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Golladay, Mary 1. The Condition of Educations A Statistical Report on the Condition of education in the United States, Together with a Description of the Activities of the National Center for Education Statistics. 1976 Edition. National Center for Education Statistics (DREW) , Washington, D.C. NCES-76-400 Mar 76 320p. Superintendent of- Docusents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (Stock No. 017-080-Q1521-8, $4.40)

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81-$0.83 HC-$16.73 Plus Postage *Educational Finance; *Elementary Secondary Education; Graphs; *National Surveys; Post Secondary education; Program Descriptions; *School Personnel; *School Statistics; Statistical Data; Tables

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ABSTRACT This publication consists primarily of several

hundred charts, graphs, owl tables that present a wide. variety of educational statistics f.1-* the United States through and including the 1974-75 school year. The largest section of the report is organized into eight chapters that each present statistics on a different dimension of American education. These chapters focus in turn on students and schools, outcomes of schooling, concerns of elementary and secondary education, participation in postsecondary education, relationships between education and work, educational personnel, elementary and secondary school finance, and comparative profiles of education in the United States and other countries, Also included in the report are a short section that provides technical information on the collection and compilation of the various statistics and a separate section that presents a detailed summary of the program and plans of the National Center for Education Statistics for fiscal years 1976 and 1977. (JG)

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The Condition of Education

A Statistical Report on the Condition of Education in the United States

together with A Description of the Activities of The National Center for Education Statistics

Transmitted to the Congress March 1976

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NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS "The purpose of the Center shall be to collect and disseminate statistics and other data related to education in the United States and in other nations. The Center shall . . collect, collate, and from time to time report full and complete statistics on the conditions of education in the United States; conduct and publish reports on specialized analyses of the meaning and significance of such statistics; . . . and review and report on education activities' in foreign countries."--Section 406(b) of the General. Education Provisions Act, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1221e-l).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION. AND WELFARE THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION WASHINGTON March 1, 1976

To the Congress of the United States:

The annual report of the activities of the National Center for Education Statistics and of the Condition of Education in the United States is herewith respectfully submitted in accordance with Section 406(d)(1) of the Education Amendments of 1974.

Sincerely,

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Virg is Y. T tter

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NCES 76-400

THE CONDITION OF EDUCATION 1976 Edition

by . Mary A. Golladay

U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare David Mathews, Secretary

Education Division Virginia Y. Trotter, Assistant Secretary for Education

National Center for Education Statistics Marie D. Eldridge, Administrator

The Condition of Edueodon. 1976 edition. was prepared in .the Planning Office of the Na. lima! Center for-Education Statistics, under the supervision of Iris Garfield, Planning Officer.

The development and preparation of the report was -the responsibility of Mary A. Golladay. Assistance in preparation of specific entries and on many aspects of re port production was provided by Valens A. White, Susan T. Hill, Ronald N. Jesse?. and Carol 1. Scnden.

Guidance and direction in assembling materials describing the program and plans of the Center were given by David B. Orr and George 11. Brown, with assistance-provided by David A. Hilliard.

Coordination of all steps in the process of copy preparation and publication was the responsibility of Helen A. Tashjian. Ronald F. Waring and Bruce Berman provided editorial assistance. Mamie M. Brown assisted in a final review of cameraeady copy and, along with D. Lorraine Williams and Daisy A. Matthews,-performed many last-minute tasks in preparation for printing.

Typing of the manuscript was done by Claire M. Rowland and Margaret Wilson.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The assistance of many individuals in [Ito- prepara. lion of this report is gratefully acknowledged. Assistance in assembling materials for specific chap-

ters of the statistical protion of the report was provided by Angus Maddison, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris,

France, who supplied the materials for the chapter on international comparisons or education statis tics; A. Thrvey Belitsky who assembled considerable data on the relationships between education and work; and Frank Farrier and James S. Rose, who assembled materials documenting changes in elementary and secondary school fin.

ance.

Numerous individuals within NCES provided data and reviewed drafts of the manuscript; of particular help were comprehensive reviews by Marjorie-0. Chandler and W. Vance Grant. Representatives from other governmental agencies within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare also reviewed the draft. these agencies were the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; the Office of the Assistant Secretary fo,r Education; the Office of Planning and Budget Evaluation, Office of Education; and the National Insiitine of Education.

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Contents

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I. Education: An Overview

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I. Students and Schools

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A Historical Summary of American Education

The Students

The Schools-

The Costs

2. Outcomes of Schooling

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Diplomas and Degrees

Performance in Subject Areas

3. Concerns of Elementary and Secondary Education

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The Education Enterprise as Viewed by the Public

Educational Disparities and Special Needs

II. Education: A Closet Look at Selected Topics

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4. Postsecondary Education Participation

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Enrollment Patterns in Postsecondary Education

Vocational Education

Higher Education

Adult Education

S. Relationships Between Education and Work

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Transitions from Education and Work

Educational Attainment and the Labor Force

Ties Between Education and Work in the Future

6. Education Personnel

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Elementary and Secondary School Staff

Higher Education Staff

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