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Download full textEmployment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Div. of Counseling and Test Development. – 1983
This report cumulates the results of 515 validation studies carried out over a 45-year period by the United States Employment Service, and relates these findings to five systems of job classification and job analysis. Correction for sampling error shows that general cognitive, perceptual, and psychomotor ability are valid predictors of job…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Cognitive Ability, Federal Programs
Carsrud, Karen Banks – 1984
This longitudinal study investigated the loss of Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1 services and its effect on student achievement in Austin Independent School District schools desegregated by court order through school pairing or revision of school attendance boundaries. The achievement of two groups of kindergarten through third…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Desegregation Effects, Economically Disadvantaged
LeBlanc, Linda A.; Ratnofsky, Alexander – 1991
Part of a 3-year study of the Chapter 1 Neglected or Delinquent (Chapter 1 N or D) Program providing compensatory education services to youth in state-operated juvenile and adult correctional facilities, this report presents findings of a longitudinal component designed to assess prerelease services and postrelease experiences. Participants in the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Correctional Education, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Employment Patterns
Marklund, Inger – 1986
Longitudinal educational research in Sweden is described, with emphasis on research used for educational planning and evaluation. Educational reforms have reflected the societal goal of improved welfare for the whole population. Research is generally supported by the National Board of Education and conducted by universities. To perform educational…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Ogle, Laurence T., Ed. – 1990
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) collects statistics on the condition of education in the United States, analyzes and reports the meaning and significance of these statistics, and assists states and local education agencies in improving their statistical systems. This publication contains a summary of all recent data collections…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Data Collection, Databases, Educational Assessment
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1983
Between 1976 and 1982, teenagers improved their performance on citizenship/social studies items measuring political knowledge and attitudes--13-year-olds by nearly three percentage points and 17-year-olds by about two percentage points. Results for the various population groups indicated that improvements tended to be greater for lower achieving…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics, Educational Assessment
