The Condition of Education

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics, 2006 - Education

Contents

• Contents: 1
• Adult Literacy: 3
• Section 1Participation in Education: 24
• IndicatorYear: 26
• Participation in Education: 27
• ElementarySecondary Education: 30
• Concentration of Enrollment by RaceEthnicity and Poverty: 33
• Undergraduate Education: 36
• Graduate and Professional Education: 37
• Early Childhood Outcomes: 42
• Learner Outcomes: 43
• Reading Performance of Students in Grades 4 and 8: 44
• Mathematics Performance of Students in Grades 4 and 8: 45
• Trends in the Achievement Gaps in Reading and Mathematics: 46
• Poverty and Student Mathematics Achievement: 47
• Reading and Mathematics Score Trends by Age: 48
• International Comparisons of Mathematics Literacy: 49
• Science Performance of Students in Grades 48 and 12: 50
• Adult Literacy 19 Trends in Adult Literacy: 51
• Adult Reading Habits: 52
• Social and Cultural Outcomes: 53
• Economic Outcomes 22 Annual Earnings of Young Adults: 54
• Postsecondary Persistence and Progress: 58
• Student Effort and Educational Progress: 59
• ElementarySecondary Persistence and Progress: 62
• Transition to College: 66
• Section 4Contexts of Elementary and Secondary Education: 72
• Finance: 74
• Contexts of Elementary and Secondary Education: 75
• Early Literacy Activities: 76
• Afterschool Activities: 77
• StudentTeacher Ratios in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 78
• School Choice: 79
• ElementarySecondary School Teaching Among Recent College Graduates: 80
• Parents Attitudes Toward Schools 382006: 81
• School Violence and Safety: 82
• Variations in Expenditures per Student: 83
• Public Elementary and Secondary Expenditures by District Poverty: 84
• Expenditures in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools by Expenditure Category: 85
• International Comparisons of Expenditures for Education: 86
• Changes in Sources of Public School Revenue: 88
• Section 5Contexts of Postsecondary Education: 90
• Contexts of Postsecondary Education: 93
• Federal Grants and Loans to Undergraduate Students: 100
• Adult Literacy: 152
• Section 3Student Effort and Educational Progress: 159
• Transition to College: 172
• School Choice: 187
• Appendix 2Supplemental Notes: 212
• Appendix 3Standard Error Tables: 262
• Glossary: 300
• Bibliography: 312
• NCES Publications Complete citation: 314
• Other Publications: 321
• List of Indicators on The Condition of Education Website 20002007 xxvi: 386
• Adult Literacy: 386
• School Characteristics and Climate: xxix
• Section 1Participation in Education 18: 18
• Participation in Education 21: 21
• Language Minority SchoolAge Children 27: 27
• Adult Learning: 31
• Contents: 34
• Learner Outcomes 35: 35
• Reading Performance of Students in Grades 48 and 12 36: 36
• Mathematics Performance of Students in Grade 12 37: 37
• Science Performance of Students in Grades 48 and 12 38: 38
• Trends in the Achievement Gaps in Reading and Mathematics 39: 39
• Reading and Mathematics Score Trends by Age 40: 40
• Reading and Mathematics Achievement at 5th Grade 41: 41
• International Comparisons of Mathematics Cognitive Domains of 4th and 8thGraders 42: 42
• Trends in Adult Literacy: 45
• Social and Cultural Outcomes 19 Youth Neither in School nor Working: 46
• Economic Outcomes 20 Annual Earnings of Young Adults: 47
• Section 3Student Effort and Educational Progress: 48
• Student Effort and Educational Progress: 51
• Student Attitudes and Aspirations 21 Time Spent on Homework: 52
• Student Preparedness: 53
• ElementarySecondary Persistence and Progress 23 Status Dropout Rates by RaceEthnicity: 54
• Public High School Graduation Rates by State: 55
• Transition to College 25 Immediate Transition to College: 56
• Degrees Earned: 57
• Educational Attainment: 58
• Degrees Earned by Women Contents Continued 45 46 47 48: 60
• Section 4Contexts of Elementary and Secondary Education: 62
• Contents: 64
• Contexts of Elementary and Secondary Education: 65
• Learning Opportunities 29 Afterschool Activities 66: 66
• Learning Opportunities: 67
• Special Programs 31 Inclusion of Students With Disabilities in General Classrooms 68: 68
• School Choice 32 Charter Schools 69: 69
• Characteristics of FullTime School Teachers 70: 70
• School Characteristics and Climate 34 Characteristics of School Principals 71: 71
• Student Support Staff in Public Schools 72: 72
• School Violence and Safety 73: 73
• Changes in Sources of Public School Revenue 74: 74
• Expenditures in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools by Expenditure Category 75: 75
• Variations in Instruction Expenditures per Student 76: 76
• Public Elementary and Secondary Expenditures by District Poverty 77: 77
• International Comparisons of Expenditures for Education 78: 78
• Section 5Contexts of Postsecondary Education 80: 80
• Contexts of Postsecondary Education 83: 83
• Federal Grants and Loans to Undergraduate Students 89: 89
• Appendix 1Supplemental Tables 94: 94
• Afterschool Activities: 179
• StudentTeacher Ratios in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 181
• Special Programs 31 Inclusion of Students With Disabilities in General Classrooms: 182
• School Choice 32 Charter Schools: 183
• Teachers: 184
• Characteristics of FullTime School Teachers: 185
• School Characteristics and Climate 34 Characteristics of School Principals: 191
• Student Support Staff in Public Schools: 195
• School Violence and Safety: 197
• 52: 198
• 56: 199
• 60: 200
• 62: 206
• 66: 207
• 68: 211
• 70: 213
• 72: 216
• Appendix 2Supplemental Notes 222: 222
• Commonly Used Variables 224: 224
• The Current Population Survey CPS 235: 235
• Other Surveys 242: 242
• National Assessment of Educational Progress NAEP 250: 250
• International Assessments 253: 253
• International Standard Classification of Education 254: 254
• Measures of Student Persistence and Progress 256: 256
• Student Disabilities 258: 258
• Classification of Postsecondary Education Institutions 260: 260
• Fields of Study for Postsecondary Degrees 262: 262
• Finance 263: 263
• Measuring High School Coursetaking 267: 267
• Glossary 274: 274
• Bibliography 286: 286
• NCES Publications Complete citation 288: 288
• Other Publications 294: 294
• Index 300: 300
• Index 328: 328

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Condition of Education; DHEW publication
• Contributors: National Center for Educational Statistics, National Center for Education Statistics, United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences (U.S.)
• Publisher: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
• Original from: the University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Digitized: Oct 18, 2017