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2008/09 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:08/09) Field Test Methodology Report - Working Paper Series
This report describes the methodology and findings for the field test of the 2008/2009 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:08/09). These students, who completed their bachelor’s degree requirements during the 2007-08 academic year, were first interviewed as part of the 2008 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:08) field test. BPS:08/09 is the first follow-up of this cohort. The B&B:08/09 field test was used to plan, implement, and evaluate methodological procedures, instruments, and systems proposed for use in the full-scale study scheduled for the year following graduation from a bachelor’s degree program. The report provides the sampling design and methodologies used in the field test. It also describes data collection outcomes, including response rates, interview burden, and results of incentive, mailing, and prompting experiments. In addition, the report provides details on the evaluation of data quality for reliability of responses, item nonresponse, and question delivery and data entry error. Recommendations for the full-scale study are provided for the sampling design, locating and tracing procedures, interviewer training, data collection, and instrumentation.
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The Forum Guide to Data Ethics
Each and every day, educators collect and use data about students, staff, and schools.
Some of these data originate in individual student and staff records that are confidential
or otherwise sensitive. And even those data that are a matter of public record, such as
aggregate school enrollment, need to be accessed, presented, and used in an ethically
responsible manner. While laws set the legal parameters that govern data use, ethics
establish fundamental principles of "right and wrong" that are critical to the appropriate
management and use of education data in the technology age. This guide reflects the
experience and judgment of experienced data managers; while there is no mandate to
follow these principles, the authors hope that the contents will prove a useful reference
to others in their work.<br /><br />
This guide contains:
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Canons-core ethical principles</li>
<li>Vignettes--example that illustrates how an ethical canon is relevant to the real world</li>
<li>Discussion--an explanation of the canon that provides context for understanding the ethical principles being addressed</li>
<li>Recommended Practices and Training</li>
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Crisis Data Management: A Forum Guide to Collecting and Managing Data About Displaced Students
The Crisis Data Management: A Forum guide to Collecting and Managing Data about Displaced Students provides guidelines that can be used by elementary and secondary education agencies to establish policies and procedures for collecting and managing education data before, during, and after a crisis.
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The High School Senior Class of 2003−04: Steps Toward Postsecondary Enrollment
This set of Issue Tables draws upon data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:02) to examine the extent to which students in the senior class of 2003−04 took various steps toward postsecondary enrollment. These steps include preparing for and taking college entrance tests, seeking information about college entrance requirements, and applying for college admission. The tables present estimates for all students and by a wide range of student, family, and high school characteristics.
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Visión General de NAEP
This is the Spanish-language version of An Overview of NAEP, a short brochure describing the National Assessment of Educational Progress for the general public. Samples of questions, brief descriptions of online resources, and a listing of assessments through 2017 are included.
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