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Sharing Research Data

Politics & Social Sciences

Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Committee on National Statistics

National, Research Council

Social Sciences

National Academies Press

This book examines the needs for and availability of statistics concerning immigrants and immigration. It concentrates on the needs for statistics on immigrants, refugees, and illegal aliens for policy and program purposes, on the adequacy of the statistics that are produced and of the statistical systems that generate them, and on recommendations for improving these systems. Also, the history of immigration legislation and the estimates of the size of the illegal alien population are briefly reviewed.

Immigration Statistics: A Story of Neglect

Panel on Immigration Statistics

It is not news that each of us grows old. What is relatively new, however, is that the average age of the American population is increasing. More and better information is required to assess, plan for, and meet the needs of a graying population. The Aging Population in the Twenty-First Century examines social, economic, and demographic changes among the aged, as well as many health-related topics: health promotion and disease prevention; quality of life; health care system financing and use; and the quality of care--especially long-term care. Recommendations for increasing and improving the data available--as well as for ensuring timely access to them--are also included.

The Aging Population in the Twenty-First Century: Statistics for Health Policy

Panel on Statistics for an Aging Population

Parenting & Relationships

The report of a panel assembled by the National Research Council to evaluate the statistics on the supply and demand for science and mathematics teachers concludes that the available data are inadequate and presents recommendations for improved data and further research. No index. Acidic paper. Anno

Precollege Science and Mathematics Teachers: Monitoring Supply, Demand, and Quality

Business & Money

Panel on Statistics on Supply and Demand for Precollege Science and Mathematics Teachers

Job Hunting & Careers

Bilingual education has long been the subject of major disagreements in this country. This book provides a detailed critique of the two largest studies of U.S. bilingual education programs. It examines the goals of the studies and what can be learned from them. In addition, using these studies as cases, this book provides guidelines on how to plan large evaluation studies to achieve useful answers to major policy questions about education. Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>1 Bilingual Education in the United States</li>
<li>2 Research Methodology and Bilingual Education</li>
<li>3 The Longitudinal Study</li>
<li>4 The Immersion Study</li>
<li>5 Lessons for the Future</li>
<li>6 Conclusions and Recommendations</li>
<li>Appendix A: Bilingual Education in the United States</li>
<li>Appendix B: Trajectory Analysis of Matched Percentiles</li>
<li>Appendix C: Acronyms</li>
<li>Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff</li>
<li>References</li>
</ul>

Assessing Evaluation Studies: The Case of Bilingual Education Strategies (Transportation Research Record)

Education & Teaching

Panel to Review Evaluation Studies of Bilingual Education

Schools & Teaching

This book examines policy issues, projection models, and data bases pertaining to the supply of, demand for, and quality of teachers in the United States from kindergarten to twelfth grade. It identifies additional data needed to clarify policy issues or for use in projection models, with a long-range view of contributing to the development of a teaching force of higher quality in the United States. The book has major implications for the teacher work force and for statisticians and researchers involved in investigating, modeling, and projecting teacher supply, demand, and quality. Table of ContentsFRONT MATTERPART I INTRODUCTIONPART II SUMMARYPART III POLICY ISSUESPART IV MODELSPART V DATA BASESPART VI CONCLUSIONAPPENDIXES

Teacher Supply, Demand, and Quality: Policy Issues, Models, and Data Bases

Economics

The Panel on Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas was established by the Committee on National Statistics at the National Research Council in response to the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994. That act charged the U.S. Census Bureau to produce updated estimates of poor school-age children every two years for the nation's more than 3,000 counties and 14,000 school districts. The act also charged the panel with determining the appropriateness and reliability of the Bureau's estimates for use in the allocation of more than $7 billion of Title I funds each year for educationally disadvantaged children. The panel's charge was both a major one and one with immovable deadlines. The panel had to evaluate the Census Bureau's work on a very tight schedule in order to meet legal requirements for allocation of Title I funds. As it turned out, the panel produced three interim reports: the first one evaluated county-level estimates of poor school-age children in 1993, the second one assessed a revised set of 1993 county estimates; and the third one covered both county- and school district-level estimates of poor school-age children in 1995. This volume combines and updates these three reports into a single reference volume.

Small-Area Estimates of School-Age Children in Poverty: Interim Report 2, Evaluation of Revised 1993 County Estimates for Title I Allocations (Transportation Research Record)

The U.S. Department of Education uses estimates of school-age children in poverty to allocate federal funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for education programs to aid disadvantaged children. Historically, the allocations have been made by a two-stage process: the department's role has been to allocate Title I funds to counties; the states have then distributed these funds to school districts. Until recently, the department has based the county allocations on the numbers and proportions of poor school-age children in each county from the most recent decennial census. States have used several different data sources, such as the decennial census and the National School Lunch Program, to distribute the department's county allocations to districts. In 1994 Congress authorized the Bureau of the Census to provide updated estimates of poor school-age children every 2 years, to begin in 1996 with estimates for counties and in 1998 with estimates for school districts. The Department of Education is to use the school district estimates to allocate Title I basic and concentration grants directly to districts for the 1999-2000 and later school years, unless the Secretaries of Education and Commerce determine that they are "inappropriate or unreliable" on the basis of a study by the National Research Council. That study is being carried out by the Committee on National Statistics' Panel on Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas. Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1 Introduction2 County Estimates3 School District Estimates4 Recommendations for Title I Allocations for the 1999-2000 School Year5 Future Research and DevelopmentAppendixReferences and BibliographyBiographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff

Small-Area Estimates of School-Age Children in Poverty: Interim Report 3 (Compass Series)

For every weapons system being developed, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) must make a critical decision: Should the system go forward to full-scale production? The answer to that question may involve not only tens of billions of dollars but also the nation's security and military capabilities. In the milestone process used by DOD to answer the basic acquisition question, one component near the end of the process is operational testing, to determine if a system meets the requirements for effectiveness and suitability in realistic battlefield settings. Problems discovered at this stage can cause significant production delays and can necessitate costly system redesign. This book examines the milestone process, as well as the DOD's entire approach to testing and evaluating defense systems. It brings to the topic of defense acquisition the application of scientific statistical principles and practices. Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>Executive Summary</li>
<li>1 Introduction</li>
<li>2 Operational Testing and System Acquisition</li>
<li>3 A New Paradigm for Testing and Evaluation in Defense Acquisition</li>
<li>4 Upgrading Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluation</li>
<li>5 Improving Operational Test Planning and Design</li>
<li>6 Analyzing and Reporting Test Results</li>
<li>7 Assessing Operational Suitability</li>
<li>8 Testing Software-Intensive Systems</li>
<li>9 Using Modeling and Simulation in Test Design and Evaluation</li>
<li>10 Increasing Access to Statistical Expertise for Operational Testing</li>
<li>Appendix A Case Studies and System Descriptions</li>
<li>Appendix B Abstracts of Background Papers</li>
<li>Appendix C A Potential Taxonomy for Operational Tests</li>
<li>Appendix D Elements of ISO 9000</li>
<li>Appendix E Glossary and Acronyms</li>
<li>References</li>
<li>Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff</li>
</ul>

Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition: New Approaches and Methodological Improvements

Science & Math

Panel on Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluating Defense Systems

Mathematics

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 fundamentally changed the nation's social welfare system, replacing a federal entitlement program for low-income families, called Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), with state-administered block grants, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. PRWORA furthered a trend started earlier in the decade under so called "waiver" programs-state experiments with different types of AFDC rules-toward devolution of design and control of social welfare programs from the federal government to the states. The legislation imposed several new, major requirements on state use of federal welfare funds but otherwise freed states to reconfigure their programs as they want. The underlying goal of the legislation is to decrease dependence on welfare and increase the self-sufficiency of poor families in the United States. In summer 1998, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) asked the Committee on National Statistics of the National Research Council to convene a Panel on Data and Methods for Measuring the Effects of Changes in Social Welfare Programs. The panel's overall charge is to study and make recommendations on the best strategies for evaluating the effects of PRWORA and other welfare reforms and to make recommendations on data needs for conducting useful evaluations. This interim report presents the panel's initial conclusions and recommendations. Given the short length of time the panel has been in existence, this report necessarily treats many issues in much less depth than they will be treated in the final report. The report has an immediate short-run goal of providing DHHS-ASPE with recommendations regarding some of its current projects, particularly those recently funded to study ''welfare leavers''-former welfare recipients who have left the welfare rolls as part of the recent decline in welfare caseloads. Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1 Introduction2 Framework, Principles, and Designs for Evaluation3 ASPE Leaver Studies and Other Current Research on Welfare Reform4 RecommendationsReferencesAppendicesA Leaver StudiesB Summary of Welfare Reform ProjectsC Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff

Evaluating Welfare Reform: A Framework and Review of Current Work, Interim Report (Compass Series)

Panel on Data and Methods for Measuring the Effects of Changes in Social Welfare Programs

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