17 states ever fully complied with NCLB's predecessor, the 1994 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, it is only proper that legislators, policymakers, and researchers are now asking…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Federal Programs
Wittebols, James H. – 1986
Recommendations designed to assist states in the creation of meaningful definitions of types of schools and students for use in the Council of Chief State School Officers' Education Data Improvement Project are presented. The Project's goals are to promote and facilitate the reform and refinement of the National Center for Education Statistics'…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Databases
Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1992
Lists the speakers and summarizes the issues addressed for 12 panel sessions on topics related to networking, including libraries and national networks, federal national resources and energy programs, multimedia issues, telecommuting, remote image serving, accessing the Internet, library automation, scientific information, applications of Z39.50,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Computer Networks, Conferences, Databases
McLaughlin, Margaret J.; Owings, Maria F. – 1989
Preliminary findings of this research effort provide support for the hypothesis that existing databases maintained by federal agencies for administrative or monitoring purposes can serve as useful data sources in special education policy research. The research explored the relationships among a number of state-level special education, fiscal, and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Disabilities, Educational Legislation
Berkowitz, Monroe, Ed.; And Others – 1985
This report suggests feasible alternatives to the present methods of calculating benefits and costs of the joint federal-state vocational rehabilitation program. "Summary and Guide to Reading This Report" (Monroe Berkowitz) appears first. Part I, Background, Theory and Models, includes "The Cost Benefit Tradition in Vocational…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Databases
Triplett, Suzanne E. – 1986
Specific issues to be resolved, prior to including federal programs information on school and school district universe files, are identified and discussed as part of the Education Data Improvement Project of the Council of Chief State School Officers. Goals of this Project are to describe state collection of data elements currently in the common…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Databases
Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1978
The Users Manual for the Student Financial Aid Module of the Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges Planning and Data System (PDS) has been designed as a practical tool to be used primarily in conjunction with PDS participation. It is suggested that all small college administrators interested in the management and research of student…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Finance, Eligibility, Federal Programs
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1979
The Merged Federal File for 1978-79 contains school district level data from the following six source files: (1) the Census of Governments' Survey of Local Government Finances--School Systems (F-33) (with 16,343 records merged); (2) the National Center for Education Statistics Survey of School Systems (School District Universe) (with 16,743…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Databases, Demography, Educational Finance
Walker, Mary Margaret; And Others – 1987
Between July 1, 1986, and June 30, 1987, the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC)/State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (SOICC) network has made significant gains in meeting the information needs of planners and administrators of vocational education and employment and training programs as well as of…
Descriptors: Databases, Federal Programs, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1994
The Special Issues Analysis Center (SIAC), as a technical support center, provides assistance to the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA) of the Department of Education. Its purpose is to support OBEMLA in serving the needs of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. In this role, SIAC carries out data entry and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Bilingual Education, Databases, Educational Improvement
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Fenske, Robert H.; Dillon, Kathryn A.; Porter, John D. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1997
Argues that shifts in government policies can produce unintended consequences for needy students and the institutions they attend, and illustrates how campus units can cooperate to examine the impact of these changes through creation of longitudinal databases and data warehousing techniques. Describes the approach used and results of a study at…
Descriptors: College Planning, Databases, Economic Impact, Federal Aid
National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (DOL/ETA), Washington, DC. – 1992
This annual report of the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC) and its Network of State Occupational Information Coordinating Committees (SOICCs) highlights Program Year 1991 initiatives, activities, and accomplishments. It describes NOICC/SOICC systems, programs, and support centers. These NOICC Occupational…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance, Career Information Systems
National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (DOL/ETA), Washington, DC. – 1992
This document consists of all 14 NOICC fact sheets issued to date, as follows: (1) "NOICC and the NOICC/SOICC Network; (2) "Occupational Information Systems"; (3) "Career Information Delivery Systems"; (4) "National Crosswalk Service Center"; (5) "NOICC Training Support Center"; (6) "Civilian…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance, Career Information Systems
Baj, John; And Others – 1991
A project studied use of state unemployment insurance (UI) wage-record data for Program Year 1986 to assess the effectiveness of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. Eleven of 27 interested states were selected by ability to meet data requirements. These issues associated with the use of UI data as an assessment tool were explored:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Database Design
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