The increased popularity of laboratory training and the relevance of laboratory method to the solution of human relationship problems has increased the need for people who can use the method and for setting high standards and efficient techniques. This document is devoted to the statement of the National Training Laboratory (NTL) Institute…

Based on extensive interviews with New York City school board members, community representatives, and school personnel, this handbook is intended as an aid to community school boards in finding and hiring qualified superintendents. The book outlines specific steps by which a community school board can systematically define its own needs, establish…

There is a direct relationship between the care with which the book collection is developed and the success of the library. Questions which must be answered before developing a selection policy statement include: How large, broad or intensive should the periodical collection be? What should the policy be on back files of periodicals? On periodical…

Effective leadership is required for positions of elementary school administration, and this leadership can be acquired and improved. In recruiting for the principalship, the greatest potential source is the teaching staffs of elementary schools. The time to select principals is when none is needed because the administration then has time to…

A study analyzed the criteria available at the time of hiring elementary teachers to determine if any of the criteria would predict teachers' ratings at the end of three years of teaching. A review of research in the area yielded 29 factors thought to be indicative of teacher success. Subjects were 159 teachers who had completed their probationary…

The Junior College Leadership Program, originally meant to supply administrative and research leadership for the growing number of colleges, has expanded its scope to include continuing development of administrators, a doctoral program for administrators and research-oriented educators, and a cooperative internship for instructors. Visits to…

This selection of children's books, compiled by the staff members of the New York Public Library, includes old favorites and suggested new publications. The books in the collection are mostly representative of the current year. Recordings are also included. (CS)

This paper provides a list of periodicals which supplement the curriculum in a vocational technical secondary school. It covers the literature published during 1970-73. For each periodical, the entry includes title, publisher, current cost, frequency of publication, indexing information, and priority for buying the periodical. It indicates…

This report is on one aspect of a study that is trying to provide a reference basis for different researchers in their combined efforts to conceptualize and develop a theory and structure of human abilities and temperament. Specifically, the study is directed toward the identification of tests and other instruments that can serve as markers for…

Ways in which to determine whether the aptitude, intelligence, or achievement test is more helpful are discussed. A test's function, i.e., how the test results are used, appears to be the most logical method of discriminating between the types of tests. In educational testing, if the purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching or…

Guidelines for selecting a school superintendent are listed in this brochure, which is divided into three sections: (1) board of education role, (2) role of the advisor to the board of education, and (3) role of the screening committee. Appended are (1) sample brochure for selecting a superintendent, (2) guidelines for conducting employment…

The author emphasizes the importance of imagination in literature for children and suggests that teachers can use books of fantasy and fiction in teaching emotional and creative responses as well as concepts and facts. In particular, the author discusses teaching about temporal and spatial relationships and explains how imaginative books combined…

This publication lists and describes diagnostic reading tests available from United States publishers. Critical reviews by outside experts are included and supplemented by the compiler's comments. The external reviews are abstracted from "The Mental Measurements Yearbooks," edited by O. K. Buros, and cited by Yearbook edition and entry number. The…

If citations are concentrated on a relatively small number of articles within individual journals as well as between different journals, selections of key articles can be published that should satisfy a high percentage of library demand for back runs at low purchase cost. To test this hypothesis, a test was carried out on self-citations in three…

Some aspects of test reliability are discussed. Topics covered are: (1) how high should a reliability coefficient be?; (2) two factors affecting the interpretation of reliability coefficients--range of talent and interval between testings; (3) some common misconceptions--reliability of speed tests, part vs. total reliability, reliability for what…