Education Information: Changes in Funds and Priorities Have Affected Production and Quality : Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Select Education, Committee on Education and Labor, House of RepresentativesThe Office, 1987 - 121 páginas |
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... period of this review increasingly became more narrowly focused and the scope of investigation was also restricted by increased use of contracts awarded to institutions rather than field - initi- ated grants . While some high - quality ...
... period of this review increasingly became more narrowly focused and the scope of investigation was also restricted by increased use of contracts awarded to institutions rather than field - initi- ated grants . While some high - quality ...
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... period prior to the departmental reorganization , we refer to each unit by its name applica- ble during that period — that is , NIE , NCES , and OPBE . 3Since the reorganization , NCER has been renamed the National Advisory Council on ...
... period prior to the departmental reorganization , we refer to each unit by its name applica- ble during that period — that is , NIE , NCES , and OPBE . 3Since the reorganization , NCER has been renamed the National Advisory Council on ...
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... periods of high and low activity . Third , while case studies did not give us a representative sample of information activities , they did allow us to look in - depth at some impor- tant statistical series . We were able to look at the ...
... periods of high and low activity . Third , while case studies did not give us a representative sample of information activities , they did allow us to look in - depth at some impor- tant statistical series . We were able to look at the ...
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... period . We also found changes in priorities . For research , there was a shift away from new data production to other activities such as dissemination of results and the provision of expert witnesses in civil rights cases . For ...
... period . We also found changes in priorities . For research , there was a shift away from new data production to other activities such as dissemination of results and the provision of expert witnesses in civil rights cases . For ...
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... period . Areab 1974 1976 1980 1981 1982 1983 Primary , elementary , and secondary education 12 18 12 9 9 7 Postsecondary education 9 10 8 7 8 8 Adult and vocational education 9 11 14 15 12 9 Library resources 6 13 16 13 10 11 National ...
... period . Areab 1974 1976 1980 1981 1982 1983 Primary , elementary , and secondary education 12 18 12 9 9 7 Postsecondary education 9 10 8 7 8 8 Adult and vocational education 9 11 14 15 12 9 Library resources 6 13 16 13 10 11 National ...
Términos y frases comunes
Agency Comments analysis annual evaluation reports Assessment of Educational Budget categorical grants census Center for Education condition of education congressionally mandated constant dollars contracts Core of Data Council of Chief Council on Educational data collection data elements decline Department of Education department's developed dissemination education agencies education information Education Statistics Educational Progress Educational Research elementary and secondary enrollment examined example Fast Response Survey federal fiscal resources Fiscal Years 1980 grants increased Influences on Production information-gathering Institute of Education issues laboratories and centers mation ment NAEP NAEP's National Assessment National Center National Longitudinal Survey Native American NCES NIE's number of awards OERI Office of Planning panel percent procedures Production and Quality Production of Information projects Quality of Information recent reduced relevance request Response Survey System sampling frame secondary education shift staff studies technical adequacy technical assistance timeliness tion Total U.S. Government Printing vocational education Washington
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Página 12 - The purpose of the Center shall be to collect and disseminate statistics and other data related to education in the United States and in other nations. The Center shall. . .collect, collate, and, from time to time, report full and complete statistics on the conditions of education in the United States; conduct and publish reports on specialized analyses of the meaning and significance of such statistics; and review and report on education activities in foreign countries.
Página 11 - Inequalities of opportunity to receive high quality education remain pronounced. To achieve quality will require far more dependable knowledge about the processes of learning and education than now exists or can be expected from present research and experimentation in this field.
Página 10 - Child Care Arrangements in the United States in 1974," testimony before the Subcommittee on Employment, Poverty and Migratory Labor of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, and the Subcommittee on Select Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor, Joint Hearings on the Child and Family Services Act, 1975, 94th Congress, 1st Session, Feb.
Página 2 - Research activities shifted away from the collection of new data to service-oriented activities such as dissemination, so much so that the availability of upto-date information to disseminate to teachers and other practitioners may be threatened.
Página 71 - Budget, various years), and the Implicit Price Deflator for federal government purchases of goods and services as reported...
Página 46 - Department officials asked the committee on national statistics of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS...
Página 11 - Institute on the following priority research and development needs — "(A) improvement in student achievement in the basic educational skills, including reading and mathematics; "(B) overcoming problems of finance, productivity, and management in educational institutions; "(C) improving the ability of schools to meet their responsibilities to provide equal educational opportunities for students of limited Englishspeaking ability, women, and students who are socially, economically, or educationally...
Página 14 - I appear today to urge your support for the funding of the National Institute of Education, the National Center for Education Statistics, and research related programs in the Department of Education.
Página 24 - ... advisory committee shall hold public hearings to advise the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Board of Education, the Legislature, and the Governor on all of the following matters: (1) The allocation among authorized functions of the funds reserved for use at the discretion of the state under Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981.
Página 2 - These budget cuts have had a marked effect on the work and products of OERI. A US General Accounting Office report (1987:2) that reviewed the work of NIE, NCES, and the department's Office of Policy, Budget, and Evaluation concluded: During the past decade, the production of federally sponsored research, statistical, and evaluative information on education has declined notably so much so that the availability of up-to-date information to disseminate to teachers and other practitioners may be threatened.