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ERIC Number: EJ234125
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Nov
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How Accurate Can Enrollment Forecasting Be?
Shaw, Robert C.
NASSP Bulletin, v64 n439 p13-20 Nov 1980
After briefly describing several methods of projecting enrollments, cites research indicating that the cohort survival method is best used as a relatively short-range forecast where in-migration and out-migration ratios are expected to remain fairly stable or to change at the same rate as they have in the recent past. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Enrollment Projections, Measurement Techniques, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cohort Survival Method