High School Graduation Rates in Washington State
This paper provides Washington State graduation rates broken down by race and region.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Center for Civic Innovation at the Manhattan Institute • August 01, 2002

The Relationship Between Family Life and Young People's Lifestyles
This paper explores the impact of family life and structure on educational, social, and health outcomes for adolescents.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • April 01, 1996

Young Men's Attitudes to Gender and Work
This paper surveys young men's attitudes, experiences, and beliefs about the labour market, educational attainment, and male and female employment roles and responsibilities.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • May 01, 1999

Socio-Economic Disadvantage and Experience in Higher Education
This paper reports on trends in higher education for disadvantaged students, and finds that they are more likely to either not enroll in post-secondary education or to drop out before completing their program.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • May 01, 2003

The Effect of Parent's Employment on Outcomes for Children
This paper studies parental employment, and the impact it has on children due to the resulting decrease in parental time.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • March 01, 2001

A Cross-Cohort Examination of Nonmarital Teenage Childbearing
This paper examines the factors that contribute to the differences in teenage sexual activity and childbearing.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • October 2002

Using Sibling Samples to Assess the Effect of Childhood Family Income on Completed Schooling
This paper looks at the impact of family income on children's educational attainment and development.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • April 27, 2000

Poverty, Delinquency and Educational Attainment: Cumulative Disadvantage or Disadvantage Saturation
This paper examines two theories pertaining to the impact of delinquency on the educational attainment of poor and non-poor youth.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • April 14, 2003

Changes in the Wage Structure, Family Income, and Children’s Education
This paper examines the relationship between family income and college enrollment, both between and within families.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • September 2000

Before and After Welfare Reform: The Work and Well-Being of Low-Income Single Parent Families
This paper addresses the income, employment characteristics, financial status, and demographic trends in poor homes both before and after welfare reform.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Women’s Policy Research • June 01, 2003

A Portrait of Well-Being in Early Adulthood
This study uses measures such as financial self-sufficiency, educational attainment, health behaviours and civic involvement to gauge the well-being of 25-year-olds in the United States.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Child Trends • October 2003

Teenage Sexual Abstinence and Academic Achievement
This paper suggests that teenage sexual abstinence is linked to academic achievement.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Heritage Foundation • August 2005

Foster Care Children Need Better Educational Opportunities
This paper argues that early warning signs of many problems are seen in the classroom and consequently foster care children should be provided with school choice options and tuition scholarships to remedy common problems foster children face such as instability and low expectations.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Heritage Foundation • June 5, 2007

Education Scholarships: Expanding Opportunities for Students, Saving Taxpayers Money
This paper addresses Arizona's need to balance its budget while improving education, by suggesting that businesses make donations to charitable organizations that offer scholarships to low-income students, enabling them to attend private school.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Goldwater Institute • March 26, 2002

Teenage Childbearing
This paper looks at the increasing rates of teenage pregnancies in the US and explores the effect that this trend has on adolescent girls and their infants.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Future of Children • 1992

Preparing Diverse Adolescents for the Transition to Adulthood
This article examines the extent to which youth from immigrant and minority backgrounds achieve the educational attainment, employment success, and physical and mental health necessary for a successful adult life.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Future of Children • Summer 2004

Making fathers “count”
The study examines the evolving role of Canadian fathers against a backdrop of economic, social and marital changes.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • June 8, 2011

Aboriginal education in Quebec: A benchmarking exercise
This article looks at what can be done to address the high drop-out rate among Aboriginal high-school students in Quebec.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• C.D. Howe Institute • April 2011

Canada at a Glance 2009

• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada, Communications and Library Services Division • 2009

Career Goals in High School: Do Students Know What it Takes to Reach Them and Does it Matter?

• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • October 1, 2009

Full-Day Kindergarten in California Lessons from Los Angeles
This report evaluates the impact of full-day kindergarten in Los Angeles and finds small benefits for some at-risk children in certain learning areas.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Public Policy Institute of California • September 2009

Dropouts: The Achilles' Heel of Canada's High-School System
This report looks at the dropout-rate within Quebec and the rest of Canada.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• C.D. Howe Institute • October 2009

Fifteen Years Later: Home-Educated Canadian Adults
This study looks at adults who were home-educated and contrasts them to a comparable demographic of the Canadian population.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Canadian Centre for Home Education • 2009

Summary Public School Indicators for the Provinces and Territories, 2000/2001 to 2006/2007
This article is a comprehensive look at the public education system from the 2000/2001 school year through to the 2006/2007school year.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • August 2009

Interrupting High School and Returning to Education
This article is a fact sheet examining the proportion of young adults who have left high school without a diploma.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • April 2010

Intergenerational Education Mobility Among the Children of Canadian Immigrants
This report focuses on the education outcomes of children of immigrants.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • October 2008

They Have Overcome: High Poverty, High Performaning Schools in California
This paper investigates the causes of high achievement in low-income, high poverty schools in California.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Pacific Research Institute • September 01, 2002

The Self-Sufficiency Project at 36 Months: Effects on Children of a Program that Increased Parental Employment and Income
This paper reports the effects of a welfare-to-work program for the participants' children including effects on their income, ...
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Social Research and Demonstration Corporation • June 01, 2000

Teens and TANF: How Adolescents Fare Under the Nation’s Welfare Program
This paper describes the history, main provisions, and impact of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), a welfare program focusing on financial assistance and employment for families living in poverty.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • December 01, 2003

How Do Women's Education Attainments Affect the Educational Attainment of the Next Generation
This paper examines the effects of maternal education on children's educational outcomes.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• California Center for Population Research • February 2003

Trends in Educational Assortative Marriage From 1940 to 2003
This study examines marriage patterns in the United States from 1940 to 2003 and documents an increasing trend towards spousal educational resemblance.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• California Center for Population Research • July 6, 2005

The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Children’s Education
This study seeks to determine what, if any, causal relationship exists between both family size and birth order, and educational attainment.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• California Center for Population Research • January 2005

The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Composition on Children's Education
This paper examines the effects of family size on children's educational attainment in Norway.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for the Study of Labor • January 17, 2005

The Condition of Education 2004
This report examines 38 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 2004.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2004

A Road Map for Learning: Improving Educational Outcomes in Foster Care
This book provides a framework to help encourage foster children in school.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Casey Family Programs • 2004

Family Violence and Personal Safety: Women in Nova Scotia Part 3 of a Statistical Series
This paper examines spousal assault, violence, spousal homicide, and incidence of police reporting as well as women’s education, family life, paid and unpaid work, income and poverty.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status on Women • 2001

Class Size and Student Achievement: Is There a Link?
This paper presents evidence suggesting that decreasing class size does not enhance students' academic performance.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Goldwater Institute • August 01, 1995

Learning, Family Formation and Dissolution
This paper investigates the effect that educational attainment has on people's decisions about marriage and childbearing, as well as on their risk of experiencing a divorce.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning • June 01, 2002

Learning, Family Formation and Dissolution
This paper examines the role of education in the formation and dissolution of marriages, cohabiting relationships and childbearing and discusses topics such as the relationship between extended education and late childbearing as well as the relationship between educational study and divorce.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning • June 2002

Social Fact Sheet
This fact sheet examines Canadian population estimates, religious attendence, health indicators other demographic information.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • 08/21/2010

Father's Role in Children's Academic Achievement and Early Literacy
This article highlights the importance of father involvement in early literacy development.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education • November 2003

Teen Pregnancy: An American Dilemma
This paper outlines the increasing problem of teenage pregnancy in America and suggests that its root causes are increased sexual activity at an earlier age, changing attitudes of young people towards premarital sex, and the attitudes of parents towards sex and marriage.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The National Marriage Project • July 16, 1998

Teenage Childbearing and Its Life Cycle Consequences: Exploiting a Natural Experiment
This study compares the outcomes of teenage mothers to those who became pregnant as teenagers, miscarried, and delayed childbearing until adulthood.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • August 1999

Social Backgrounds and Post-Birth Experiences of Young Parents
This paper examines the social, economic and educational backgrounds of adolescents who become parents, as well as their experiences of parenthood, marriage, and cohabitation later in life.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • July 01, 1995

Lost Presence and Presents: How Parental Death Affects Children
This paper examines the effects of parental death on investments in children’s health and education.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Princeton University • October 01, 2003

2008 Survey of Canadian Attitudes towards Learning: Results for learning throughout the lifespan
This annual survey examines Canadian attitudes and beliefs about learning from early childhood through the lifespan.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Canadian Council on Learning • February 2009

Breakdown Britain: Educational Failure
Thjis 2006 British state of the nation report examines the inequalities in the British education system, largely based on economic and racial factors, and offers recommendations on how to fix these inequalities.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Centre for Social Justice • December 2006

School Achievement of Canadian Boys and Girls in Early Adolescence: Links with Personal Attitudes and Parental and Teacher Support for School
Using data on ten and eleven year old children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth this paper examines the links between academic achievement, children’s self-perception, and the support of adults during the child’s transition to adolescence.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Father Absence and Child Well-being: A Critical Review
This paper investigates the relationship between father absence and child outcomes, including academic performance, levels of educational attainment, psychological well-being, behaviour, and early life transitions.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • November 2002

Life after Teenage Motherhood
This study examines the personal and long-term socioeconomic characteristics of mothers ages 30 to 39, comparing women who gave birth as teens to women who gave birth as adults.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • May 2008

Vulnerable Youth: Identifying Their Need for Alternative Educational Settings
This paper examines disconnected and at-risk youth and whether their needs could be better met in an alternative educational setting.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Urban Institute, Washington, DC • June 2003

Participation in Postsecondary Education: Graduates, Continuers and Drop Outs, Results from YITS Cycle 4
This study examines the characteristics of youth who drop out of postsecondary education.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • November 2007

High School Dropouts Returning to School
This study compares the characteristics of returning high school dropouts by gender.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada, Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics • April 2008

Using Incentives to Increase Participation in Out-of–School Time Programs
This brief examines the use of incentives to motivate student involvement in out-of-school programs.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Child Trends • June 2008

Report Card on Alberta's Secondary Schools: 2003 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's high schools.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Fraser Institute • March 01, 2003

Adult Learning in Canada: A Comparative Perspective
This report provides a comparative analysis of adult learning internationally and in Canada and challenges policymakers to examine ways to increase participation.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • October 2007

Comparison of Traditional Public Schools and Charter Schools on Retention, School Switching, and Achievement Growth
This paper discusses the effectiveness of charter schools at helping students who may otherwise have fallen through the cracks of the public school system.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Goldwater Institute • March 15, 2004

Dropping Out of High School: Definitions and Costs
This paper presents research on the costs that high school dropouts incur on themselves and to society as a whole, and focuses specifically on the incidence, characteristics, and the labour market outcomes of dropouts.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 2000

Learning Literacy in Canada: Evidence from the International Survey of Reading Skills
This paper examines the Canadian results from the International Study of Reading Skills to determine the reading abilities of the least skilled adults in the country.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Human Resources and Social Development Canada • January 2008

Unemployment Duration, Schooling and Property Crime
This paper studies the relationship between adolescent unemployment, educational achievement and crime.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Center for Economic Policy Research • April 2002

Canadians and Back to School
This survey examines Canadians' satisfaction with education, wishes for teacher priorities, as well as parents' spending on school clothes and supplies.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Leger Marketing • August 25, 2003

Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools: 2001 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of British Columbia's high schools.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Fraser Institute • March 01, 2002

Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools: 2002 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of British Columbia's high schools.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Fraser Institute • March 01, 2002

Leave No Youth Behind: Opportunities for Congress to Reach Disconnected Youth
This report examines six government programs that could be used to help disconnected and at-risk youth.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Center for Law and Social Policy • July 01, 2003

Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools: 2004 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's elementary schools.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Fraser Institute • February 01, 2004

Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools: 2004 Edition
This report provides an evaluation and ranking of 769 of Alberta's public, separate, private, charter, and francophone elementary schools.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Fraser Institute • February 01, 2004

Australian Social Trends 1998: Education - Educational Attainment: Gender Differences in Educational Achievement
This article explores the gender differences in the literacy, academic performance, and educational attainment of Australian students.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • January 26, 2000

Home Schooling: From the Extreme to the Mainstream 2nd edition
This paper examines home schooling in Canada, defining what it is and who chooses to educate at home.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Fraser Institute • October 2007

Why Are Most University Students Women? Evidence Based on Academic Performance, Study Habits and Parental Influences
This study uses Canadian data to account for the gender gap in university classrooms.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • September 2007

Delayed Transitions of Young Adults
The article examines the Canadian census data that indicates young adults are delaying life events that signal the transition into adulthood such as home leaving, marriage, and full-time employment.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • September 2007

The Changing Role of Education in the Marriage Market: Assortative Marriage in Canada and the United States Since the 1970s
This study explores the role of education in marriage partner selection.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • May 2007

What Works in Reducing Young People's Involvement in Crime?
This paper reviews existing literature on various types of youth crime prevention initiatives, including mentoring, social development, educational, recreational, and employment programs.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Australian Institute of Criminology • December 05, 2002

When Work Matters: The Varying Impact of Work Intensity on High School Dropout
Using propensity-score matching techniques, the authors of this paper determine that long working hours among high school students does not encourage school dropout.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• American Sociological Association • April 2007

Children's School Readiness in the ECLS-K: Predictions to Academic, Health, and Social Outcomes in First Grade
This report examines how children's cognitive, social and emotional abilities interact as they adjust to the start of school.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Elsevier • September 2006

Overview: Children in Canada in the 1990’s
This paper provides an overview of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) for 1994-1995.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Human Resources Development Canada • November 01, 1996

Do Children from Welfare Families Obtain Less Education?
This paper presents evidence that children whose parents rely on welfare have significantly lower levels of educational attainment as adults.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Research on Poverty • December 01, 2000

The Education and Labor Market Outcomes of Adolescent Fathers
This paper looks at the long-term outcomes for men who were teen fathers and finds that they generally have lower levels of education and overall earnings.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 1993

Boom Times a Bust: Declining Employment Among Less Educated Young Men
This paper examines employment rates of young males with a high school diploma or less.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Center for Law and Social Policy • July 01, 2003

Children At Risk: State Trends 1990-2000
This comprehensive report provides a state-by-state analysis of changes in child well-being from 1990-2000.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation • August 01, 2002

Built to Last: Why Skills Matter for Long-Run Success in Welfare Reform
This report discusses the association between education and better jobs, and criticizes the restrictions placed on education by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families welfare reform program.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Center for Law and Social Policy • April 01, 2003

Policy Research Issues for Canadian Youth: School-Work Transitions
This paper summarizes the literature on Canadian school-to-work transitions and provides information on emerging and ongoing policy issues such as post-secondary participation and employment patterns, skill development (including information technology), and youth entrepreneurship.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Social Development Canada • June 01, 2001

What Do Teachers Teach? A Survey of America’s Fourth and Eighth Grade Teachers
This survey asked 4th and 8th Grade teachers about their philosophies, teaching methods and practices, academic expectations for students, and opinions on other issues of education policy.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Center for Civic Innovation at the Manhattan Institute • September 01, 2002

Long-Term Poverty and Child Development in the United States: Results from the NLSY
This report looks at the association between long-term poverty and developmental deficits among children.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1994

Post-Secondary Education Attainment in Canada and the United States in the 1990s
This paper looks at the post-secondary educational attainment of Canadians, ages 25 to 64 years, and compares the findings to United States educational attainment during 1995-1999.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Social Development of Canada • March 2002

Promising Practices: School to Career and Post-Secondary Education for Foster Care Youth
This study outlines fourteen effective foster care programs, looks at the career and educational services that they provide for foster youth, and suggests ways to help foster youth obtain post-secondary education and high-wage employment.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation • 2000

Australian Social Trends 1997: Education - Attainment: Education and Employment
This document explores employment trends and their relationship to higher education and training.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • December 21, 2000

The Wider Benefits of Further Education: Practitioner Views
This report presents the findings of a survey that asked teaching professionals about their perceptions of the wider benefits of further edcuation.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning • March 01, 2002

School Choice and Student Performance: Are Private Schools Really Better?
This paper compares the quality of education in public and private schools and finds that religious schools are slightly inferior in mathematics and science, yet benefit from increased security and discipline, greater opportunities for specialized courses, and extracurricular activities.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1997

Quality of Life in Canada: A Citizen's Report Card
This paper investigates the quality of life in Canada using 40 indicators grouped into categories including: health, education, environment, community, personal well-being, and government.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Canadian Policy Research Networks • July 01, 2002

The Impact of Education and Training on the Labour Market Experiences of Young Adults
This paper discusses factors that affect the employment, earnings and educational opportunities and choices of young people.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Fiscal Studies • April 20, 2000

Australian Social Trends 1998: Education - Educational Attainment: Literacy skills
This document examines literacy statistics for Australia and compares these findings to international literacy data.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • January 26, 2000

Australian Social Trends 1995: Work - Unemployment: Youth Unemployment
This article looks at Australian statistics on adolescent unemployment rates, educational attainment as it pertains to unemployment, and trends in youth labour force participation.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • January 25, 2001

Disruptive Events during the High School Years and Educational Attainment
This paper examines how high school attendance, dropout rates, and the pursuit of post-secondary education are affected by family structure and family relocation.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 1998

Nonmarket Outcomes of Schooling
This paper examines some benefits of education that are not related to economic returns.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Research on Poverty • May 01, 1995

The Effect of Neighborhood Characteristics on Young Adult Outcomes: Alternative Estimates
This paper examines the impact of neighbourhood composition on adult outcomes for young women and finds that past research on this subject overstates the effect of neighbourhood factors.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1996

Teachers, Race and Student Achievement in a Randomized Experiment
This study addressed the question of whether or not students' academic achievement is actually enhanced by having a teacher of the same ethnic background as themselves.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Education Next • April 01, 2003

Australian Social Trends 1999: Education - Educational Attainment: Educational Profile of Australians
This document looks at the the Australian statistics on educational attainment, and employment related skills, qualifications and training.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • January 26, 2000

Australian Social Trends 1994: Religion - Special Feature: Religion and Education
This article looks at statistics on the religious affiliation of schools and students in Australia, as well as the educational qualifications of those who identify with a particular religion.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • February 22, 2001

A Dynamic Analysis of the School-to-Work Transition of Post-Secondary Graduates in Canada
This paper reports the results of an analysis on the transition of post-secondary students into the workforce, and collects longitudinal data on Canadian college and university students from 1982 to 1990.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Human Resources and Skills Development of Canada • July 1999

Report Card on Aboriginal Education in British Columbia: 2004 Edition
This paper looks at the performance of Aboriginal Students in BC schools and finds that the education system is failing British Columbia's Aboriginal students.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Fraser Institute • February 01, 2004

Education and Skills: The Economic Benefit
This document explains the importance of education and skills policies, and provides information pertaining to the economic benefits of education for the individual and society.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Statistics: Department for Education and Skills • May 06, 2003

The Effect of School Quality on Educational Attainment and Wages
This paper demonstrates that family background, neighbourhood composition, and ability are more important determinants of educational and wage attainment than is school quality.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Fiscal Studies • December 01, 2000

Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools: 2003 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's elementary schools.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Fraser Institute • February 01, 2003

Australian Social Trends 2001: Education - Participation in Education: Trends in Completing School
This article examines the educational attainment statistics for Australian youth as well as the factors influencing adolescents' decisions to drop-out.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • May 20, 2002

Academic Achievement in American Cities: Comparison of Public Comprehensive, Public Magnet, Catholic, and Non-Religious Private High Schools
This paper discusses the many failures of comprehensive public schools in urban areas and looks at possible alternatives.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1994

Learning From Success: What Americans Can Learn From School Choice in Canada
This paper looks at why it is that Canadian students perform better in school than do their American counterparts.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Fraser Institute • February 01, 2002

At What Age Should Children Enter Kindergarten? A Question for Policy Makers and Parents
This paper looks at whether or not older children have an academic advantage over younger ones in kindergarten and the early years of school.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Society for Research in Child Development • 2002

Is History Destiny? Resources, Transitions and Child Education Attainments in Canada
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this report examines how a person’s past history (resources, transitions, attainments) affects their future outcomes, and the role policy interventions can play in order to improve these outcomes.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Human Resources Development Canada • December 01, 2002

Would Higher Tuition Fees Restrict Access to University Studies?
Using Quebec as an example, this paper argues that lowering tuition fees does not lead to increased enrolment in universities.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Montreal Economic Institute • February 01, 2004

Trailing the Class: Sole Parent Families and Educational Disadvantage
This paper explores the relationship between lower levels of academic achievement and family structure.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Centre for Independent Studies • June 26, 2000

Educational Resources and Outcomes in California, by Race and Ethnicity
This article examines the relationship between school and family resources and educational attainment for students from various racial and ethnic backgrounds in California.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Public Policy Institute of California • February 2005

Can Early Intervention Prevent High School Dropout? Evidence from the Chicago Child-Parent Centers
This paper explores the relationship between particpation in early childhood education centres and programs, and high school drop out rates.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Research on Poverty • November 01, 1998

Neighbourhood Influences on Children's School Readiness
This study looks at the ways in which neighbourhood characteristics influence toddlers' and preschoolers' readiness to learn.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Background for Community Level Work on Educational Adjustment in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
This paper looks at students' educational adjustment by examining academic performance, achievement motivators, school engagement, and educational goals and expectations.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Child Trends • December 2001

Ability, Parental Background and Educational Policy: Empirical Evidence from a Social Experiment
This study investigates the effects of Swedish educational reforms that extended the number of years of compulsory education and improved access to academic education.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Fiscal Studies • April 08, 2003

Why Hispanic Students Drop Out of High School Early: Data from North Carolina
This research brief explores the unique dynamics of high school dropout among Hispanic adolescents in North Carolina.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Center for Child and Family Policy • 2002

Sibling Rivalry: A Six Country Comparison
This paper explores the effects of family size on children's educational attainment in six OECD countries.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for the Study of Labor • March 2003

Risk Factors for Adolescent Academic Achievement
This paper briefly discusses factors that put adolescents at risk for poor academic achievement, including substance use, uninvolved parents, employment, and the negative influence of peer groups.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• University of Wisconsin Center for Excellence in Family Studies • 1998

School Achievement and Labour Market Outcomes
This study looks at the influence of various factors, including school achievement and educational attainment, on the employment status and earnings of young Australians.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Centre for Economic Policy Research • April 1999

Transmitting Values about Education: A Comparison of Black Teen Mothers and Their Nonparent Peers
This paper compares the attitudes on the value of educational attainment promoted by families of black teen mothers and non-mothers, and seeks to determine whether or not these attitudes influence their childbearing and educational decisions.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1996

Do High Grading Standards Affect Student Performance?
This paper discusses the impact of educational standards and expectations on the academic performance of children.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Hoover Institute • February 01, 2003

Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools: 2001 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's high schools.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Fraser Institute • May 01, 2001

Australian Social Trends 2002: Education - Educational Attainment: Literacy and Numeracy Among School Students
This document looks statistics on the educational attainment for Australian students in regards to literacy and mathematics.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • May 09, 2002

Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools: 2002 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's high schools.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Fraser Institute • May 01, 2002

Grade Retention and School Performance: An Extended Investigation
This paper outlines several predictors of grade retention for children and provides evidence that grade retention does not promote student achievement but rather impedes academic and social development.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 1998

Let the Funding Follow the Children: A Solution for Special Education in Ontario
This paper looks at evidence that the public school system is not adequately dealing with the needs of exceptional (special needs) students.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Fraser Institute • April 01, 2004

School Vouchers and Student Achievement: What We Know So Far
This research brief examines the potential effects of school vouchers on the academic achievement of disadvantaged students.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Center for Child and Family Policy • 2003

Using Siblings to Investigate the Effects of Family Structure on Educational Attainment
This paper seeks to determine the extent to which family structure influences students' academic performance and educational choices.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1997

Homeschooling: From the Extreme to the Mainstream
This paper briefly discusses the basics and background of homeschooling and its impact on public policy, as well as the academic and social performance of homeschooled children.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Fraser Institute • 2001

The Changing Role of Education in the Marriage Market: Assortative Marriage in Canada and the United States Since the 1970s.
This study utilizes census data from the United States and Canada to examine the growing tendency of people marrying someone of the same level of education.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • May 2007

Follow-up Survey of Graduates 2005
This research brief provides statistics on how Canadian college/university graduates are paying off their student debt.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • May 2, 2007

If You Build It, They Will Come: The Impact Of New Universities On Local Youth
This literature review explores research on students’ university attendance and finds that students who grow up closer to a university are more likely to attend.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • February 2007

How Does Adolescent Fertility Affect the Human Capital and Wages of Young Women?
This paper investigates the impact of teenage childbearing on the educational attainment, employment, and income of young women.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1997

Australian Social Trends 1994: Family - Living Arrangements: Living With Parents
This document looks at statistics on the number of young Australians living with their parents, and examines the characteristics and demographics of this population, such as educational goals, marital status, and income.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • February 22, 2001

A Portrait of Seniors in Canada
This report provides a portrait of Canadian seniors in 2006 in contrast with previous cohorts and younger generations.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • February 2007

Why Are Youth from Lower-income Families Less Likely to Attend University? Evidence from Academic Abilities, Parental Influences, and Financial Constraints
This study examines university attendance across family financial levels.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • February 2007

Chronic Low Income and Low-income Dynamics Among Recent Immigrants
This paper examines the prospect of low-income among immigrants following the shift in Canadian immigration policy favouring highly educated or skilled immigrants.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • January 2007

From Cradle to Grave? The Lasting Impact of Childhood Health and Circumstance
This study found that poor childhood health has a negative effect on the education, employment, and health outcomes of these children as adults.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Center for Health and Wellbeing • April 27, 2004

How Does Literacy Affect the Health of Canadians?
This paper focuses on the literacy skills of Canadians and how a lack of literacy can produce negative health outcomes.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Health Canada • 1998

Early Years Study: Reversing the Real Brain Drain
This report discusses brain development and its effect on learning, behaviour, and health.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Government of Ontario • April 01, 1999

The Intergenerational Effects of Early Childbearing
This report looks at long-term outcomes for children of teenage mothers and finds that these children are more likely to have low education, be unemployed, give birth as teenagers, and give birth out of wedlock.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 1995

Job Change and Job Stability among Less-Skilled Young Workers
This paper reviews existing research relating to adolescent job stability and instability, and presents new findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY).
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for Research on Poverty • November 01, 1998

One out of Every Five: Teenage Motherhood and Subsequent Childbearing
This paper looks at the factors that influence subsequent childbearing among teenagers and examines the impact that this has on both the mother and the children.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Center for Law and Social Policy • August 01, 1998

The Gender Imbalance in Participation in Canadian Universities (1977-2003)
Using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances and the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, this paper determines that more females than males have been attending Canadian universities over the last decade.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada's Family and Labour Studies Division • April 2006

Education Indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program 2005
This report examines educational indicators in Canada such as public and private expenditure on education, public expenditure on education compared to other government programs and debt loads incurred by college and university students upon graduation.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • April 2006

The Legacy of Parental Divorce: Social, Economic and Demographic Experiences in Adulthood
This paper discusses the impact of childhood parental divorce and explores the extent to which divorce causes negative, long-term, educational, emotional, psychological, financial, and relational outcomes for children of divorce.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion • October 01, 1997

Looking for Murphy Brown: Are College-Educated Single Mother Unique?
This paper looks at single-motherhood among college educated women, and explores the possibility that their attitudes towards marriage, and their reasons for becoming single mothers, differ significantly from less-educated women.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • Revised June 2003

Educating Children in Foster Care
This paper explores the academic performance of children in foster care, and looks at various obstacles to their educational achievement, as well as possible causes for their poor educational outcomes.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The National Conference of State Legislatures • Dececmber 2003

Youth Development Programs and Educationally Disadvantaged Youth: A Synthesis
This American study examines programs and services available for older disadvantaged youth.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Child Trends • July 2003

Academic Achievement Programs and Youth Development: A Synthesis
This study examines the influence of academic achievement on adolescent development and reviews specific US academic achievement programs.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Child Trends • January 2002

Earnings of Couples with High and Low Levels of Education, 1980-2000
This paper compares earnings of couples who have high and low levels of education.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • October 2004

Measuring up: The performance of Canada’s youth in reading, mathematics and science
This paper examines the academic achievement of Canadian youth in the later years of their schooling.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Human Resources Development Canada, Statistics Canada, Council of Ministers of Education, Canada • December 2001

Economic and Social Perspectives of Immigrant Children in Germany
This paper examines immigrant and native-born children's differential experiences of household economic hardship and poverty in Germany.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for the Study of Labor • June 2001

Schooling Family, Background, and Adoption: Does Family Income Matter?
This paper examines the relationship between family income and children's educational attainment while controlling for parental ability by including an examination of adopted children.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for the Study of Labor • January 2001

The Effect of Family Income During Childhood on Later-Life Attainment: Evidence from Germany
This paper examines the effect of family income on the type of high school German children attend as a predictor of lifetime socio-economic attainment.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for the Study of Labor • October 2002

Family Structure and Child Outcomes in the United States and Sweden
This paper compares the effects of family structure on children's educational and earning outcomes in the United States and Sweden.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Institute for the Study of Labor • August 2004

Breaking the Cycle? The Effect of Education on Welfare Receipt Among Children of Welfare Recipients
This paper examines the effect of high school completion on the probability that Canadian children who grow up in welfare-reliant homes will come to depend on welfare themselves.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Institute for Fiscal Studies • June 2004

Education Subsidies and School Drop-out Rates
This paper examines whether providing needs-based financial grants to secondary students helps to reduce drop-out rates in England.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Institute for Fiscal Studies • June 2005

Australia's Young People: Their Health and Wellbeing 1999
This report provides detailed statistical information pertaining to the health status, risk-taking behaviour, social well-being, and access to health and community services of Australian youths aged 12 to 24.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare • 1999

The Outcomes of Teen Motherhood in Europe
This paper uses data from the European Community Household Panel survey to examine the well-being of women who first gave birth in adolescence, across thirteen countries in the European Union.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre • July 2001

A League Table of Educational Disadvantage in Rich Nations
This report examines the effectiveness of public education systems across the developed world, and assesses the extent of educational disadvantage in industrialized nations.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre • November 2002

The Effects of Parental Education on Income
This fact sheet presents statistical information demonstrating that parental education positively impacts family income, and suggests that policies aimed at improving the financial situation of low-income families should focus on helping parents gain further education.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Children in Poverty • September 2004

Whose Education Counts? The Impact of Grown Children’s Education on the Physical Functioning of Their Parents in Taiwan
This paper provides evidence that elderly parents' health is significantly affected by the educational attainment of their grown children in Taiwan.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Population Council, Policy Research Division • 2001

Determinants of Educational Attainment Among Adolescents in Egypt: Does School Quality Make a Difference?
This study examines the relationship between school quality and drop-out among Egyptian middle-school students.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Population Council, Policy Research Division • 2001

Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenthood in South Africa
This paper examines fertility patterns in South Africa and explores the educational, marital, fertility, economic, and employment consequences of early, premarital childbearing.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Population Council • 2000

Marriage in Transition: Evidence on Age, Education, and Assets in Six Developing Countries
This paper examines trends in the educational attainment, age, and assets of individuals who are getting married in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Mexico, the Phillippines, and South Africa.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Population Council • 2003

Schooling and Parental Death
This study of children in Indonesia looks at the negative effects that parental death can have on school enrolment and child outcomes.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Center for International and Development Economics Research • 2003

Childlessness and Educational Attainment among Swedish Women born in 1955-59
This paper examines the effects of educational attainment and field of study on women's likelihood of remaining childless.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • 13 June 2005

From Kindergarten through Third Grade: Children's Beginning School Experiences
This report provides information about children's cognitive gains in mathematics, science, and reading knowledge and skill from kindergarten to the third grade.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • August 2004

Are the Kids All Right? Intergenerational Mobility and Child Well-being in Canada
This paper examines the influence of parental income on their children's future income.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • October 01, 2001

Children in Poverty: Trends, Consequences, and Policy Options
This paper looks at the indicators of, and trends in, child poverty in the US.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Child Trends • November 01, 2002

The Odyssey Project: A Descriptive and Prospective Study of Children and Youth in Residential Group Care and Therapeutic Foster Care
This paper investigates the age, gender, family, behavioural, and mental health characteristics of children in residential group care (RGC) and therapeutic foster care (TFC) programs.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Child Welfare League of America • 2003

Continuity and Change in Pathways to Young Adult Disadvantage: Results from a British Birth Cohort
In this paper, childhood and adolescent precursors to adult disadvantage are studied in order to determine whether or not childhood experiences affect educational, financial, social, and employment-related outcomes later in life.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion • April 2003

Changing Fertility Patterns, 1974 to 1994
This article discusses the fluctuations in fertility rates in Canada between 1974-1994 and pays specific attention to the increase in teenage pregnancies and out of wedlock births.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Statistics Canada • 1996

Back to School: A Life Course Approach to Understanding Men's and Women's College Attendance in Adulthood
This paper examines personal factors that influence men's and women's decisions to pursue post-secondary education as adults.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Population Studies Center • May 1999

Adolescents' Formal Employment and School Enrollment: Effects of State Welfare Policies
This paper demonstrates that strict welfare policies often serve to reduce job opportunities for youth, by significantly increasing the number of individuals who are looking for jobs.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• John Hopkins University • February 2004

Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College Attendance and Completion
This paper provides evidence that the provision of financial aid does increase college attendance, particularly among low-income, black Americans.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government • September 2001

Dropout Rates in the United States: 2000
This report provides high school dropout and graduation rates from 1972 to 2000, and examines the characteristics of those who graduated high school and those who did not.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • November 2001

Subsequent Educational Attainment of High School Dropouts
This study examined the pursuit of further education by high school dropouts from 1988, and found that about half completed high school and about one quarter enrolled at a postsecondary institution.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics • June 1998

High School and Beyond: 1992 Descriptive Summary of 1980 High School Sophomores 12 Years Later
Using data from 1992, this report provides information about the educational attainment, employment outcomes, voting behaviours, attitudes and family formation decisions of a sample of inviduals who had been sophomores in 1980.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • January 1995

A Comparison of Highschool Dropout Rates in 1982 and 1992
This paper compares the American high school drop-out rates for 1982 and 1992 and looks at how the changing demographics of high school students may have impacted students’ educational attainment.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • October 1996

Dropout Rates in the United States: 1997
This report provides high school dropout and graduation rates from 1972 to 1997, and examines the characteristics of those who graduate and those who do not.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • March 1999

Dropout Rates in the United States: 1999
This report provides high school dropout and graduation rates from 1972 to 1999, and examines the characteristics of those who graduated and those who did not.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • November 2000

Fathers' Involvement in Their Children's Schools
This paper examines the extent to which resident and nonresident fathers are involved in their children's education, and the impact their involvement has on children's academic achievement.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • October 1997

Dropout Rates in the United States: 1998
This report provides high school dropout and graduation rates from 1972 to 1998, and examines the characteristics of those in 1998 who completed high school and those who did not.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • November 1999

Low-Income Students: Who They Are and How They Pay for Their Education
This report provides information about the characteristics of low-income postsecondary students, their financial needs, and the extent to which they rely on work, parental assistance, grants, and loans to pay for their education.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • March 2000

Credits and Attainment: Returns to Postsecondary Education Ten Years After High School
This report examines 16 characteristics that affect an individual's earnings ten years after high school graduation such as family background, high school experience, postsecondary experience, and early work experience.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Educational Statistics • April 2001

Competing Choices: Men's and Women's Paths After Earning a Bachelor's Degree
This report examines the choices that men and women make regarding marriage, parenthood, employment and graduate school following the completion of a bachelor's degree.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • March 2001

Bridging the Gap: Academic Preparation and Postsecondary Success of First-Generation Students
This paper examines academic preparedness, levels of postsecondary enrollment, and rates of persistence and degree attainment among students whose parents did not go to college.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • May 2001

Paving the Way to Postsecondary Education: K-12 Intervention Programs for Underrepresented Youth
This report discusses the barriers faced by children from poor and ethnic minority families in pursuing postsecondary education, and highlights some programs designed to combat this disadvantage.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • September 2001

Profile of Undergraduates and Postsecondary Institutions: 1999-2000
This report provides information about the gender, race/ethnicity, age, citizenship status, immigration status, parenthood status, and disability status of students enrolled in undergraduate studies from 1999 to 2000.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • July 2002

The Condition of Education 1999
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1999.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 1999

Education in States and Nations: Indicators Comparing U.S. States with other Industrialized Countries in 1991
This report evaluated the condition of education in the United States by comparing it to a number of other countries on a series of indicators.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • July 1996

Projections of Education Statistics to 2013
This report provides projections to 2013 for elementary, high school and postsecondary enrollment, high school graduation, degree attainment, teachers, and public expenditures on education.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • October 2003

The Condition of Education 1994
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1994.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • August 1994

The Educational Progress of Women
This report compares men and women in terms of school progress, academic performance, willingness to learn, parental involvement in education, enrollment in and completion of postsecondary studies, and employment outcomes.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • November 1995

The Condition of Education 1996
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1996.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 1996

The Condition of Education 1995
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1995.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 1995

Minorities in Higher Education
This paper discusses minorities' goals concerning preparations for post-secondary education in the US as well as rates of completion of these goals.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • January 1997

High School Students Ten Years After "A Nation at Risk"
This paper examines changes in students' high school course-taking, achievement, educational goals, and college enrollment rates from 1982 to 1992.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • May 2005

The Condition of Education 1997
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1997.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 1997

Postsecondary Persistence and Attainment
This paper examines the factors that affect students' educational persistence and attainment such as the type of institution attended, the receipt of financial aid, and decisions about part-time or sporadic studies.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • July 1997

The Social Context of Education
This paper examines of effect of factors such as family structure, family income, English language proficiency, and parental education on students' educational access and achievement.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • July 1997

The Condition of Education 1998
This report examines 60 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 1998.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 1998

The Condition of Education 2000
This report examines 65 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 2000.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2000

The Condition of Education 2001
This report examines 59 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 2001.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2001

Students Whose Parents Did Not Go to College: Postsecondary Access, Persistence, and Attainment
This report examines the patterns in college enrollment, persistence and attainment, graduate study decisions, and labour market outcomes for students whose parents do not have a college education.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • December 2001

The Condition of Education 2002
This report examines 44 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 2002.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2002

Reading- Young Student's Achievement and Classroom Experiences
This paper evaluates American children's literacy skills from prior to entering kindergarten through to grade five.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • July 2004

Nontraditional Undergraduates
This report provides information on "nontraditional" undergraduates, defined as those who begin post-secondary education later in life, often while married, parenting and/or working full time.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • August 2002

The Condition of Education 2003
This report examines 44 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 2003.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2003

Education and Correctional Populations
This report compares prison inmates to the general population in terms of educational attainment, rates of high school drop out, and factors contributing to drop out.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs • January 2003

School to Adult Life Transitions through Work and Study: A Select Review of the Literature
This paper discusses the complicated and often difficult transition that youth in Australia must make from high school to full time employment, postsecondary education, or training.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• The Smith Family • March 2002

Almanac of Post Secondary Education 2004
This paper discusses a variety of aspects of post-secondary education, including high school drop-out rates, college and university enrollment, levels of educational attainment, and degrees awarded.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Canadian Association of University Teachers • 2005

Youth Unemployment: Aggregate Incidence and Consequences for Individuals
This paper gives a description and explanation of the trends and patterns in, and consequences of, youth unemployment in Australia.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Centre for Economic Policy Research • December 2002

Educational Attainment of Foster Youth: Achievement and Graduation Outcomes for Children in State Care
This paper presents data on the educational attainment of Washington's foster care children, and finds that these children perform at lower levels academically than non-foster children, with less than 60% graduating from high school.
• Category: Education > Educational Attainment
• Washington State Institute for Public Policy • November 2001

Lone Parenthood and Family Disruption: The Outcomes for Children
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