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1. Collection of Public School Expenditure Data: Development of a Questionnaire. Working Paper Series.

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American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Washington, DC., Isaacs, Julia B., Best, Clayton M., and Cullen, Andrew D.

Abstract

Data are not available to inform education policy discussion regarding how resources are allocated both within and among schools. This study was conducted to develop and pilot test a questionnaire that would collect school-level expenditure data. This report describes the three site visits and focus group conducted for this project, findings from pilot tests of two versions of questionnaires (one in seven districts and one in eight school districts), and the revised instrument, the "Public School Expenditure Survey." Both pilot instruments were developed as mailed questionnaires linked to the Schools and Staffing Survey. Collecting data by the functional categories defined by the National Center for Education Statistics was the challenge that was most clearly met by the developed instrument. The instrument also shows that it is possible to collect school-level data, but the drawback is that the instrument must be fairly complex and thus creates a burden for the respondent. One appendix contains the instrument, and the other explains common errors that cause data inconsistency. (SLD)

Published
1998

2. State Indicators in Education, 1997.

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Pelavin Research Inst., Washington, DC., Phelps, Richard P., Cullen, Andrew, Easton, Jack C., Best, Clayton M., and Geddes, Claire

Abstract

This volume is an extension of earlier efforts by the National Center for Education Statistics to present and explain some patterns and relationships in education data. The report includes 34 educational indicators, which were selected in order to take advantage of state-level data available and national data sources and to present a fairly comprehensive view of the most relevant aspects of the condition of education in the United States. The indicators are grouped into seven categories: (1) background indicators; (2) access, participation, and progress; (3) achievement, attainment, and curriculum; (4) economic and other outcomes of education; (5) size, growth, and output of educational institutions; (6) climate, classrooms, and diversity in educational institutions; and (7) human and financial resources of educational institutions. The presentation of each indicator explains what it measures, why it is important, and the key results from a comparison of states. With each indicator are tables and graphs to aid in interpretation, and data sources are listed at the bottom of each table and graph. Appendixes include supplemental and technical information on how various measures in the indicators were calculated. Data from the District of Columbia were found to be highly volatile and different in character from data from the states. District of Columbia data are included in the tables, but not in the figures, so as not to invite comparison. (Contains 34 tables and 34 figures.) (SLD)

Published
1997

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