The Achieving the Dream (ATD) initiative works with more than 100 community colleges across the United States with the specific goal of increasing student success. Together, Achieving the Dream colleges graduate or transfer close to 250,000 students a year. With just a 5 percent increase in graduation rates, individuals can positively impact the…

Purpose: The study is a two-stage inquiry into the influence of high school principals and department chairpersons on the nature of science and mathematics teachers' community of practice participation. Of particular interest is the extent to which formal leaders influence the formation of productive communities of practice and the extent to which…

The primary objective of this paper is to encourage survey researchers not to become overly reliant on the literature for generic solutions to non-response bias problems. In addition, the paper recounts an example of how a non-traditional approach was used to maximize the usefulness of data collected under unusual constraints and with an a priori…

Describes the first published results of a study entitled "Selected Characteristics of Persons in the Fields of Science or Engineering: 1974." Eight fields were surveyed: computer specialists; engineers; mathematical specialists; life, physical, environmental, and social scientists; and psychologists. Statistics include male to female ratios,…

The California Survey by Bass and Mazur shows that with increasing age of the child, the probability of adoption failure increases. For success in adoptive placements of children, ages 2-12, it is suggested that agencies try innovative approaches in preparing the child and in selecting the adopting family. (GO)

A STATEWIDE PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN WYOMING FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCOVERING THE EXTENT OF MENTAL RETARDATION AMONG ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS IN THE STATE, DETERMINING WHERE THE MENTALLY RETARDED ARE FOUND, AND PLANNING AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THEM. GROUP MENTAL TESTS WERE APPLIED TO 67,620 CHILDREN WHICH REPRESENTED 91.8 PERCENT OF THE…

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Special Committee on Length of Season was established to collect data through the use of survey questionnaires from the NCAA membership so that the relationship between the data and the growing concern regarding economy in intercollegiate athletics could be assessed. This report contains the data…

Statistics are presented relating to the domestic dollar sales of audiovisual and other non-textual materials to educational institutions. The scope of the data compiled this year has been broadened to include sales by type of customer and number of units and to cover new categories of media such as games, manipulatives and realia.…

The data presented in this report call attention to inappropriate use of the Eigenroot criterion in factor work, a practice which has probably grown out of a theoretical focus on determining basic laws of behavior, rather than a practical emphasis on providing information that will be useful to college instructors and administrators. When…

This fourth report in a series summarizing findings from the Urban Employment Survey examines how jobseekers living in the major poverty areas of New York City go about looking for work. The survey was designed to develop information on employment, unemployment, and work-related problems of the working-age population in these areas. The data…

This annual publication is a compilation of statistical data that relates to the goals, programs, policies, and practices of professional education associations in fifty states. Almost 100 items are listed under nine major headings. This collection of statistical data is designed to serve as a quick reference, and it was compiled as a cooperative…

Assesses the validity of two test samples possibly useful to the public radio station manager for determining program preferences. Results suggest that economic, valid sampling techniques can be developed, which should focus on more accessible and economic techniques than random sampling. (JEG)

Presents the findings from a nationwide survey by the Educational Research Service, Inc. of principals on early childhood education. (MD)

The estimation procedure used in balancing is shown as the equivalent to that employed in the monorthogonal analysis of variance in an additive model. The nature of weighting schemes for the definition of marginal populations is considered, as well as these various schemes to interpretation of results. (MV) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP)…

This document contains brief descriptions of activities of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for the assessment cycle from October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002. Data are presented about the numbers of student booklets processed, items administered, and responses scored. Information is provided about sample size at grades…