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Download full textAnderson, Judith – 1993
This working paper examines funding to U.S. school districts and public schools in accordance with Chapter 1 of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as amended in 1988. The report discusses the background of the legislation, describes its provisions, and presents results from the Schools and Staffing Survey conducted in…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation
McCandless, Elise; And Others – 1996
Data from the National Center for Education Statistics' 1993-94 annual Schools and Staffing Survey concerning the training of teachers of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students are summarized. LEP training was defined to include both pre-service and in-service training. In 1993-94, United States public schools enrolled over 2.1 million LEP…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Enrollment Rate
Anderson, Judith I. – 1992
A study was done of which school districts and schools serve students in Chapter 1 programs. Using data from the 1987-88 Schools and Staffing Survey, the analysis found the following: (1) over 90 percent of all public school districts provide Chapter 1 services, including 85 percent of the school districts in which no more than 1 in 10 students is…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Pavel, D. Michael; Curtin, Thomas R. – 1997
This report summarizes findings of the 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) with regard to schools that serve American Indian and Alaska Native students, and examines trends since 1990-91 when data were previously collected. In 1993-94, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and federally recognized tribes with BIA funding operated 170…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Alaska Natives
Levine, Roger E.; Chambers, Jay G.; Duenas, Ixtlac E.; Hikido, Christine S. – 1998
This report suggests ways to improve the school staffing information gathered through the Schools and Staffing Surveys (SASS) currently administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Obtaining better information on school staff can provide insights into the patterns of resource allocation in schools and the access of children…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques, National Surveys, Research Methodology
Rollefson, Mary R.; Broughman, Stephen P. – 1995
Data from this report on sources of new teachers in the United States are from the 1987-88 and 1990-91 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) of the National Center for Education Statistics, a multilevel linked survey of public and private schools, school districts, principals, and teachers. As fewer college graduates enter teaching, concerns have…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns
Pechman, Ellen M.; O'Brien, Eileen M.; Wodatch, Jessica K. – 1997
This paper addresses the potential of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to measure education reforms in the United States through Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). How the SASS can measure reform, the type of reform it should assess, and the elements of school reform that would best serve the needs of state and federal…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Finance
