Library News for the College of Education
Monday, October 27, 2003
New Report:
"Status and Trends in the Education of Blacks" [pdf] draws on the many statistics published by NCES in a variety of reports and synthesizes these data in one compact volume. In addition to indicators drawn from existing government reports, some indicators were developed specifically for this report. The objective of this report is to make statistical information about the educational status of Blacks easily accessible to a variety of audiences.
Resource Update:
The Common Core of Data (CCD), a program of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, is a comprehensive, annual, national statistical database of information concerning all public elementary and secondary schools (approximately 95,000) and school districts (approximately 17,000). The CCD Build a Table tool enables users to create customized tables of CCD public school data for states, counties, MSA's, districts, and schools, using data from multiple years. Recently, the number of years of data has been expanded to include the 1995-1996 and 1996-1997 CCD School, Local Education Agency (LEA), and LEA Finance and State (fiscal and nonfiscal) data. These additional years now provide the ability for online longitudinal analysis of elementary and secondary data for school years 1995-1996 through 2001-2002. The Build a Table tool has also been enhanced to allow users to save custom created table specifications.
Friday, October 10, 2003
New Report:
Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2001-02.
This NCES publication provides descriptive information about the 100 largest school districts in the United States. Almost one in every four public school students in this nation is served by one of these large districts. They are distinguished from the average district by characteristics, in addition to sheer size, such as pupil-teacher ratios, high school graduates, and minority enrollment as a proportion of total enrollment.
Wednesday, October 01, 2003
New Resource:
Virtual U. 2.1
http://www.virtual-u.org
"Everyone is interested in the world of higher education these days, but how does one actually get to make important decisions regarding one of these august institutions? With this latest release of Virtual U. 2.1. it is now possible for Windows users around the world to step into the shoes of a university president and learn about the world of higher education management. Designed to "foster better understanding of management practices in American colleges and universities," Virtual U. allows users to establish and monitor many major components (such as faculty salaries) of one of these institutions. This fun and engaging simulator program is compatible with all systems running Windows 95 and higher." [Credit: Scout Report]
