Now managed by the Educational Testing Service, the National Assessment of Educational Progress intends to generate current and reliable information on education; to communicate information in many different forms by various media; and to help educators, parents, legislators, and concerned citizens understand how to use that information. (PB)

Describes a videodisc-based information display system in which a computer terminal is used to search the online PATSEARCH database from a remote host with local microcomputer control to select and display drawings from the retrieved records. System features and system components are discussed and criteria for system evaluation are presented.…

Colleges and universities have survived a decade of financial exigency because of the resilience they developed. The primary problem to be confronted in the 1980s is still inflation, not declining enrollment, but inflation in the next ten years will not be as bad as recently. References and other resources on response to financial exigency are…

Sources of information on free and low-cost software for computer assisted instruction include books, journals, clubs, agencies, and software exchanges. Evaluating educational software is discussed and a sample of a checklist is included. (JJD)

Identifies research tools comprising a wide variety of materials from many disciplines which are available for exploring changes in educational aspirations among twentieth century females in the United States. A comprehensive list of these tools is provided and problems involved in accessing and using them are discussed. (EJS)

Institutional commitment, financial resources, and technical skills are essential components in meaningful, proactive marketing research. Some recently developed approaches and efforts illustrate the possibilities of such research. (MSE)

Administrators in New Haven (Connecticut) keep citizens and school personnel informed about what the schools are teaching by holding citywide curriculum forums, scheduling one day a month for teachers to discuss curriculum issues with subject-matter supervisors, maintaining a Parents Center, and forming curriculum advisory councils. (Author/MLF)

Discusses sources which provide information on data relating to physical properties of materials. Includes a list of seven organizations (six in Great Britain and one in Germany) providing such data. Includes problems in searching for information, suggesting that computer searches may solve some of the problems. (JN)

Discusses a formal course designed to acquaint students with major sources of chemical information and with procedures for their efficient use. In addition, the place that such a course has in the chemistry curriculum is considered. (Author/JN)

Discusses library searching of chemical literature from an industrial user's viewpoint, focusing on differences between academic and industrial researcher's searching techniques of the same problem area. Indicates that industry users need more exposure to patents, work with abstracting services and continued improvement in computer searching…

Explores assumptions behind local control of public schools by elected boards of education, e.g., existence of personal choice, availability and use of information, power to intervene in school affairs and willingness to exercise that power, and ability to create stable environment in which organizational changes can be sustained. (AH)

Directed at the candidate seeking a permanent position in physiology. Reviews qualifications candidate must have and lists sources of information about the present job market and agencies through which the candidate's availability may be made known. (Author/JN)

Discusses art teachers' information needs and outlines optimal library research strategies for retrieving various sorts of information. Included is an annotated bibliography of reference sources for art teachers. (AM)

Study of 488 students in teacher preparation programs at 8 Canadian universities indicated: (1) unrealistic beliefs about youth are fairly widespread among prospective Canadian teachers; (2) some such beliefs are related to mass media stereotypes of youth; (3) respondents place confidence in mass media as sources of reliable information.…

Discusses difficulties involved in locating sources of statistical information on public libraries in Canada and describes a study conducted to identify and evaluate various sources of such information. An 18-item bibliography is provided. (CHC)