Download or read book Indicators of Trends in the Status of American Women written by Abbott Lamoyne Ferriss and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1971-06-10 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assembles, collates, and analyzes data bearing on trends in American education. The author presents the basic data on school enrollment, retention, and attainment, indicating changes in the educational characteristics of the population and comparable time-series statistics on teachers and school finances reflecting change within the school system itself. Dr. Ferriss then relates these data to a statement of educational goals set some ten years ago, utilizing the data to provide an assessment of progress toward those goals.