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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1985
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED272558 |
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- Products and Processes of the National Center for Education Statistics: An Agenda for the Next Decade. Natriello, Gary Data Collection Educational Resources Elementary Secondary Education Longitudinal Studies National Surveys Occupational Tests Preschool Education Private Schools Public Schools Research Design Research Needs School Surveys State Surveys Technological Advancement This review of the current data collection activities of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is divided into two parts: a section of major recommendations applying to NCES plans in general, and a section reviewing each data collection activity and presenting specific suggestions. Section I recommends that NCES should: (1) explicitly consider moving beyond the collection of data on schooling to the collection of data on education; (2) conduct a longitudinal study of students in the elementary, middle-school, and junior high school grades; (3) pay greater attention to the collection of data on school processes; (4) organize the systematic collection of data on student performance on employer sponsored tests; (5) devote greater attention to those educational organizations that serve preschool youngsters; (6) put in place a process for ensuring that its large-scale data collection efforts can be linked with more micro-level studies; (7) work with a few states to develop pilot state level data bases related to significant issues; and (8) maintain an awareness of emerging technologies for the transmission and communication of data to relevant groups of users. Section II comments on the six current NCES surveys: Private School Survey, Public School Survey, Recent Survey of College Graduates, Survey of Teacher Demand and Shortage, High School and Beyond, and Library and Media Center Survey. (LMO)