Describes the background and design of the SNDA-III study. Data were collected from 130 public school districts that offer federally subsidized school meals, 398 schools within these districts, and 2,314 students in grades 1 through 12 in these schools.

This working paper presents methodological findings from the latest round of the Health Tracking Household Survey, which added a cell phone sample to the existing landline sample of random telephone numbers to increase the coverage of the U.S. population.

Head Start, the largest federally funded preschool program, provides comprehensive services to economically disadvantaged children and their families so that children can enter kindergarten ready to succeed in school. Performance standards include requirements for the intensity and quality of a...

The national non-domestic rate was introduced in 1990 to replace a system of locally varying business rates which had lasted for almost four centuries. Five years after the 1990 reforms, this report evaluates the operation of the present system and discusses various options for reform.

Decision Information Resources. Provides descriptive information on the use of direct certification for free school meals. Finds that nearly two-thirds of districts, enrolling nearly three-fourths of students nationwide, use direct certification. Estimates that the implementation of direct...