Friday, July 29, 2005
Tweet[IWS] NCES: Youth Indicators, 2005: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth [29 July 2005]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Youth Indicators, 2005: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth [29 July 2005]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005050
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005050.pdf
[full-text, 138 pages]
[click on PDFs in left margin for each section]
Description:
Youth Indicators contains statistics that address important aspects of the lives of youth, including family, schooling, work, community, and health. The report focuses on American youth and young adults 14 to 24 years old, and presents trends in various social contexts that may relate to youth education and learning.
Press Release 29 July 2005
http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2005/07/07292005.html
[excerpt]
Youth Indicators 2005, a report by the Department's National Center for Education Statistics in the Institute of Education Sciences, presents important trends in the academic progress of teenagers and young adults.
It shows that the proportion of 25- to 29-year-olds completing college rose from 16 percent in 1970 to 29 percent in 2004. And average mathematics proficiency for both 13- and 17-year-olds was higher in 2004 than in 1973 for all racial groups.
The indicators also show that, despite improvements in many areas of education, substantial gaps remain between white and minority students.
Highlights from the report include:
* Although a performance gap in reading proficiency between 13- and 17-year-old white students and their black and Hispanic peers was still present in 2004, this gap was smaller than in 1975.
* The proportion of all 16- to 24-year-olds who were dropouts declined between 1998 (12 percent) and 2003 (10 percent). Between 1993 and 1998, the proportion of dropouts in this age group had fluctuated.
* College enrollment rates of 18- to 24-year-olds increased from 26 percent in 1980 to 38 percent in 2003; the enrollment rate of females increased more rapidly than that of males.
* While overall college attainment rates have increased, substantial gaps remain. Among 25- to 29-year-olds in 2004, 11 percent of Hispanics had completed a bachelor's degree, compared with 17 percent of blacks, and 34 percent of whites.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
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Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Youth Indicators, 2005: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth [29 July 2005]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005050
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005050.pdf
[full-text, 138 pages]
[click on PDFs in left margin for each section]
Description:
Youth Indicators contains statistics that address important aspects of the lives of youth, including family, schooling, work, community, and health. The report focuses on American youth and young adults 14 to 24 years old, and presents trends in various social contexts that may relate to youth education and learning.
Press Release 29 July 2005
http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2005/07/07292005.html
[excerpt]
Youth Indicators 2005, a report by the Department's National Center for Education Statistics in the Institute of Education Sciences, presents important trends in the academic progress of teenagers and young adults.
It shows that the proportion of 25- to 29-year-olds completing college rose from 16 percent in 1970 to 29 percent in 2004. And average mathematics proficiency for both 13- and 17-year-olds was higher in 2004 than in 1973 for all racial groups.
The indicators also show that, despite improvements in many areas of education, substantial gaps remain between white and minority students.
Highlights from the report include:
* Although a performance gap in reading proficiency between 13- and 17-year-old white students and their black and Hispanic peers was still present in 2004, this gap was smaller than in 1975.
* The proportion of all 16- to 24-year-olds who were dropouts declined between 1998 (12 percent) and 2003 (10 percent). Between 1993 and 1998, the proportion of dropouts in this age group had fluctuated.
* College enrollment rates of 18- to 24-year-olds increased from 26 percent in 1980 to 38 percent in 2003; the enrollment rate of females increased more rapidly than that of males.
* While overall college attainment rates have increased, substantial gaps remain. Among 25- to 29-year-olds in 2004, 11 percent of Hispanics had completed a bachelor's degree, compared with 17 percent of blacks, and 34 percent of whites.
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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