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Fleming, Margaret, Ed.; And Others – 1979
This report describes a proposed magnet vocational program for 11th and 12th graders which is intended to reduce minority student isolation and facilitate desegregation in the Cleveland Public Schools. The need for such a program, its basic characteristics and multicultural aspects, its potential impact on participating students and the community,…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Education, Community Involvement, Computer Science Education
Albuquerque Public Schools, NM. – 1980
The ninth annual report on optimal school size for New Mexico's Albuquerque Public Schools presents enrollment and cost figures for the district's elementary, middle, and high schools and for its special education programs. From these data are drawn the minimum school size for economic operation and the maximum school size for effective learning…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Elementary Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Rate
Kohn, David, Ed. – 1980
Statistical data on universities in Israel for 1978-79 are presented. Information is given on student characteristics, recipients of degrees, fields of study, candidates for degrees, the student body of Everyman's University, staff, budgets, and college facilities. Comparative data for previous years are included. (SW)
Descriptors: Administrators, Budgets, College Buildings, College Faculty
Garfin, Molly, Comp. – 1980
A directory on unionization among college faculty for 1979 is presented. It is noted that faculty unionization continues to grow at a stabilized annual rate of approximately 20 new bargaining agents per year. By the end of 1979, 406 faculty unions were recognized as having bargaining agents for faculty and staff and more than 330 collective…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Contracts
Jones, Ruth S. – 1979
This document discusses a study undertaken to analyze news media usage among 13- and 17-year-old students. Specifically, television, radio, and newspaper attention levels are assessed and interest in news topics are compared with topics of interest to teenagers during the Vietnam-Watergate era. The objective is to provide information on the impact…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Data Analysis
Sproull, Lee S.; Zubrow, David – 1980
Findings are presented of an empirical study involving public, private, and parochial school systems' use of standardized test information by central office administrators. Examples of actual use are given, and descriptions of central office perspectives on standardized testing are detailed. Three categories were found to account for most of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Cybernetics, Data Collection
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1977
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) administered the selected supplemental mathematics exercises to 13-year-old students during October and November 1975 and to 17-year-old students during March and April 1976. This assessment represents a specially modified supplement to 1972-73 full-scale mathematics assessment and was…
Descriptors: Computation, Definitions, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
FARQUHAR, WILLIAM W. – 1963
ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION WAS STUDIED BETWEEN OVER- AND UNDER-ACHIEVING STUDENTS IN THE ELEVENTH-GRADE TO DEVELOP AN OBJECTIVE MEASURE OF MOTIVATION FOR USE IN PREDICTING ACADEMIC SUCCESS OR FAILURE. APPROXIMATELY 800 STUDENTS IN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS WERE SELECTED FOR VALIDATION AND CROSS-VALIDATION SAMPLES. THEY WERE DIVIDED BY SEX AND ACHIEVEMENT.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Achievement, Females
BIDDLE, BRUCE J.; SIMPSON, ANN M. – 1961
COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS WERE REPORTED FOR USE IN PROCESSING DATA ON TEACHER ROLES. INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL DATA-PROCESSING METHOD WERE--(1) A PROGRAM FOR TABULATING CONTINGENCY TABLES FROM DATA ON PUNCHED CARDS, (2) A PROGRAM FOR SELECTING AND COMBINING ROWS AND CALCULATING MANN-WHITNEY MEASURES OF SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Educational Research, Methods Research
COLEMAN, JAMES S. – 1967
THIS STUDY POSES THE QUESTION OF HOW TO MEASURE THE DEGREE OF INEQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SUBGROUPS IN SOCIETY. IT EXAMINES AND REJECTS THE DOMINANT IDEA THAT EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IS PROVIDED BY A COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES WITH FREE AND OPEN ACCESS FOR ALL, SUBSTITUTING THE IDEA THAT IT IS THE INTENSITY…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Environment, Early Experience, Educational Background
CROFT, JOHN C. – 1967
A STUDY OF 1966-1967 OREGON SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS REVEALED THAT TEACHER ASSIGNMENTS WERE GENERALLY IN ACCORD WITH THEIR PREPARATION. FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE BASED ON STUDY FINDINGS AND RELATED RESEARCH--(1) A MORE STANDARDIZED DEFINITION OF TEACHER PREPARATION SHOULD BE ADOPTED, (2) A UNIFORM AND USABLE RECORD-KEEPING SYSTEM ON TEACHER…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Public Schools, Rural Schools, Secondary School Teachers
BROWN, EDWARD T.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS SURVEY OF THE PRESENT STATUS OF TEACHER AIDES IN SOUTH CAROLINA PRESENTS DATA ON THE EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SELECTION, TRAINING AND DUTIES OF 219 AIDES ADDED UNDER TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED VIA QUESTIONNAIRE. AMONG THE MAJOR FINDINGS WERE (1) THE AGE OF THE AIDES RANGED FROM UNDER…
Descriptors: Activities, Degrees (Academic), Inservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
BROWN, WILLIAM B. – 1967
THE SEVERE ELEMENTARY TEACHER SHORTAGE WHICH LOS ANGELES FACED IN THE FALL OF 1966, INVOLVING A DEFICIT OF SOME 1200 TEACHERS AFTER NORMAL RECRUITING PROCEDURES, IS DISCUSSED. SINCE THE SHORTAGE RESULTED IN LARGE PART FROM REDUCED ENROLLMENT IN THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF THE 12 LOS ANGELES AREA TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, WHICH…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Data Collection, Federal Aid, Information Utilization
CIBARICH, AUGUST L.; AND OTHERS – 1964
THIS WAS ONE OF 20 DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS INITIATED IN 11 STATES IN 1961-63 TO GAIN EXPERIENCE WITH LABOR MARKET PROBLEMS ARISING FROM CHANGING TECHNOLOGY AND MASS LAYOFFS. THE FUNDAMENTAL AIM WAS TO COMBINE ACTION AND RESEARCH TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT THE STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE COULD DO IN AREAS WHERE THE LABOR MARKET WAS RAPIDLY CHANGING.…
Descriptors: Automation, Clerical Workers, Comparative Analysis, Data Processing
LEWIS, DAVID ALFRED – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO DEVELOP AN INSTRUCTIONAL AND SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. GOALS, OBJECTIVES, STRUCTURE, AND RESPONSIBILITIES FORM THE FRAMEWORK OF A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. THE TASK OF A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM IS TO PROCESS RAW DATA IN SUCH A WAY AS TO…
Descriptors: Administration, Bibliographies, Data Processing, Decision Making
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