The present status of information on employer satisfaction with former secondary level vocational education students, as well as current methods being used to collect employer data, are reviewed. The kind and quality of information appear to be closely related to the methodology employed. (Author)

The Cooperative Institutional Research Program, the largest ongoing study of higher education in the United States, is discussed in terms of its conceptual framework, technical aspects of data collection, and uses of the data in research and national policymaking. (Author/MSE)

An input evaluation, or study of the feasibility of initiating a cooperative education program, should include formulation of educational goals, assessment of available resources, operational and structural decisions, and plans for program evaluation. (SK)

Symptom scales were developed for three parallel symptom checklists for three types of informants used in diagnostic evaluation. These scales were designed to maximize the comparability of data across informants without sacrificing the distinctiveness of different evaluators' frames of reference. Cluster analyses of checklists yielded nine…

Relational data from a representative sample of high school students matched with data from their parents (N=3,988) are used to examine patterns of dyadic agreement and disagreement in reports of family life. The level of agreement is uniformly low regardless of the aspect of family life being reported on. (Author)

A procedure called "Services/Requirements Analysis" is proposed as a means of improving input to institutional management information systems. The procedure profiles the office's information needs and limitations and identifies benefit groups, all according to user perceptions and not the assumptions of the technological community. (MSE)

A major problem in social science research is that of successfully carrying out the random assignment of persons to experimental and control groups. In this study a computer-based random assignment procedure operated successfully on a weekly basis for 17 consecutive weeks in a program serving over 360 ex-offenders. (CTM)

Summarizes what has been suggested so far with regard to the social, political, and economic consequences of transborder data flows involved in the linking of computerized information processing networks. (FM)

Graphs and charts are discussed in terms of levels of applications and skills necessary for effective use. Five activities, most appropriate for upper-elementary or junior high students, are suggested. (MK)

The article describes the efforts of Project PATH (Progressive Approach to Training and Habilitation) to design a comprehensive training program for moderately and severely retarded adults in a sheltered workshop setting. (SBH)

A recent study indicates that there is still a great amount of language-stereotyping in our books. (Editor)

Discusses the potential usefulness to researchers of two data sources made available by the Census Bureau: Public Use Samples which contain data on individuals and households, and, the Annual Demographic Files, which cover all population groups and contain much demographic and socioeconomic data. (Author/JM)

The goals of education are commonly and easily agreed upon. The author points out that steps can and should be taken to determine how well school goals are, in fact, achieved. (Editor)

Building a railroad or writing about it in class takes a lot of organization. (Editor)

Defines the history, role, and methods of the NAEP in carrying out educational assessment in the United States. (RK) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description (Operating Procedures).