Author: Committee on National StatisticsNational Research
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: interim, report, compass, series, poverty, children, area, estimates, school, small
Number of Pages: 134
Published: 1999-02-18
List price: $33.50
ISBN-10: 0309063957
ISBN-13: 9780309063951

Author: Committee on National StatisticsNational Research
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: estimates, title, county, allocations, research, record, revised, transportation, report, school, area, children, poverty, small, interim, evaluation
Number of Pages: 186
Published: 1998-03-31
List price: $42.25
ISBN-10: 0309060451
ISBN-13: 9780309060455

Author: Committee on National StatisticsNational Research
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: models, data, bases, issues, policy, supply, demand, quality, teacher
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: $44.00
ISBN-10: 0309047927
ISBN-13: 9780309047920

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.

Author: Committee on National StatisticsNational Research
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: workshop, compass, series, report, study, housing, discrimination, national, measuring
Number of Pages: 88
Published: 2002-03-22
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0309083257
ISBN-13: 9780309083256

Author: Committee on Applied and Theoretical StatisticsNa
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: issues, women, health, workshop, proceedings, data, sets, massive
Number of Pages: 218
Published: 1997-02-27
List price: $63.75
ISBN-10: 0309056942
ISBN-13: 9780309056946

Author: Panel on Foreign Trade Statistics Committee on Na
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: economy, world, trade, numbers
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0309045908
ISBN-13: 9780309045902

America’s international economic decisions rest to a large degree on the information available to policymakers. Yet the quality of international trade and financial data is in serious doubt. This book reveals how our systems for collecting and analyzing trade data have fallen behind the times - and presents recommendations for new approaches to accuracy and usefulness of these economic data. The volume traces the burgeoning use of international economic data by public and private analysts at a time when the United States is becoming increasingly integrated into the world economy. It also

Author: Panel on Immigration StatisticsCommittee on Natio
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: neglect, story, statistics, immigration
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1985-01-01
List price: $84.75
ISBN-10: 0309035899
ISBN-13: 9780309035897

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.