A survey designed to update earlier studies and provide information for both prospective students and program administrators identified 91 institutions as having a graduate level major in instructional technology. This summary of the survey results provides an overview of the programs in such areas as faculty, program status, administrative…

Increased migration to the sunbelt and the metropolitan-nonmetropolitan "turnaround" represent departures from longstanding redistribution trends. Although these patterns have been examined from a number of perspectives, their consequences for individiual metropolitan areas have not been brought to light. In the present study, stream-disaggregated…

The "D" testing program, the fourth in a year-long series of test administrations, is summarized. As part of the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study, reading and mathematics achievement was studied in second and fifth grade classes. The samples for the "D" testing were 97 second grade students out of l50 in the "A" testing, and 89 fifth grade…

This report presents the findings of a fast response survey of school administrator training needs and programs as perceived by school districts. The nationwide survey, conducted in the summer of 1978, had three objectives: to assess the degree of need for expanded or improved training opportunities in 14 areas, to indicate preferred methods for…

This book assembles in one indexed reference work all the Gallup polls on trends and issues in American education from 1969-78. These reports have gained a reputation as the most authoritative source in information available concerning the public's reaction to basic questions about the public schools. Each chapter discusses the major problems…

This publication, a companion to part 2, presents the results of a survey conducted in the fall of 1979 that collected data on salaries scheduled and paid for 23 professional and 10 support positions selected to represent the full scope of employment in public school systems throughout the United States. A total of 1,066 school systems responded…

This publication, a companion to part 1, discloses the annual salaries actually being paid to 23 selected professional positions by 1,066 public school systems for the school year 1979-80. The salaries include those paid superintendents, assistant superintendents, and other central-office administrators. Also shown are salaries for classroom…

This report presents mid 1978 data from a city wide, bilingual opinion and information survey of residents of low income neighborhoods of the District of Columbia. Among the key findings presented are the following: (1) the typical survey respondent was black or Latin, 25-44 years of age, married with a family of four, had a high school education…

THE MISSOURI COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST WAS ADMINISTERED TO 1,341 COLLEGE FRESHMEN TO COMPARE THE PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH OF MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS. SIGNIFICANTLY MORE BOYS THAN GIRLS SCORED BELOW THE 50TH PERCENTILE. THE INVESTIGATORS SUGGEST THAT MORE RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO DETERMINE WHY GIRLS ARE MORE PROFICIENT IN ENGLISH AFTER 12 YEARS OF SCHOOL…

THE EXPLANATIONS GIVEN BY 8,292 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF THEIR CHOICE OF COLLEGES WAS EXAMINED TO DETERMINE IF THE INFLUENCES OF THESE CHOICES COULD BE ORGANIZED INTO CATEGORIES. USING A THREE POINT SCALE, THE STUDENTS RATED 27 ITEMS ON THE STUDENT PROFILE SECTION OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE TESTING BATTERY. THE ITEMS PERTAINED TO INFLUENCES AND WERE…

REVIEWED ARE THE TRENDS DURING THE PAST GENERATION IN THE CHANGES OF WHITE ATTITUDES TOWARD SCHOOL INTEGRATION, RESIDENTIAL INTEGRATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INTEGRATION, NEGRO EDUCABILITY, EQUAL EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS, AND THE NEGRO PROTEST MOVEMENT. THE ANALYSIS OF THESE TRENDS IS BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH POLLS. IN GENERAL…

DATA ON WHITE AND NONWHITE POVERTY IN URBAN AND SUBURBAN AREAS ARE SURVEYED AND COMPARED IN THIS ARTICLE. IN SEVERAL SECTIONS POVERTY STATUS AND RACE, AGE, AND METROPOLITAN OR NONMETROPOLITAN RESIDENCE ARE DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO URBAN PROBLEMS, POPULATION TRENDS, PLACE OF RESIDENCE, AND DIFFERENCES IN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF URBAN AND SUBURBAN…

AS PART OF A UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER EFFORT TO EXPLORE THE USE OF SELF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS IN EDUCATING DOCTORS, NURSES, PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL, AND PATIENTS, THREE STUDIES OF PROGRAM UTILIZATION AND EFFECTIVENESS WERE MADE. DATA WERE OBTAINED ON COMPLETION AND NONCOMPLETION OF A PROGRAMED COURSE ON ALLERGIES, USER REACTIONS AS TO…

TO DETERMINE THE FACTORS RELATED TO FIRST-YEAR 4-H LEADERS' CONTINUING IN OR DROPPING OUT OF 4-H WORK AND TO ANALYZE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CHARACTERISTICS OF A SAMPLE OF FIRST-YEAR 4-H LEADERS AND THE EVALUATION BY THEIR 4-H AGENTS OF JOBS PERFORMED AND NOT PERFORMED, IN 1961 QUESTIONNAIRES AND PERSONALITY TESTS WERE GIVEN TO 527 FIRST-YEAR 4-H…

A DISCUSSION WAS PRESENTED ON THE PROCEDURES OF EQUATING DIVERSE ABILITY SCORES OBTAINED BY DIFFERENT SCALED MEASURES. THE AUTHOR INDICATED THE NECESSITY OF EQUATING SUCH SCORES WHEN ABILITY IS TO BE TREATED AS A SINGLE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE IN SIGNIFICANCE TESTS AND IN COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF DICHOTOMIZED GROUPS. A NEW RATIONALE FOR EQUATING…