Data Descriptions

Data Description

	Variable	Year	Description	Source

	Collective Bargaining	1994	Percent of teachers in districts with collective bargaining	NCES (SASS)	a
	Meet-and-Confer Only	1994	Percent of teachers in districts with meet-and-confer procedures	NCES (SASS)	a

	SAT	1995	Math and verbal scores	ETS	b
	Test Takers	1995	Percent of high school seniors in state taking SAT	ETS	b
	Percent Minority	1995	All students not white or Asian-Pacific taking SAT	ETS	b
	Percent Urban	1990	Percent of state population in urban places	Census	c
	Percent H.S. Grads	1992	Percent of high school graduates from nonpublic schools	NCES	d
	Spending Per Pupil	1994	Current expenditures per pupil enrolled	NCES	e
	Income Per Capita	1995	Income Per Capita	BEA	f

	NAEP Reading	1994	Grade 4 reading scores, National Assessment of Education Progress	NAEP	g
	Percent IEP or LEP	1994	Special education or limited-English-proficient students in school	NAEP	g
	High Absence Rate	1994	Percent of students whose schools report at least moderate absenteeism	NAEP	g
	Class Size Under 25	1994	Percent of students with an average class size of less than 25 students	NAEP	g
	Percent Minority	1994	Percent of students black or Hispanic	NAEP	g

	a. Special tabulation of the Schools and Staffing Survey, National Center for Education Statistics.		d. Digest of Education Statistics, National Center for Education Statistics
	b. Data provided by the Education Testing Service.		f. Survey of Current Business, Bureau of Economic Analysis
	c. U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract		g. 1994 NAEP Reading: A First Look, National Center for Education Statistics, 1995.

Posted December 1, 1997