Most analyses of the effectiveness of educational systems or technologies report results in terms of the impact of educational resources on educational outputs, with virtually no attention to the decisions the student may make or the time the student takes to learn the course content. Focusing on the student as an important decision-maker leads to…

Noting that data from 1970 working life tables indicate that since 1960 worklife expectancy has continued to edge downward for men and to lengthen for women, this report briefly discusses continuing trends in the worklife of men and women from 1900 through 1970. Women's worklife is presented in terms of single women; mothers; widowed, divorced,…

A comprehensive model of the process of organizational innovation was developed by casting a sequential, five-stage model of the process against five broad sets of factors previously found to influence organizational innovation. Using the model, the relative importance of each set of factors within and across each stage of the process was…

The purpose of this project was to study the relationship of certain organizational variables (standardization, formalization, and centralization) to curriculum innovation. It was hypothesized that increasing the formalization of curriculum guidelines and the standardization of curriculum procedures would lead to a decrease in role ambiguity and…

An objective evaluation of multicampus and consolidated university systems is presented as a composite of a literature study, a statistical survey, and results from visits to central offices and campuses. Responses from 255 executives of selected institutions were statistically analyzed regarding administrators' opinions on how their systems or…

A decision-theoretic procedure is outlined which provides a framework within which Bayesian statistical methods can be employed with criterion-referenced tests to improve the quality of decision making in objectives based instructional programs. (Author/DEP)

Two studies are presented in this report. The first is titled "Empirical Studies of Multilevel Approaches to Test Development and Interpretation: Measuring Between-Group Differences in Instruction." Because of a belief that schooling does affect student achievement, researchers have questioned the empirical and measurement techniques…

School administrators suffer greater stress from administrative constraints than from any other stress factors, according to a survey of over 1,150 Oregon elementary and secondary principals and vice-principals, superintendents, and central office administrators. Researchers isolated 35 stressors, or stress-inducing situations, that could be…

The Computer-Assisted Data Analysis (CADA) Monitor is a set of conversational-language interactive computer programs that permit relatively inexperienced persons to perform relatively complex statistical data analysis. The Monitor leads the user through an analysis on a step-by-step basis providing the necessary direction, information, and…

Treatment verification methodology was employed in studying the Chicago Child Parent Center (CPC) compensatory education program. Established in disadvantaged areas by the Chicago public schools, CPCs are designed to break the cycle of poverty through educational intervention with children at ages 3 through 8. An element of evaluation studies that…

The purpose of this study was to predict maintenance of foster home placement. Fifty-one foster children comprised the sample; 47 were involved in the Casey Family Program in Montana, and four were past participants. Case files provided the first and major data base. Caseworker ratings, a second data source, were obtained on children's personal…

The objectives of this study were to find ways to use online data for Computer Based Education (CBE) lesson development and evaluation, to find correlation with off-line data, and to find limitations in the use of online data. Lessons in mathematics, biology, accounting, and chemistry were given on PLATO to community college and some high school…

Five data collection techniques and two sampling methods were examined in terms of costs, rates of return, quality of the data collected, and degree of representativeness in assessing needs and interests of public television viewers in rural areas. Data collection techniques were (1) mail only, (2) mail incentive, (3) telephone only, (4) mail and…

The historical enrollment data for spring 1973 to spring 1976 at Macomb County Community College were used to project enrollment for summer 1976 to spring 1979. The most consistent enrollment projections were obtained using the following ratios: (1) spring ratios--spring values against preceding fall values; (2) fall ratios--fall values against…

This study explores the relationships between psychological types of users as identified by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and factors associated with the implementation and utilization of the Wisconsin System for Instructional Management (WIS-SIM), a computer management information system designed to support management processes in…