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Appendix B: Descriptions of Program Evaluations and Other Studies (continued)

Descriptions of Program Evaluations and Other Studies
	Study or Data Collection	Who sponsors? Contractor or grantee?	Who collected on?	What collected?	When collected? (Years  collected, frequency)
National Statistical and Assessment Studies
24.	Advanced Telecommunications and U.S. Public Elementary and Secondary School Survey	National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)	National sample of U.S. elementary and secondary schools	Information on school and classroom access to Internet, local area networks, and computers.	1995, 1996, 1997, annual
25.	Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B)	NCES	A representative sample of graduating college seniors. Beginning in 1992-93, every other National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) serves as the basis for a new BPS study.	Information on time to degree, teacher preparation, early careers of professionals (including teachers), debt burden, and graduate/first professional access and choice. Data are collected from ED student aid administrative and student interviews.	1992-93 cohort: follow-ups in 1994, 1997 1999-2000 cohort: follow-up in 2001
26.	Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS)	NCES	A representative sample of first time beginning students, including non-traditional older students and recent high school graduates. Beginning in 1989-90, every other NPSAS serves as the basis for a new BPS study.	Information on persistence, progress, and attainment from initial time of entry into postsecondary education through leaving and entering the work force. Data are collected from ED student aid administrative and student interviews.	1989-90 cohort: follow-ups in 1992 and 1994 1995-96 cohort: follow-ups in 1998 and possibly 2001
27.	Child Development Supplement to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics	Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute for Child and Human Development (NICHD)	Nationally representative sample of 3,200 zero-to-twelve-year-old children	Data on the cognitive, behavioral, and health status of 3,200 children obtained from the mother, a second caregiver, an absent parent, the teacher, the school administrator, and the child; a comprehensive accounting of parental and caregiver time inputs to children as well as other aspects of the way children and adolescents spend their time; teacher-reported time use in elementary and preschool programs; and other-than-time use measures of other resources such as the learning environment in the home.	Collected in 1997, to be released by November 1998
28.	Common Core of Data Surveys	NCES	Fifty states, the District of Columbia, and five outlying areas from the universe of state-level education agencies	Information on staff and students is collected at the school, local education agency or school district (LEA), and state levels. Information about revenues and expenditures also is collected at the state level, and NCES joins the Bureau of the Census in collecting school district finance data.	Annual
29.	Current Population Survey (CPS)/ Annual Demographic Survey-March Supplement	Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics and Department of Commerce's Bureau of the Census	Civilian noninstitutional population including persons 16 years of age and older residing in the 50 states and the District of Columbia who are not inmates of institutions (e.g., penal and mental facilities, homes for the aged), and who are not on active duty in the Armed Forces	Labor force data including income, labor force participation, and school enrollment (currently enrolled, level of school, and full time/part time status of enrollment).	1940-present, annual
30.	Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS)	NCES	A sample of kinder-gartners from a wide variety of public and private kindergarten programs and from diverse racial-ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. One cohort will be followed longitudinally through the 5th grade. Information will be collected from the children, their parents, teachers, and school administrators.	Data on the different environments in which children live and learn--children's neighborhoods, families, schools, and classrooms.	1998-2004 Beginning in 1998, data collection will occur in the fall and spring of the kindergarten year and in the spring of first, third, and fifth grades.
31.	High School Transcripts Studies	NCES	High School Class of 1982, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1998.	Changes in course-taking patterns will be measured from transcripts collected for high school graduates.	1982, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1998
32.	Monitoring the Future (MTF)	Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute on Drug Abuse Grantee: University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research	National sample (from selected nationally representative LEAs) of 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students	National data on alcohol and drug usage and attitudes, and on victimization in schools.	Annual (12th grade since 1975; 8th and 10th grade since 1991)
33.	National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY)	Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics	Six cohorts of men and women who were selected to be representative of all Americans born during a given time. Cohorts include "older men," "mature women," "young men," and "young women," and children born to women in the 1979 survey. Cohorts include persons of civilian and military backgrounds.	Information about the life and labor market experiences of six groups of men and women at different points in time. Includes basic demographic, educational and labor market data on youth (including out-of school youth).	1966-present Data collections in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1979, 1981 1986, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1997
34.	National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: Supplement on School-to-work	National School-to-Work Office and Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics	Nationally representative sample of 12-17 year olds; school administrator survey	NLSY has been supplemented by additional items relevant to the STW experience; i.e., participation in career majors, job shadowing, career counseling, work-site activities and participation in various STW programs.	Baseline student survey in 1997; follow up surveys annual School administrator survey in 1997
35.	National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS)	NCES	A representative sample of all students enrolled at any time during the year in less-than-2-year institutions, community and junior colleges, 4-year colleges, and major universities located in the United States and Puerto Rico at the undergraduate, graduate, and first- professional levels	Detailed data on all forms of student financial aid received as well as student demographics, family income, education expenses, employment, educational aspirations, parental demographic characteristics, parental support, and how students and their families meet the costs of postsecondary education. Data are collected from ED student aid administrative records, institutional records, and student and parent interviews.	1986-87, 1989-90, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1999-2000, and every fourth year thereafter
36.	National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS)	NCES Contractor for NALS 1992: Educational Testing Service, Inc. (ETS)	Adults ages 16 and over living in U.S. households, and inmates from 80 federal and state prisons	NALS 1992 assessed the literacy skills of the U.S. adult population using simulations of three kinds of literacy tasks that adults would ordinarily encounter in daily life (prose literacy, document literacy, and quantitative literacy). Other data collected included demographic characteristics, educational backgrounds, reading practices, and labor market experiences.	1992, 2002
37.	National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP): Elementary and Secondary School Students Survey	NCES	Students in the 4th, 8th, and 12th grades in public and private schools	Knowledge, skills, and performance of the nation's children and youth in reading, mathematics, science, writing, history, geography and other selected subjects. Assessments in reading and mathematics are collected at least every 2 years, in science and writing at least every 4 years, and in history or geography and other selected subjects at least every 6 years.	1969-present Selected collections: -reading, 1996, 1998, 2002 -math, 1996, 2000 -science, 1996, 2000 -writing, 1998, 2002 -history, 1994, 2001 -geography, 1994, 2001
38.	National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS): School Crime Supplement	Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics for main survey. NCES supports the School Crime Supplement Contractor: U.S. Census Bureau	National sample of households. The School Crime Supplement sample is 10,000 12-19 year old students in NCVS households.	The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is the nation's primary source of information on criminal victimization. Each year, data are obtained from a nationally representative sample of roughly 49,000 households comprising more than 100,000 persons on the frequency, characteristics and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States. The School Crime Supplement focuses on victimization of students.	Overall survey is annual; School Crime Supplement 1989, 1995 (planned release 1997), 1999 and triennially thereafter
39.	National Education Longitudinal Survey of 1988 (NELS:88)	NCES	A representative sample of students enrolled in the eight grade in 1988. The sample was freshened in 1990 to represent all tenth-graders and 1992 to represent all twelfth-graders.	Information on high school transitions; including academic preparation, course taking, vocational education, and drop-outs; student and parent demographics; and college access and choice. Data are collected from students, parents, teachers, and school principals as well as high school transcripts.	1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000
40.	National Employer Survey	National School-to-Work Office and U.S. Census Bureau Contractor: Wharton School	3200 employers	Information on employer involvement with schools, and school-to-work in particular, and measure the costs and benefits to employers of such involvement.	1994, 1997, 1998, 2000
41.	National Household Education Survey (NHES)	NCES	Households in the noninstitutionalized civilian population of the U.S	Data on high-priority education topics are collected on a rotating basis. Topics have included early childhood education, adult education, school readiness, safety and discipline, parent/family involvement in education, and adult/youth civic improvement.	1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999
42.	National Voluntary Tests in Reading and Mathematics	ED Contract to be awarded	4th- and 8th-graders in participating areas	Knowledge, skills, and performance of the nation's children and youth in reading and mathematics.	Assessments in reading and mathematics will be collected annually, 1997-2002
43.	Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)	NCES and U.S. Census Bureau	Principals and teachers; public and private schools; school districts	Demographics of the K-12 student population, varying demand for teachers in all regions of the nation, educational qualifications of school teachers and administrators, and working conditions of teachers. It is a unified set of surveys that allows linkages of data on teachers, schools, school districts, and administrators.	1987-88, 1990-91, 1993-94, 1999-2000
44.	Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)	International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement USA support: NCES and NSF	Students at three grade levels in 41 countries	TIMSS compared the performance of 500,000 students in 41 countries worldwide, including 40,000 Americans, at levels corresponding to U.S. grades 4, 8, and 12. In addition to tests and questionnaires, it included a curriculum analysis, videotaped observations of mathematics classes, and case studies of policy issues.	1995

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