ED471875 - The Condition of Education 2002 in Brief - ERIC-ED471875 | Content Details

ED471875 - The Condition of Education 2002 in Brief

Source Institution: National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC

Subject: Early Childhood Education, Educational Attainment, Educational Change, Educational Indicators, Educational Practices, Educational Quality, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Foreign Countries, National Surveys, Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Poverty, Program Evaluation, School Statistics, Student Characteristics, Tables (Data), Teacher Characteristics

Abstract: This report is an indicator summary, synopsizing the state of education, monitoring important developments, and showing trends in major aspects of education. It contains a sampling of charts of the 4 4 indicators in "The Condition of Education, 2 0 0 2 . " Graphs depict past and projected trends in early childhood education programs; past and projected elementary and secondary school enrollments; poverty among school-aged children; past and projected undergraduate enrollments; mathematics performance of students in grades 4, 8, and 12; poverty and student achievement; trends in the achievement gap in reading between white and black students; international comparisons of reading literacy; 12th-graders' effort and interest in school; status dropout rates, by race/ethnicity; immediate transition to college; high school academic preparation and postsecondary progress; trends in science and mathematics course-taking; inclusion of students with disabilities in regular classrooms; parental choice of schools; academic background of college graduates who enter and leave teaching; perceived impact of work on postsecondary learning; student participation in distance education; status of women and minority faculty; public effort to fund education; change in public-school revenue sources; and international comparisons of expenditures for education.