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This is the 1st follow-up to a national survey of 8th graders and their
parents, teachers, & principal done in 1988 (the National Educational
Longitudinal Study).  -- Jim

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Jim Cassell                                    CASSELL@UNCVM1.OIT.UNC.EDU
Institute for Research in Social Science       CASSELL@UNCVM1.BITNET
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill       Phone:  919-962-0782
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3355                    Fax:    919-962-4777
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The following is provide by the Office of Educational Research
and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education.  Please feel
welcome to distribute.

                 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
        OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT
           NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS

                            MAY 1992

   DATA TAPE AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST FOLLOW-UP (1990) STUDENT
                        SURVEY OF NELS:88

The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) announces the availability of student survey
data collected as part of the 1990 first follow-up of the
National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88).
Base-year data were collected during the spring of 1988 from
eighth grade students and their parents, teachers, and school
principals. NELS:88 is the third in a series of longitudinal
studies sponsored by NCES, preceded by the National Longitudinal
Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72) and High School
and Beyond (HS&B). It was also the first NCES-sponsored
longitudinal study to begin as early as the eighth grade.

The first follow-up student file contains data from 20,706
individuals, including 18,221 participating students (includes
17,424 panel members for whom both base-year and first follow-up
data are available); 1,043 dropouts; and 1,442 first follow-up
nonrespondents. It should be noted that the dropout data
included in the student file are limited to only 21 items
covered both by dropout and student questionnaires. The full
dropout questionnaire data for the 1,043 dropouts will be
released later in a separate dropout file.

Data from NELS:88 base-year and first follow-up can be used in
conducting national studies in many areas, including 1)
students' academic growth over time, and the family, community,
school, and classroom factors that promote or inhibit such
growth; 2) transitions from middle/junior high school to
secondary school; 3) the process of dropping out of school, as
it occurs from the eighth grade on; 4) roles of the school in
serving disadvantaged students; 5) school experiences and
academic performances of language minority students; 6)
attracting students to the study of mathematics and science; and
7) profiling the nation's tenth graders.

Technical Information. Raw data files include SPSS and SAS
control card information. Data are also available as SAS system
files. Base-year and first follow-up files can be merged through
the use of student ID (STU_ID). All data files are accompanied
by a user's manual. Technical questions that are not answered by
the user's manuals may be referred to Shi-Chang Wu of the
Longitudinal and Household Studies Branch at (202) 219-1425.
Ordering Information and Tape Specifications. The NELS:88 first
follow-up student file is available on magnetic tape and can be
purchased for $175. The tape also includes a separate file that
contains base-year student data. Payment may be in the form of
a check or money order (payable to the U.S. Department of
Education), or charged to your VISA or MasterCard.

To order, please complete the form below and send it with
your payment to

         Office of Educational Research and Improvement
                      Data Systems Branch
                    555 New Jersey Avenue NW
                   Washington, DC  20208-5725

You may wish to check the tape specifications with your computer
site personnel before completing the order form.  All tapes are
nine track.

      NELS:  88 FIRST FOLLOW-UP STUDENT COMPONENT DATA FILE

                    (Check one for each item)


     LABEL                DENSITY          CODE CONVENTION

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(1) Standard tapes will be processed in approximately 5 working
days following the receipt of payment. More specialized tapes may
take up to 10 working days.

(2) SAS system files are available only for the merged data files
and the base-year student file.


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