October 13, 2009
From IES Newsflash: NCES Releases Report on the Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
The average student/teacher ratio in U.S. public schools was 15.8 in 2007-08 -- a ratio that ranged from 9.0 in Maine to 23.5 in Utah. This National Center for Education Statistics First Look report presents findings on the numbers and types of public elementary and secondary schools in the United States and the territories in the 2007-08 school year, using data from the Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey of the Common Core of Data (CCD) survey system. Other findings include:
* About 48.9 million students attended 98,916 operating public elementary/secondary schools in the 2007–08 school year.
* Almost 1.3 million students, approximately 3% of public school students, were enrolled in 4,388 charter schools in 2007-08.
* The largest percentage of students attended suburban schools (35 percent), followed by schools in cities (29 percent), rural areas (23 percent), and towns (13 percent).
To view the full report please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010305
Posted by ronbo at 02:58 PM
October 10, 2009
From SPSS Technical Support: SPSS Proactive Notification - SPSS Statistics 17.0.3 Patch Availability Notice
The latest SPSS Statistics patch is now available for download from the SPSS Support Website. This patch will upgrade your existing SPSS Statistics 17.0.2 for Windows to version 17.0.3. This patch incorporates any previously released hot fixes since PASW Statistics 17.0. This is an incremental patch only. You MUST have PASW Statistics 17.0.2 installed prior to applying this patch.
Note: This patch does not apply to the student version.
For detailed information on the description of this patch, installation instructions, and downloading information, please browse to: http://support.spss.com and log in to the web site. After entering your login information, select the "Statistics" menu link then click on "Patches".
You will need your Support Web site User Id and Password to access this information. If you have forgotten your user id or password you can use the Find Password feature on our Web site. This can be found at: http://support.spss.com/password.html
We are continually striving to improve our communication to our clients. However, if you do not wish to receive further proactive e-mails from SPSS Support, please reply to this message with REMOVE on the subject line.
Thank you,
SPSS Technical Support
Posted by ronbo at 11:13 PM
October 06, 2009
SAS Institute TS: New Hot Fixes for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3)
New Hot Fixes are available on the Technical Support Hot Fix Web site for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3).
The latest SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) Hot Fixes are for:
SAS/ACCESS INTERFACE TO R/3
E9R305 (z/OS, Windows, Windows for IPF (64bit), HPUX,
Solaris (64bit), AIX, Tru64, Linux, HPUX for Itanium)
SAS/GRAPH
E9GR17 (z/OS, Windows, Windows for IPF (64bit), OpenVMS Alpha, HPUX,
Solaris (64bit), AIX, Tru64, Linux, HPUX for Itanium,
Linux for Itanium)
SAS/IML
E9ML03 (z/OS, Windows, Windows for IPF (64bit), OpenVMS Alpha, HPUX,
Solaris (64bit), AIX, Tru64, Linux, HPUX for Itanium,
Linux for Itanium, Solaris for x64)
For more information, please review the SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) Hot Fix "What's New" page:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_SBCS_whats_new.html
If you are running SAS 9.1.3 with Asian Language Support (DBCS), please review the DBCS "What's New" page:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_DBCS_whats_new.html
A comprehensive list of all Hot Fixes is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/hotfix.html
Posted by ronbo at 09:01 PM
SAS Institute TS: Hot Fixes for Additional SAS Products and Solutions
New Hot Fixes are available on the Technical Support Hot Fix Web site for:
SAS BI Dashboard 9.1.3
Hot Fix: 31BIDASHMID03
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/bid31.html
SAS Merchandise Intelligence 3.2
Hot Fix: 32ROM501
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/ro32.html
A comprehensive list of all Hot Fixes is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/hotfix.html
Posted by ronbo at 08:59 PM
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2009-10-04
Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive along with a list of released data collections that have been updated:
New Additions
22405 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age, Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 2006
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22405
25106 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age, Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25106
26146 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, March 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR26146
26162 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, May 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR26162
Updates
3729 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 2001
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03729
3997 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 2000
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03997
4068 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 2002
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04068
4461 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 2004
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04461
4716 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 2005
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04716
7041 Brazilian University Students' Images of the United States, 1963
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07041
9152 CBS News Pre-Election Tracking Poll, October 30-November 1, 1988
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09152
Posted by ronbo at 08:58 PM
October 02, 2009
From Census Product Update (October 2, 2009): Hot Tip - October 2008 Current Population Survey (CPS) School Enrollment Public Use File
The October 2008 CPS October School Enrollment Supplement Public Use File is now available to the public. This file contains 150,957 records that are 1,040 bytes in length. Data should be available on our web site any day now. For questions or additional information, contact our Current Population Survey staff at 301-763-3806.
Posted by ronbo at 12:01 PM
September 29, 2009
From IES Newsflash: 2009 Nation's Report Card in Mathematics Coming Soon!
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) will release the 2009 Nation's Report Card in mathematics on October 14, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. The Nation's Report Card will present scores for fourth- and eighth-graders from all fifty states, the District of Columbia, Department of Defense schools, and the nation.
A webcast of the release event will be broadcast live at 10:00 at
http://nationsreportcard.gov
Then at 3:00, join Associate Commissioner Peggy Carr for Ask NAEP, an hour-long, online Q&A session about the results. Submit your questions online either during the chat or in advance at
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard
For more information about the report, and to view recent results from the 2007 assessment, visit
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/mathematics/
NAEP is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences.
Posted by ronbo at 07:36 PM
From IES Newsflash: NCES Releases Report on Teacher Reading Strategies from an International Perspective
Presenting data from the United States and the 44 other jurisdictions that participated in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006, this Statistics in Brief describes international patterns in the strategies reported by teachers to help fourth-graders falling behind in reading. The National Center for Education Statistics has released Teacher Strategies to Help Fourth-Graders Having Difficulty in Reading: An International Perspective. Findings include:
- The most common teacher response to a question about what they usually do if a student begins to fall behind in reading was to ask parents to help (among the highest responses in 44 of the 45 jurisdictions).
- The study found that the second most common teacher response for what they usually do if a student begins to fall behind in reading was spend more time working with the student individually (among the highest responses in 20 of the jurisdictions).
- The least common response was to have the student work with a reading specialist in a regular classroom (among the lowest responses in 40 jurisdictions).
PIRLS assesses the reading achievement of fourth-graders and collects data on teachers' reading instruction practices and strategies. These strategies include: (a) waiting to see if performance improves with maturation, (b) spending more time working on reading individually with that student, (c) having other students work on reading with the student having difficulty, (d) having the student work in the regular classroom with a teacher-aide, (e) having the student work in the regular classroom with a reading specialist, (f) having the student work in a remedial reading classroom with a reading specialist, (g) assigning homework to help the student catch up, (h) and asking the parents to help the student with reading.
To view the full report please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009013
Posted by ronbo at 07:34 PM