Data Sources |
| Variable |
Year |
Descrption |
Source |
| Collective Bargaining |
1994 |
Percent of teachers in districts with collective bargaining
|
NCES (SASS) |
a |
| Meet-and-Confer Only |
1994 |
Percent of teachers in districts with meet-and-confer procedures
|
NCES (SASS) |
a |
| |
| SAT |
1995 |
Math and verbal scores |
ETS |
b |
| Test Takers |
1995 |
Percent of high school seniors in state taking
SAT |
ETS |
b |
| Percent Minority |
1995 |
All students not white or Asian-Pacific taking
SAT |
ETS |
b |
| Percent Urban |
1990 |
Percent of state population in urban places |
Census |
c |
| Percent H.S. Grads |
1992 |
Percent of high school graduates from nonpublic
schools |
NCES |
d |
| Spending Per Pupil |
1994 |
Current expenditures per pupil enrolled |
NCES |
e |
| Income Per Capita |
1995 |
Income Per Capita |
BEA |
f |
| |
| NAEP Reading |
1994 |
Grade 4 reading scores, National Assessment of
Education Progress |
NAEP |
g |
| Percent IEP or LEP |
1994 |
Special education or limited-English-proficient
students in school |
NAEP |
g |
| High Absence Rate |
1994 |
Percent of students whose schools report at least
moderate absenteeism |
NAEP |
g |
| Class Size Under 25 |
1994 |
Percent of students with an average class size
of less than 25 students |
NAEP |
g |
| Percent Minority |
1994 |
Percent of students black or Hispanic |
NAEP |
g |
| |
| a. Special tabulation of the Schools and Staffing
Survey, National Center for Education Statistics. |
| b. Data provided by the Education Testing Service.
|
| c. U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract. |
| d. Digest of Education Statistics, National Center
for Education Statistics. |
| f. Survey of Current Business, Bureau of Economic
Analysis. |
| g. 1994 NAEP Reading: A First Look, National
Center for Education Statistics, 1995. |