Research Catalog

Title

Overview and inventory of state requirements for school coursework and attendance / Elliott A. Medrich, Cynthia L. Brown, Robin R. Henke, Lisa Ross ; Edith McArthur, project manitor.

Author

Medrich, Elliott A.

Publication

• Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics, [1992]
• [Washington, D.C.] : For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, [1992]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Brown, Cynthia L.
• Ross, Lisa
• McArthur, Edith
• National Center for Education Statistics, issuing body.

Description

xii, 102 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Series Statement

Research and development report

Uniform Title

Research and development report (National Center for Education Statistics)

Subject

• Education > Curricula > Standards > States. > United States
• School attendance > Standards > States. > United States
• Programmes d'études > Normes > États. > États-Unis
• Fréquentation scolaire > Normes > États. > États-Unis
• School attendance > Standards > U.S. states
• United States

Genre/Form

Government publications

Note

• Shipping list no.: 92-0425-P.
• "June 1992."
• "NCES 92-663."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-102).

Contents

• Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- National Center for Education Statistics Research and Development Reports -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- 1. School Reforms and Student Outcomes: Perspectives and Overview -- Reform at Different Levels of Government -- Purpose of This Report -- State Reform and Higher Student Standards: Targets and Strategies -- The Problem of Causality: Reforms in Context -- Appraising Impacts: Using NCES Databases -- Organization of This Report -- 2. States and the Reform of Student Standards in the 1980s -- The Three Waves of Reform in the 1980s -- Course-Taking Requirements for High School Graduation -- Increasing the Rigor of the Curriculum -- Student Testing -- Minimum Student Contact Time and Intensity -- Summary -- 3. Student Standards and Research on Trends Associated with School Reforms -- Trends in Credits and High School Course-Taking Patterns -- Trends in Mathematics and Reading Achievement -- Linking Reforms and Achievement -- Trends in High School Completion and Dropping Out -- Linking Reform to Completion and Dropout Rates -- Summary -- 4. State Reform and Student Standards: Issues for Further Investigation -- Defining Standards: Toward a Common Set of Definitions -- Future Assessments of State Educational Standards Reform -- Appendix A: Minimum High School Graduation Requirements for Standard Diplomas: 1980 and 1990 -- Appendix B: Researching Reform and Student Outcomes Using Selected Databases -- Appendix C: Standard Error Tables -- Bibliography
• List of Tables -- 2.1 Initiatives from the first wave of education reform -- 2.2 Summary of changes in high school subject area requirements for a standard diploma among the 50 states and the District of Columbia: 1980-1990 -- 2.3 States with testing policies in 1990 (and comparison with policies in those states in 1983) and the purpose of testing in 1990 -- 2.4 State requirements for passage of minimum competency test for graduation: 1990 -- 2.5 Statewide mandates on student participation in extracurricular activities: 1989 -- 2.6 State requirements for length of the school day: 1990 -- 2.7 Minimum number of pupil-teacher contact days in a school year: August 1989 -- 2.8 Ages for compulsory school attendance by state: 1989 -- 2.9 Class size: State mandates in 1990 -- Appendix Tables -- A.1 Minimum high school graduation requirements for standard diplomas: 1980 and 1990 (as of July 1990) (Numbers refer to years of instruction) -- C.1 Percentage (and standard errors) of students with mathematics proficiency at or above five proficiency levels by race-ethnicity and age: 1978, 1982, 1986, and 1990 -- C.2 Percentage (and standard errors) of students with reading proficiency at or above five proficiency levels by race-ethnicity and age: 1975, 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1990 -- C.3 Standard errors for Figure 3.9: Status dropout rates for persons ages 16-24, by race-ethnicity: October 1973 through October 1990 -- C.4 Standard errors for Figure 3.10: Single-year event dropout rates for grades 10-12, ages 15-24, by race-ethnicity: 1973 through 1990
• List of Figures -- 2.1 Distribution of the total units required for a standard diploma among 50 states and the District of Columbia: 1990 -- 3.1 Average total number of course credits earned by public high school graduates and credits earned in specific academic subjects: 1969, 1975-78, 1982, and 1987 -- 3.2 Average number of credits completed in 4 years of high school by public high school graduates, by general academic track: 1969, 1975-78, 1982, and 1987 -- 3.3 Average number of credits earned by high school graduates in academic subjects, by sex: 1982 and 1987 -- 3.4 Average number of credits earned by high school graduates in academic subjects, by sex: 1982 and 1987 -- 3.5 Percentage of high school graduates earning indicated minimum credits in "New Basics" courses: 1982 and 1987 -- 3.6 Percentage of high school graduates earning indicated minimum credits in different combinations of "New Basics" courses, by race-ethnicity: 1982 and 1987 -- 3.7 Percentage of 9-, 13-, and 17-year-old students who have attained "beginning skills and understanding" (level 200) or "basic operations and beginning problem-solving skills" (level 250) in mathematics, as measured by NAEP, by race-ethnicity: 1978, 1982, 1986, and 1990 -- 3.8 Percentage of 9-, 13-, and 17-year-old students who have attained "partially developed skills and understanding" (level 200) or are able to "interrelate ideas and make generalizations" (level 250) in reading, as measured by NAEP, by race-ethnicity: 1975, 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1990 -- 3.9 Status dropout rates for persons ages 16-24, by race-ethnicity: October 1973 through October 1990 -- 3.10 Event dropout rates for grades 10-12, ages 15-24, by race-ethnicity: 1973 through 1990.

ISBN

• 0160379571
• 9780160379574

OCLC

• ocm26328427
• 26328427
• SCSB-1424761

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library