The Annual Condition of Education Report, 1998

Statistics about public edcuation in the state of Iowa including graduation rates, No Child Left Behind Act,

The Annual Condition of Education Report, 1999

Statistics about public edcuation in the state of Iowa including graduation rates, No Child Left Behind Act,

The Annual Condition of Education Report, 2006

Statistics about public edcuation in the state of Iowa including graduation rates, No Child Left Behind Act.

The Annual Condition of Education Report, 2001

Statistics about public edcuation in the state of Iowa including graduation rates, No Child Left Behind Act.

The Annual Condition of Education Report, 2004

Statistics about public edcuation in the state of Iowa including graduation rates, No Child Left Behind Act.

The Annual Condition of Education Report, 2005

Statistics about public edcuation in the state of Iowa including graduation rates, No Child Left Behind Act.

Audit report on the Iowa Department of Education for the year ended June 30, 2006

Audit report on the Iowa Department of Education for the year ended June 30, 2006

The State Report Card for No Child Left Behind Iowa Department of Education, December 2006

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 requires each state to provide an annual report card to inform stakeholders and the public about the progress of students and schools on indicators of student achievement and other information that relates to student success. The State Report Card provides state level data to serve as a comparison for schools and districts as they consider and implement improvement efforts to increase the success for all Iowa students.

An ASsessment of Relationship between Students' Perception of Social Studies and their Academic Performance in Colleges of Education in Kaduna State

The objective of this study was to find out the relationship between students’ perception of Social Studies and their academic performance in the subject in Colleges of Education in Kaduna State. The respondents of the study comprised NCE 2 and NCE 3 students of Social Studies at the Federal College of Education in Zaria and the Kaduna State College of Education in Gidan Waya. The data for the study was collected using a questionnaire with reliability coefficient of 0.87. The Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test the hypotheses formulated for the study. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance with df = 232. The findings were as follows: 1. The Social Studies students in colleges of education in Kaduna State do not record high academic performance in the subject. 2. Students’ perception of the Social Studies curriculum does affect their academic performance in the subject 3. Students’ perception of relevance of Social Studies education has no bearing on their academic performance in the subject. 4. Students’ perception of public attitude towards Social Studies has no impact on their academic performance in the subject. 5. Students’ general perception of Social Studies does not affect their academic performance in the subject. Based on these findings the following recommendations were proffered for Social Studies researchers and policy makers. a. There is need for further research in order to determine the actual cause of students’ failure to display high performance in Social Studies. b. The NCE Social Studies curriculum should be reviewed in terms of volume and difficulty.

Asessing public policies. The case of education in Europe and the interaction between personal and institutional factors

The paper deals with the comparative study of European citizens satisfaction with thestate of education in their respective countries. Individual and contextual effects aretested applying multilevel analysis. The results show that educational public policies(level of decentralization, degree of comprehensiveness and public spending) as well asthe students social environment (socioeconomic and cultural status) have a soundimpact on the opinions about the state of education.

Report of recommendations to the Iowa Department of Education, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, June 30, 2007

Report on the Iowa Department of Education, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services for the year ended June 30, 2007

Report on the Iowa Department of Education for the year ended June 30, 2007

Report on the Iowa Department of Education for the year ended June 30, 2007

Iowa Department of Education Performance Plan, FY 2009

Agency Performance Plan, Iowa Department of Education

Department of Education, Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services Performance Plan, FY 2009

Agency Performance Plan, Department of Education, Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Iowa Department of Education Strategic Plan, 2008

This report outlines the strategic plan for Iowa Department of Education, goals and mission.