A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

OERI Bulletin - Summer 1995

New Series Documents Educational Progress of HS Students

American high school students are taking more core courses than they did a decade ago. More students are aspiring to and attending college after graduation from high school. Today's teachers are better educated than they were a decade ago.

These are some of the findings presented in the first three (of six) booklets in the series Findings from the Condition of Education, which contains newly available data documenting the educational advances of American high school students in the decade since the publication of A Nation At Risk. The first booklet, High School Students Ten Years After "A Nation At Risk," documents gains in student achievement, coursetaking, students' educational aspirations, and college enrollment rates. The second booklet, The Educational Progress of Black Students, looks at the educational progress of black students in areas such as educational aspirations, college enrollment and completion, labor market outcomes, and adult literacy levels. The third booklet, America's Teachers Ten Years After "A Nation At Risk," examines the current state of the teaching profession and how certain aspects of it (e.g., teacher supply and demand) have changed over the past 10 years.

The remaining booklets in the series will cover the educational progress of Hispanic students (booklet 4) and women (booklet 5) and the cost of higher education (booklet 6). They are expected to be available in the fall.

Copies of High School Students Ten Years After "A Nation At Risk" ($2; #065-000-00761-4), The Educational Progress of Black Students ($2; #065-000-00762-2), and America's Teachers Ten Years After "A Nation At Risk" ($2; #065-000-00763-1) are available from GPO. See ordering information (How to Order).
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