Education in States and Nations: Indicators Comparing U.S. States with Other Industrialized Countries in 1991

NCES 96-160, July 1996 Ordering information

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Table of Contents

Front Matter

• Title Page
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Note on International Comparisons Made in this Report
• Introduction and Overview

Indicators

• Background Indicators (Click on this item to see a table of contents for all the details of the Background Indicators, or click on a specific indicator below.)
  • Indicator 1: Population and area
  • Indicator 2: Youth and population
  • Indicator 3: Labor force participation
  • Indicator 4: GDP/GSP per capita
  • Indicator 5: Percentage of population age 17 years or younger in poverty
  • Indicator 6: Births to teen mothers
  • Indicator 7: Youth violent death rate

• Participation Indicators (Click on this item to see a table of contents for all the details of the Participation Indicators, or click on a specific indicator below.)
  • Indicator 8: Participation in formal education
  • Indicator 9: Enrollment in preprimary education
  • Indicator 10: Secondary education enrollment
  • Indicator 11: Entry ratio to higher education
  • Indicator 12: Non-university higher education enrollment
  • Indicator 13: University enrollment

• Processes and Institutions Indicators Click on this item to see a table of contents for all the details of the Processes and Institutions Indicators, or click on a specific indicator below.)
  • Indicator 14: Staff employed in education
  • Indicator 15: Number of schools and school size
  • Indicator 16: Class size
  • Indicator 17: Student use of technology
  • Indicator 18: Student time spent doing homework and watching television
  • Indicator 19: Instructional strategies in mathematics courses
  • Indicator 20: Time in formal instruction

• Achievement and Attainment Indicators (Click on this item to see a table of contents for all the details of the Achievement and Attainment Indicators, or click on a specific indicator below.)
  • Indicator 21: Educational attainment of the population
  • Indicator 22: Educational equity for women
  • Indicator 23: Secondary school completion
  • Indicator 24: University completion
  • Indicator 25: Mathematics achievement (experimental)

• Labor Market Outcomes Indicators (Click on this item to see a table of contents for all the details of the Market Outcomes Indicators, or click on a specific indicator below.)
  • Indicator 26: Unemployment and education
  • Indicator 27: Education and earnings
  • Indicator 28: Gender differences in earnings
  • Indicator 29: New scientists and engineers

• Finance Indicators (Click on this item to see a table of contents for all the details of the Finance Indicators, or click on a specific indicator below.)
  • Indicator 30: Current public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP/GSP
  • Indicator 31: Current public expenditure on education as a percentage of total public expenditure
  • Indicator 32: Current public expenditure per student
  • Indicator 33: Current public expenditure per student as a percentage of GDP/GSP per capita
  • Indicator 34: Distribution of current public expenditure on education
  • Indicator 35: Teacher salaries
  • Indicator 36: Sources of funds for primary and secondary education
  • Indicator 37: Sources of funds for higher education

• List of Tables

• List of Figures

Back Matter

• Supplemental Notes
• Statistical Appendix (standard errors)
• Glossary
• Sources of Data

For questions about the content of this report contact Tom Snyder at Tom.Snyder@ed.gov.