Disability Summary Analyses of Select National Data Collection Programs. Technical Report 11.

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Data Collection; Disabilities; Educational Assessment; Educational Objectives; Elementary Secondary Education; Longitudinal Studies; National Programs; Outcomes of Education; Postsecondary Education; Preschool Education; Student Characteristics; Student Participation

This document presents summaries of 28 national data collection programs, to document the amount and nature of information on individuals with disabilities included in the programs. For each program, information provided includes sponsor, purpose, collection cycle, data sources, collection methods, study design, variable domains, disability-related exclusionary rules and procedures, disability definitions and categories, and disability characteristics of sample. Grids are included for the following programs: (1) 1987 Transcript Study; (2) 1990 High School Transcript Study; (3) Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study, Base Year, 1993; (4) Beginning Postsecondary Student Longitudinal Study, Base Year, 1990; (5) Current Population Survey; (6) Early Childhood Longitudinal Study; (7) General Social Surveys; (8) Longitudinal Study of American Youth; (9) Monitoring the Future; (10) National Adolescent Student Health Survey, 1988; (11) National Adult Literacy Survey; (12) National Assessment of Educational Progress, 1988; (13) National Assessment of Educational Progress, 1990; (14) National Assessment of Educational Progress, Trial State Assessment Program, 1990; (15) National Crime Survey, National Sample, 1986-1989; (16) National Education Longitudinal Study, Base Year, 1988; (17) National Education Longitudinal Study, First Follow-Up, 1990; (18) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1976-80; (19) National Health Interview Survey, 1989; (20) National Household Education Survey, 1991; (21) National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1992; (22) National Longitudinal Transition Study of Special Education Students, Wave 1, 1987; (23) National Longitudinal Transition Study of Special Education Students, Wave 2, 1990; (24) National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle IV, 1988; (25) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1 Epidemiologic Followup Study, 1986; (26) Workplace Literacy Assessment, 1990; (27) Young Adult Literacy Survey, 1985; and (28) Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1991. (DB)

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