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April 28, 2006
NCES Newsflash: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) X Two Research Opportunities!
Using the NAEP Database for Research and Policy Discussion: Applications due May 8, 2006.
This is a 3½-day advanced studies seminar on the use of the NAEP database for education research and policy analysis, aimed at faculty and advanced graduate students, and others in education who have strong statistical skills. Accepted applicants receive financial support for attending.
The main NAEP database contains nationally representative achievement data for fourth-, eighth, and twelfth-graders from public and non-public schools in a variety of academic subjects. The database also contains information on the background and learning environment of the students who were assessed, their teachers, and their schools. Transcripts are also available for many of the twelfth-graders who were assessed.
The seminar is June 20 through June 23, 2006, in Washington, DC. More information and instructions on how to apply are available on the NCES website: http://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/confinfo.asp?confid=40
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The NAEP Secondary Analysis Research Program: Applications for 2007 are due July 27, 2006, by 8 p.m. EDT.
The NAEP Secondary Analysis Research Program was developed to encourage the preparation of reports that would not otherwise be available utilizing new ideas or state-of-the-art techniques to analyze and report the information gathered from NAEP assessments and the NAEP High School Transcript Studies (HSTS). [ http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/hsts/ ] Much potentially valuable information that could be gained from the NAEP data [ http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/ ] remains untapped. This grant program was developed to make resources available to qualified data analysts to explore the NAEP data more fully. Analyses and reports prepared under this program [
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/researchcenter/naepgrants.asp ] should potentially be useful to the general public, parents, educators, educational researchers, or policymakers.
The FY 2007 NAEP Secondary Analysis Research Program application package and required forms can be downloaded from the Education Department website: http://www.ed.gov/programs/naepsarp/applicant.html
Posted by ronbo at 04:46 PM
April 25, 2006
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - April 25, 2006
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:
4379 Child Care and Development Fund Administrative Data, Federal Fiscal Year 2001
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04379.xml
4431 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 2004
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04431.xml
13613 Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Diagnostic Assessment of Reading, Wave 2, 1997-2000
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/13613.xml
13621 Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Where Are You Afraid? (Fear), Wave 2, 1997-2000
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/13621.xml
13626 Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Gun Ownership, Wave 2, 1997-2000
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/13626.xml
13643 Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Perceptions of Drug Risk, Wave 2, 1997-2000
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/13643.xml
13653 Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): School and Day Care Screen, Wave 2, 1997-2000
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/13653.xml
13662 Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Voting Practices, Wave 2, 1997-2000
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/13662.xml
UPDATES:
4245 American National Election Study, 2004: Pre- and Post-Election Survey
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04245.xml
You can also view a list of all studies added and updated in the last ninety days by visiting the ICPSR Web site at http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/.
Posted by ronbo at 11:52 AM
April 20, 2006
From Census Update: American Factfinder Hot Tips
More Improvements to American FactFinder!
The American FactFinder (AFF) tool is one of the most popular sites on the Census web page. On Friday, April 21, we are making several improvements to it. First, for the American Community Survey data, AFF now gives the option of hiding the upper and lower bound columns so that your results display only the estimate.
Second, Census 2000 data tables now link to counts that were corrected (revised) in the Count Resolution (CQR) program through a link above the table. The hyperlink is available on "Detailed Tables" and "Quick Tables" (except in the case of the Island Area Census 2000 data set).
Third, AFF has given its thematic mapping feature the ability to display statistically significant differences in data from those that are not statistically significant. This can be done with a simple click of the "with the statistical significance" in the left panel of the results display.
For more details on each of these improvements, and other changes to AFF, please see the "What's New" section of American FactFinder.
Posted by ronbo at 06:04 PM
April 19, 2006
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - April 19, 2006
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:
4294 American National Election Study, 2004: Contextual File
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04294.xml
4298 Partnership Impact Research Project, 2001-2004 [United States]
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04298.xml
4394 Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, November 1997
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04394.xml
4395 Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, December 1997
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04395.xml
13610 Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Child and Adolescent Behavior Rating Scale, Wave 2, 1997-2000
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/13610.xml
13638 Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Neighborhood Activity, Wave 2, 1997-2000
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/13638.xml
UPDATES:
2283 National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1994
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/02283.xml
3255 Religion, Aging, and Health Survey, 2001, 2004 [United States]
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/03255.xml
You can also view a list of all studies added and updated in the last ninety days by visiting the ICPSR Web site at http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/.
Posted by ronbo at 06:15 PM
April 17, 2006
ANES Announcement: 2006 ANES Pilot Study
Time is running out. The time to act is now.
The deadline for proposing questions for the 2006 ANES Pilot Study is fast approaching.
Submit early – you’ll be better off!
The American National Election Studies will conduct a pilot study survey in November, 2006, to test new questions.
We are pleased to invite all scholars who have innovative and energizing ideas to propose them for testing in this survey.
Things to know about the Pilot Study:
- If you want particular questions to be asked in future ANES surveys, now is the time to offer evidence of how the questions perform in real surveys. The Pilot Study is an ideal way to gather such evidence.
- The Pilot Study respondents were all interviewed previously, for the 2004 ANES. Thus, all respondents have answered many more questions, which give you powerful tools to evaluate new questions.
- The interviews will last about 45 minutes, and almost all of this time will be available for administering new questions.
- The interviews will be conducted by telephone.
- You can submit a proposal through the ANES Online Commons (go to www.electionstudies.org). The firm deadline for submitting proposals for the Pilot Study is June 15, 2006.
- Proposals received earlier will receive greater attention from ANES users and are likely to be advantaged in the review process as a result. For more information on how we will evaluate and choose amongst proposals, please visit the ANES Online Commons.
- Decisions about which questions are placed on the Pilot Study will be announced in August, 2006.
- Proposals from across the social sciences are welcomed.
Visit the ANES Online Commons at: www.electionstudies.org
Posted by ronbo at 03:04 PM
April 14, 2006
NCES Newsflash: NAEP Secondary Analysis Research Program Is Now Accepting Applications for 2007
Applications Are Due July 27, 2006 by 8 p.m. EDT.
The NAEP Secondary Analysis Research Program was developed to encourage the preparation of reports that would not otherwise be available utilizing new ideas or state-of-the-art techniques to analyze and report the information contained in NAEP assessments and in the NAEP High School Transcript Studies (HSTS). Much potentially valuable information that could be gained from the NAEP data remains untapped. This grant program was developed to make resources available to qualified data analysts to explore the NAEP data more fully. Analyses and reports prepared under this program should potentially be useful to the general public, parents, educators, educational researchers, or policymakers.
More specifically, through the NAEP Secondary Analysis Research Program, the Institute of Education Sciences of the Department of Education intends to contribute to the improvement of student learning and achievement by (a) identifying programs, policies, and practices that are potentially effective for improving academic outcomes, as well as mediators and moderators of the effects of these programs, policies, and practices (see Goal One); and (b) developing tools or procedures to assist NAEP users in the analysis, interpretation, and reporting of state- and district-level NAEP results or to improve precision in the estimation and reporting of NAEP results (see Goal Five).
Through this program of secondary analysis grants, the Institute hopes to encourage greater use of the NAEP data and to bring fresh perspectives to the analysis of this rich database. Although the federal government assumes responsibility for collecting these data and making them available to the public, there are more opportunities for analysis and reporting of the NAEP data than can or should be done by the federal government.
The Institute also expects that the NAEP program will benefit from additional perspectives on the strengths and weakness of the methodology underlying NAEP. The Institute welcomes applications for studies that will explore new methodological techniques or analysis models, or that will develop software that helps make the NAEP data accessible to a broader range of users.
The FY 2007 NAEP Secondary Analysis Research Program application package and required forms can be downloaded at: http://www.ed.gov/programs/naepsarp/applicant.html
Follow the links to Purpose, Eligibility, Funding Status, etc., located in the navigation bar just above the Applicant Information to find other details of this research program.
Descriptions of recently funded proposals are available at: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/researchcenter/naepgrants.asp
Explore NAEP data at: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/
Read about the HSTS at: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/hsts/
If you have questions about the program or the preparation of an application, please contact the program officer, Alex Sedlacek, Ph.D., National Center for Education Statistics, at (202) 502-7446 or Alex.Sedlacek@ed.gov
Posted by ronbo at 05:29 PM
MAPSS Colloquium Speaker Series: Stephen Barley (April 18)
On Tuesday, April 18th, the MAPSS Colloquium Series presents
Professor STEPHEN BARLEY
(Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University)
'An Introduction to Organizational Ethnography'
Venue: Building 200, aka History Corner, Room 305
Snacks served at noon; talk begins at 12:15.
To receive food and drink, you must RSVP by noon, Friday, April 14th at:
http://mapss.stanford.edu/colloquium/rsvp.html
Dr. Stephen R. Barley is the Charles M. Pigott Professor of Management Science and Engineering and the Director of the Center for Work, Technology and Organization at Stanford's School of Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. in Organization Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Barley was a member of the Board of Senior Scholars of the National Center for the Educational Quality of the Workforce, and co-chaired National Research Council and the National Academy of Science's committee on the changing occupational structure in the United States. He has written extensively on the impact of new technologies on work, the organization of technical work, and organizational culture.
Abstract: Stephen Barley, long time ethnographer of work and technology, will talk about the value of ethnography as a method, the ins and outs of doing participant observation, and the art of analyzing observational data. Barley will give a short introductory talk, after which the flow of conversation will be guided by questions from the audience. Come prepared to ask all the questions you've ever wanted to ask about doing fieldwork.
For the full 2005-2006 speaker schedule, see the MAPSS website:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/mapss/colloquium/index.html
MAPSS is sponsored by Stanford's
Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS)
Posted by ronbo at 05:18 PM
NCES Newsflash: NCES Summer Data Conference, 2006
The annual NCES Summer Forum and Data Conference will be held July 24 - 28, 2006 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. Activities will include training for Common Core of Data Coordinators (CCD); a two-day track of presentations by national experts in school finance; up-to-the-minute information about NCES survey and assessment programs; discussion on how states and districts are responding to the accountability needs of No Child Left Behind; and overviews of state projects in information technology. More detailed information, online registration and proposal submission is available at the NCES Conference website at: http://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/confinfo.asp?confid=23
Posted by ronbo at 05:16 PM
Roper Center Data Acquisitions Update, March 2006
Click here for a list of new additions to the Roper Center data archive that are now available to Center Members via Roper Express.
Stanford University Libraries maintains a membership to the Roper Center and Stanford faculty, staff, and students can now download data directly accessible via Roper Express. For instructions on requesting data not available via Roper Express, click on the "Data Services - Roper" link on our SSDS web site.
This month the attached PDF contains:
* 47 new Cable News Network/USA Today Polls conducted by the Gallup Organization including 4 studies from 2006, 13 studies from 2005 and 30 state sample polls from 2004.
* 2004 and 2005 American Jewish Committee Annual Survey of American Jewish Opinion conducted by Market Facts/Synovate
* 6 new Pew studies from by Princeton Survey Research Associates International from 2004 and 2005 including the 2005 Religion and Public Life study
* 2 new Time Magazine polls conducted by Schulman, Ronca, & Bucuvalas, Inc. in January and March of 2006.
These notices have been archived on the Roper Center website at:
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/dataacq/yeartodate.html
Posted by ronbo at 05:10 PM
April 13, 2006
NCES Newsflash: The Adult Lives of At-Risk Students: The Roles of Attainment and Engagement in High School
NCES has just released 'The Adult Lives of At-Risk Students: The Roles of Attainment and Engagement in High School.' Previous analysis of NELS:88 data found that students who are at-risk of school failure, but who are engaged and participate in school, achieve educational success. The 1993 study was a cross-sectional examination of the differences among successful versus unsuccessful students at-risk of school failure, particularly with respect to participation and engagement in school. The current study is a longitudinal investigation of the power of participating in high school and later educational outcomes. High school noncompleters, with the highest level of academic risk, stood out in each case. In postsecondary education programs, noncompleters earned the fewest credits; the mean number of credits earned by noncompleters who entered a postsecondary program was 17.0, compared to 49.4 credits for marginal completers and 87.8 credits for successful completers. High school noncompleters were less likely to be employed in 2000 (77 percent) than were successful completers (88 percent) or marginal completers (86 percent).
To download, view and print the report as a pdf file, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006328
Posted by ronbo at 01:59 PM
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - April 13, 2006
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:
4345 National Corrections Reporting Program, 2002: [United States]
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04345.xml
4371 Height of Military Cadets in Austria-Hungary (Habsburg Monarchy) 1731-1759, 1859-1906
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04371.xml
4388 Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, May 1997
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04388.xml
4389 Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, June 1997
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04389.xml
4390 Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, July 1997
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04390.xml
4391 Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, August 1997
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04391.xml
4392 Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, September 1997
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04392.xml
4393 Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, October 1997
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04393.xml
4428 Annual Survey of Jails: Jurisdiction-Level Data, 2002
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04428.xml
4430 Capital Punishment in the United States, 1973-2004
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04430.xml
13642 Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Physical Abuse Scale, Wave 2, 1997-2000
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/13642.xml
13612 Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Caregiver-Subject Conflict Scale, Wave 2, 1997-2000.
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/13612.xml
13645 Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Physical Development Scale, Wave 2, 1997-2000
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/13645.xml
13667 Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN): Youth Self Report, Wave 2, 1997-2000
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/13667.xml
UPDATES:
2284 National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1995
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/02284.xml
2620 National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1996
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/02620.xml
2801 National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1997
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/02801.xml
3676 Early Childhood Longitudinal Study [United States]: Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/03676.xml
4283 National Center for Early Development and Learning Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten, 2001-2003
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04283.xml
4295 General Social Surveys, 1972-2004 [Cumulative File]
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/04295.xml
6836 AGING OF VETERANS OF THE UNION ARMY: UNITED STATES FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS, 1850, 1860, 1900, 1910
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/06836.xml
6837 Aging of Veterans of the Union Army: Military, Pension, and Medical Records, 1820-1940
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/06837.xml
7544 Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, Spring 1976
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/07544.xml
7777 POLITICAL ACTION: AN EIGHT NATION STUDY, 1973-1976
http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/07777.xml
You can also view a list of all studies added and updated in the last ninety days by visiting the ICPSR Web site at http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/.
Posted by ronbo at 01:40 PM
April 11, 2006
NEW NCES REPORT! - Variation in the Relationship Between Nonschool Factors and Student Achievement on International Assessments
This report uses NCES data to describe differences in nonschool factors that are related to student achievement. The data are from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003, an international assessment of 15-year olds in reading literacy, mathematics literacy, and science literacy. The report focuses on data from 20 countries that are considered to be the most developed (based on the World Bank High Income Group). The report investigates six nonschool factors that are related to student achievement: highest level of education attained by either of the students ’ parents; the highest occupational status of either of the students’ parents; the number of books that students have access to in the home; whether students speak the native language of the country at home; students’ immigrant status; and students’ family structure. The PISA data indicate that the observed variation in the distribution of student characteristics across countries does not place the United States at a disadvantage in international assessments compared with other highly developed countries; students with high levels of socioeconomic status had an educational advantage over their low SES counterparts across all 20 countries, even after considering the differences in the percentage of students who are immigrants, from less-advantaged homes, non-native language speakers, and other factors.
To download, view and print the publication as a PDF file, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006014
Posted by ronbo at 02:10 PM
April 10, 2006
From the StanfordGIS List: Trimble GPS Training at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
Trimble GPS Training at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve (2 different sessions offered)
Friday, April 28
9am - 4pm
Saturday April 29
9am - 4pm
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite based navigation system that is used to accurately locate and track research sites, natural resources, utilities and public sector assets, and manage them in conjunction with a GIS system.
Taught by Trevor Hebert, Jasper Ridge's GIS/Data Manager and Trimble Certified Instructor, our training emphasizes practical applications with hands-on instruction that can be immediately transferred to your mapping project. This course normally costs $500-1,000/person, but is available through the Preserve at our cost.
Participants learn how to complete a mapping project from start to finish. The courses include lectures, hands-on field exercises, planning a project, creating data dictionaries, post-processing data and exporting data to a GIS.
Course participants receive instruction in the use of the Trimble GPS units and the Pathfinder Office post-processing software. There will also be a brief introduction to ESRI's ArcGIS software.
A certificate of completion and an appropriate number of contact hours of professional development credit can be awarded to attendees if desired. Course fee ($100/person) includes course materials and use of GPS equipment and lab computers. Please pack a lunch as there is not enough time to leave the Preserve.
If you are interested in participating (or know someone who would be), please have them contact Trevor Hebert (thebert@stanford.edu) and indicate which date you want to attend. Please note that this opportunity is on a first come, first served basis, with limited class size. Should these dates not work for you, please let Trevor know, and he will inform you about future offerings.
There will be plenty of individual attention and a structured format that will allow for a deeper understanding of the technology and a real opportunity to get started using Trimble GPS technology in the field.
Trevor Hebert
Geographic Information Systems & Database Manager
Trimble Certified GPS Instructor
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
Stanford University
650-851-6815
650-823-3116 CELL
650-851-7334 FAX
http://jrbp.stanford.edu/
Posted by ronbo at 01:58 PM
April 06, 2006
2006 Workshops on GIS & Population Science - call for applications
Application Deadline: April 10, 2006
The Population Research Institute (The Pennsylvania State University) and the Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (University of California, Santa Barbara) are offering workshops in the NICHD-funded GIS Population Science Training Program. The two-week long workshops provide intensive training in geographic information science (GIS) specifically tailored toward population science.
The primary audience for these workshops is interdisciplinary pre-doctoral students of demography at NICHD-supported population training centers in the United States, institutional members of the wider Association of Population Centers (APC), graduate students in demography-related disciplines from both APC and non-APC institutions (including agricultural economics, anthropology, economics, geography, public health, rural sociology, and sociology), as well as faculty and researchers employed in population-related agencies.
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State College, PA: The Population Research Institute (www.pop.psu.edu)
Pennsylvania State University, June 4-16, 2006
Instructors: Stephen Matthews (coordinator), James Detwiler, Yosef Bodovsky, Steve Graham, and Michelle Zeiders, plus presentations by local and invited distinguished demographic researchers.
Santa Barbara, CA: The Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (www.csiss.org)
University of California, Santa Barbara July 10-22, 2006
Instructors: Michael Goodchild and Donald Janelle (coordinators), Keith Clarke, Jeremy Crampton, James Detwiler, William Pan, Stuart Sweeney, Waldo Tobler, plus presentations by local and invited distinguished demographic researchers.
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There are no fees associated with these workshops - participation is determined through a competitive application process. Participants in the program are eligible for scholarship support for travel and subsistence.
Application Process
1. Review detailed information about the workshop program and the requirements for applicants and accepted participants at
www.csiss.org/GISPopSci/workshops
2. Review the workshop agenda and the expertise of instructors at the host institutions to select your preferred workshop
3. Apply on-line at www.csiss.org/GISPopSci/workshops/2006/apply
Important Dates
Application Deadline: 10 April 2006
Notice of Acceptance to Applicants: 17 April 2006
Must Confirm Participation by: 25 April 2006
Funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) as an R25 award (R25 HD047744-01).
Posted by ronbo at 11:55 AM
NCES Newsflash: NEW NCES REPORT! - Comparing Science Content in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2000 and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003 Assessments
This report describes a study that was undertaken to compare the content of two fourth- and eighth-grade assessments in science: the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). The report provides information that will be useful for interpreting and comparing the results from the two assessments, based on an in-depth look at the content of the respective frameworks and assessment items. The report draws upon information provided by the developers of the assessments, as well as data obtained from an expert panel convened to compare the frameworks and items from the two assessments on various dimensions.
To download, view and print the publication as a PDF file, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006026
Posted by ronbo at 11:52 AM
April 04, 2006
Roper Center Newsletter, April 2006
Tip of the month!!
Remember Public Perspective magazine?
Published from 1989 to 2003 by the Roper Center, Public Perspective offered organized data essays and interpretative analysis by experts in opinion research and/or the featured field.
Help yourself…. Public Perspective Magazine Online line at: http://roperweb.ropercenter.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/hsrun.exe/Roperweb/PP_Index/PP_Index.htx;start=HS_verify
Public Opinion Matters!--"Taxes"
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/hsrun.exe/roperweb/pom/pom.htx;start=HS_special_topics?Topic=taxes
Do you believe the tax system needs to be reformed? Do you feel our tax dollars are wasted by the government? What about the cost of energy and the tax incentives for these companies? Find out how others feel about these tax issues and more in this month's POM topic-Taxes
Based on a new topic each month, POM offers a generous free sampling of related polling data and details of survey datasets held by the Roper Center, along with articles previously published in Public Perspective magazine.
Experience the depth of information housed in the Roper Center archives - The complete list of "Public Opinion Matters!" topics. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/hsrun.exe/Roperweb/pom/pom.htx;start=HS_pom_list
Newly spotlighted datasets http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/hsrun.exe/roperweb/Catalog40/Catalog40.htx;start=HS_surveyspot
Updated as of April 4, 2005
Special studies of interest recently added to iPOLL. The database now contains nearly a half million questions!
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/ipoll.html
Title: Financial Privacy Survey [November, 2004]
Source:
Methodology: Conducted by AARP, November 3-November 7, 2004 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,010. Interviews were conducted by ICR-International Communications Research.
Search for: Organization: 'AARP'; Date: '11/03/2004 to 11/03/2004'
Title: Aging in America Survey [March,2004]
Source: Survey by University of California.
Methodology: Conducted by AARP, March 11-April 25, 2004 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult with oversamples of blacks and hispanics sample of 1,202. There were oversamples of 314 African Americans and 318 Hispanics. Results are weighted to be representative of a national adult population. FGI Research conducted the interviews.
Search for: Organization: 'AARP'; Date: '03/11/2004 to 03/11/2004'
Title: Women on Their Own in Unmarried America Survey [January,2006]
Source: Survey by Women's Voices. Women Vote.
Methodology: Conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, January 4-January 19, 2006 and based on telephone interviews with a national unmarried adults who are eligible to vote sample of 1,509.
Search for: Keywords: 'unmarried|women'; Organization: 'Greenberg'; Date: '01/04/2006 to 01/04/2006'
Title: Stress and Mind/Body Health Survey [January,2006]
Source: Survey by American Psychological Association, National Women's Health Resource Center, and iVillage.
Methodology: Conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, January 12-January 24, 2006 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 2,152. The sample included oversamples of 552 African Americans and Hispanics. Results are weighted to be representative of a national adult population.
Search for: Keyword: 'stress'; Organization: 'Greenberg'; Date: '01/12/2006 to 01/12/2006'
Additional resources - Web sites with special survey samples
Pew Hispanic Center Survey of Mexicans Living in the U.S. on Absentee Voting in Mexican Elections
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=60
Prescription Drug Affordability: AARP Survey of Hispanic New Yorkers
http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/health/ny_rx_hisp.pdf
Posted by ronbo at 08:04 PM
NCES Newsflash: TWO NEW NCES REPORT!
Teaching Science in Five Countries: Results From the TIMSS 1999 Video
Study
This Statistical Analysis report presents findings from the 1999 Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Video Study of eighth-grade science teaching in five countries: Australia, Czech Republic, Japan, Netherlands, and the United States. The TIMSS 1999 Video Study is a follow-up and expansion of the TIMSS 1995 Video Study. The study is the first attempt to examine eighth-grade science lessons as they are actually delivered to students. The data presented focus on three basic questions: How did the teacher organize the lesson to support students’ opportunities to learn science? How was science represented to students in the lesson? What opportunities did students have to participate in science learning activities? The science lessons videotaped in the five countries display similarities and differences, with each country revealing a general approach to the teaching of science in the eighth grade. In general, the data suggest that, in the Czech Republic, science teaching can be characterized as whole-class events that focused on getting the content right; in the Netherlands science lessons focused on students’ independent learning of the science content; Japanese eighth-grade science lessons typically focused on developing a few physics and chemistry ideas by making connections between ideas and evidence through an inquiry-oriented, inductive approach in which data were collected and interpreted to build up to a main idea or conclusion; in Australia, lessons tended to focus on developing a limited number of ideas by making connections between ideas and evidence; and, in the United States, eighth-grade science lessons were characterized by a variety of activities that may engage students in doing science work, with less focus on connecting these activities to the development of science content ideas. A CD-ROM of video clips illustrating key factors examined in the study accompanies the report.
To download, view and print the publication as a PDF file, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006011
Highlights from the TIMSS 1999 Video Study of Eighth-Grade Science Teaching
This report presents key findings from the 1999 Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Video Study of eighth-grade science teaching in five countries: Australia, Czech Republic, Japan, Netherlands, and the United States. The TIMSS 1999 Video Study is a follow-up and expansion of the TIMSS 1995 Video Study. The study is the first attempt to examine eighth-grade science lessons as they are actually delivered to students. The data presented focus on three basic questions: How did the teacher organize the lesson to support students’ opportunities to learn science? How was science represented to students in the lesson? What opportunities did students have to participate in science learning activities? The science lessons videotaped in the five countries display similarities and differences, with each country revealing a general approach to the teaching of science in the eighth grade. In general, the data suggest that, in the Czech Republic, science teaching can be characterized as whole-class events that focused on getting the content right; in the Netherlands science lessons focused on students’ independent learning of the science content; Japanese eighth-grade science lessons typically focused on developing a few physics and chemistry ideas by making connections between ideas and evidence through an inquiry-oriented, inductive approach in which data were collected and interpreted to build up to a main idea or conclusion; in Australia, lessons tended to focus on developing a limited number of ideas by making connections between ideas and evidence; and, in the United States, eighth-grade science lessons were characterized by a variety of activities that may engage students in doing science work, with less focus on connecting these activities to the development of science content ideas. The report is accompanied by a CD-ROM of video clips illustrating key factors examined in the study.
To download, view and print the publication as a PDF file, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006017
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To view the accompanying press release for these reports, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pressrelease/rel2006/4_4_06.asp
Posted by ronbo at 05:30 PM
From the Survey of Consumer Finance (SCF) List: SCF Update
This email is to alert users of some updates and additions to the SCF website.
In our continuing effort to deliver high quality data, we have corrected a few minor errors in a few cases in the 2004 SCF data and posted updated versions of the SAS, ASCII, and Stata data sets and the Tabling Wizard on the 2004 SCF homepage. We have also updated the expanded Bulletin-style Excel tables available on the 2004 homepage to account for the changes to the 2004 data. In addition, we have added nominal dollar versions of the Bulletin-style Excel tables from the public and internal data. Finally, a paper by Arthur Kennickell detailing the changes in the distribution of net worth over the 1989-2004 period is now available on both the FEDS working paper webpage (http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/feds/2006/200613/200613pap.pdf)
and SCF working papers webpage (www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/oss/oss2/papers/concentration.2004.3.pdf).
Posted by ronbo at 04:58 PM
April 03, 2006
NCES Newsflash: NCES Releases New Locale Code Methodology
NCES has revised its traditional 8-category locale code classification system to incorporate changes in the Office of Management and Budget’s definition of “rural” that were adopted for the 2000 Decennial Census. The new 12-category system continues to use the same standard geographic concepts found in the original locale codes, but now prioritizes an urban approach that combines both population size and distance from an urbanized area.
The new system has four basic groups (city, suburb, town or rural), each of which is divided into three subcategories. Cities and suburbs are classified as large, midsize, or small on the basis of their population size. Towns and rural areas are described as being in the fringe, distant, or remote in relation to the closest urbanized area. NCES’ Common Core of Data survey system will publish both the traditional and new locale codes for public schools and local education agencies beginning with the 2003-04 school year and continuing through the 2006-07 school year.
To download, view and print the new local code and documentation files, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006332
Posted by ronbo at 12:45 PM