Academic persistence at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) was studied from fall 1979 through spring 1983. Attention was directed to the school's graduation rate and correlations between sex, race, major, grade point average (GPA) and persistence. Of the 1,043 students who were beginning freshmen in 1979, the study sample consisted of…

This is an interim report of the longitudinal research presently being conducted by the staff of the Management Implications of Team Teaching (MITT) Project. The MITT Project examines a fundamental change in the organization of the instructional staff of the American elementary school generally referred to as team teaching or team organization.…

Using data from the Project Talent study of the high school class of 1961 and the National Longitudinal Study of the high school class of 1972 (NLS), current patterns of enrollment in post secondary education were compared with patterns of ten years ago. Differences in college entry rates were examined among groups defined by sex, ability, ethnic…

A project was undertaken to (1) develop plans for a fourth follow-up survey of Project Talent participants approximately seventeen years after their expected graduation from high school, and (2) facilitate user access to the data base. (Initiated in 1957, Project Talent is a longitudinal study regarding the educational, career, and personal…

The paper presents the text of a business and economics session at a conference on recent sociopolitical and socioeconomic developments in West Germany and the United States. Intended as a contribution to the dialogue between the two societies, the paper focuses on differences between average and sophisticated consumers within each country and…

The status of the high school class of 1972, as it was two years after graduation in October 1974, is described in terms of questionnaire survey responses. Students from 1,153 high schools participated and 20,872 students responded to the questionnaire out of the total group of 23,451. The development, administration, and reliability of the survey…

The rationale for using multiple evaluation strategies in a comprehensive program evaluation is described. Examples are given of eleven strategies used in the evaluation of the Experience-Based Career Education project developed by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory through sponsorship of the National Institute of Education. Strengths…

Use of the Helping Relationship Inventory (HRI) to assess the impact of an introductory medical interviewing course on beginning medical students' preference for interview response modes was studied at the University of Minnesota. The HRI, a brief paper-and-pencil instrument, was administered as a pre-test and post-test for five consecutive years…

Evaluation of the 1974-77 INREAL (INclass REActive Language) demonstration model project, initially serving 518 children (aged 3-5 years), focused on the Colorado program's objectives of increasing language handicapped and bilingual (Spanish) children's language development significantly and preventing later language-related learning problems in…

The Edmonton Grade III Achievement: 1956-1977 study is a comparison of achievement in reading, arithmetic, and language involving all of the third grade students in a large school system. Six basic skills tests which were administered to all of the Edmonton third grade students in 1956 were reprinted and administered to all of the third grade…

In 1971 Kentucky's 291 public high schools produced 39,004 graduates, or 70.1% of the 1967-68 ninth grade enrollment. From the 53 non-public high schools there were 3,966 graduates, or 78.5% of the 1,968 ninth graders. Forty-two percent of all graduates enrolled in colleges or universities. Compared to the class of 1960, the increase in number of…

In 1972 Kentucky's 299 public high schools produced 41,040 graduates, or 70.2% of the total number of 1968-69 ninth graders. The 51 non-public high schools graduated 3,806 students, or 77.2% of their 1969 ninth graders. Compared to the class of 1960, the increase in number of graduates was 15,319 or 59.6%. Directly attributable to increased…

In 1974 Kentucky's 289 public high schools produced 41,522 graduates, or 68.5% of the ninth grade enrollment in 1970-71. The 46 non-public high schools graduated 3,297 students, or 77% of the 1971 ninth graders. From all high schools 38.3% were reported as enrolling in college. Compared to the class of 1962, the increase in the number of graduates…

In 1976, 41,700 students graduated from Kentucky's public high schools; 38.2% were recorded as entering college and 44.95% as entering formal educational programs beyond high school level. From non-public schools there were 3,754 students graduating; 62.4% entered college, and an overall 67.6% were involved in formal education programs. Of the…

In 1977 Kentucky's public high schools produced 41,558 graduates; 38.2% of these were recorded as entering college and 44.7% as entering some type of formal educational program beyond high school. Non-public high schools graduated 4,018 students; 60.7% were recorded as entering college and 67.3% as entering some kind of formal education program.…