State Indicators in Education, 1997
Publisher: National Center for Education Statistics
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Format: Paperback
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments iii; title: List of Tables vii; title: List of Figures  xii; title: Introduction and Overview  1; title: Background Indicators; title: Indicator 1: Population and area  22; title: Indicator 2: Wealth and income  28; title: Indicator 3: Minority population as a percentage of the total population  32; title: Access, Participation, and Progress Indicators; title: Indicator 4: School choice 38; title: Indicator 5: Entry ratio to higher education 42; title: Indicator 6: Migration of new high school graduates entering higher education 46; title: Indicator 7: Average tuition at higher education institutions  50; title: Achievement, Attainment, and Curriculum Indicators; title: Indicator 8: Reading achievement in fourth grade  56; title: Indicator 9: Mathematics achievement in eighth grade  64; title: Indicator 10: Mathematics achievement in fourth grade and difference between the fourth and eighth grades  70; title: Indicator 11: Advanced Placement programs and examinations 76; title: Indicator 12: Educational attainment of the population 80; title: Economic and Other Outcomes Indicators; title: Indicator 13: Higher education completion 88; title: Indicator 14: Labor force participation  94; title: Indicator 15: Employment and education  98; title: Indicator 16: Education and earnings 102; title: Size, Growth, and Participation in Education Institutions Indicators; title: Indicator 17: Elementary and secondary school size 108; title: Indicator 18: Number and average size of higher education institutions 112; title: Indicator 19: Enrollment in 2-year higher education institutions 116; title: Indicator 20: Enrollment in 4-year higher education institutions 124; title: Climate, Classrooms, and Diversity in Educational Institutions; title: Indicator 21: Ethnic composition of the student population in public elementary and secondary schools 134; title: Indicator 22: Federal programs for aid to the disadvantaged in public and private elementary and secondary schools 138; title: Indicator 23: Special education programs 142; title: Indicator 24: Student use of technology 148; title: Indicator 25: Instructional strategies in mathematics courses 152; title: Indicator 26: Availability and use of public library resources 158; title: Human and Financial Resources of Education Institutions; title: Indicator 27: Staffing patterns in public elementary and secondary schools 164; title: Indicator 28: Faculty and staff employed at 2-year higher education institutions 170; title: Indicator 29: Faculty and staff employed at 4-year higher education institutions 174; title: Indicator 30: Higher education faculty salaries 178; title: Indicator 31: Current expenditure in public elementary and secondary schools 182; title: Indicator 32: Higher education expenditures 186; title: Indicator 33: Components of higher education expenditures 192; title: Indicator 34: Sources of funds for public elementary and secondary education 196; title: Supplemental Notes 201; title: Statistical Appendix 213; title: Note on standard errors 214; title: Note on standard errors of estimates from the National Assessment of Educational Progress 218; title: Note on standard errors for Current Population Survey estimates 228; title: Glossary 237; title: Sources of Data 245; title: Index  255