The university says that its graduation rate, using the federal standard, is 16 percent, which is among the nation's lowest, according to Department of Education data.

Education data is used to plan and evaluate programs.

Department of Education data show that religion is part of the humanities curriculum in more than half of all American colleges and universities.

The publication based its rankings on analysis of U.S. Department of Education data regarding percent growth in headcount from fall 2004 to fall 2005.

Pennsylvania Department of Education data shows that from 1999-2000 to 2008-09 there has been a 12 percent increase in public school staff even as there was a 1 percent decline in enrollment.

The Board of Education data and school report cards on every school in the district can lag behind by a year.

In creating the performance scale, Board of Education data were used as indicators of differences in student backgrounds.

Birmingham, Ala.; Jackson, Miss.; New Orleans and Memphis, by contrast, had white percentages in the single digits or barely above, according to 2000 Department of Education data.

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The average homeless elementary school pupil attends classes 74 percent of the time, compared with a schoolwide average of 89 percent, Board of Education data show.