Validity

Data gathered in a 3-year study of nonpublic education are presented and discussed in this report. The nation's 20,000 nonpublic elementary and secondary schools were all asked to complete the Nonpublic School Survey in the school years 1976-77, 1977-78, and 1978-79. Items in the survey covered directory information (names and addresses), size of town, mix of boarding and day students, mix of male and female students, school type (elementary, vocational, etc.), types of curriculum offered, nonlanguage courses taught in foreign languages, receipt of federal program funds, religious affiliation, numbers of graduates (by sex), enrollment (by grade), teachers (religious or lay) and other staff by sex, and income and expenditure information. Data from the survey can be used to address economic issues (related to increases or decreases in the nonpublic share of the educational market) and service issue