This study reports on a method of measuring the equity of state school finance systems. This method attempts to determine the extent to which the system makes adequate provision for education, treats equals equally, and treats unequals equitably. It presents a multiple regression approach to the problem, which allows each goal of school finance to…

A relatively simple method for self-assessment of the financial condition of small independent colleges is presented. The workbook is intended to assist trustees, presidents, and business officers in small independent colleges in evaluating their institution's financial condition. A check list of necessary evaluations and a guide for interpreting…

The Multi-Attribute Utilities Theory (MAUT), a model for the evaluation of public postsecondary programs, is presented and is applied to a study of WINNERS (Women's Inner-City Educational Resources Service) with an analysis of the effects of the model on the program. The first chapter provides an overview of the MAUT approach, outlining 16 steps…

The shortcomings of current research on student attrition are reviewed, and ways are described in which multiple regression, path analysis, and a recursive causal model can be used to better understand attrition. A review of the research shows that past theoretical models lack an adequate definition of variables which have resulted in their being…

Procedures for determining cutting scores have been proposed by Angoff and by Nedelsky. Nedelsky's approach requires that a rater examine each distractor within a test item to determine the probability of a minimally competent examinee answering correctly; whereas Angoff uses a judgment based on the whole item, rather than each of its components.…

RECENTLY MUCH ATTENTION HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THE SUBJECT OF CONCEPT FORMATION IN CHILDREN. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPATIAL PERCEPTION IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS, AND ONE IMPORTANT PART OF SPATIAL PERCEPTION IS HAPTIC PERCEPTION--THE RECOGNITION OF OBJECTS BY TOUCH. THIS STUDY IS A LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE RETENTION OF HAPTIC ABILITIES…

A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP OF READING METHOD AND COMPOSITION AND TO DISCOVER A WAY TO EVALUATE FIRST- GRADE COMPOSITION. PARTICIPANTS WERE 779 LOW INCOME, FIRST-GRADE CHILDREN FROM SIX CITIES. THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS IN SOCIAL BACKGROUND, MATURATION, INTELLIGENCE,…

This study reports the relation of sex and scholastic aptitude to teachers' descriptions of the adjustment and classroom behavior of Negro and other seventh grade students. Scholastic aptitude was estimated by California Mental Maturity Test IQ scores. The subjects were 153 students in a northern Virginia suburban community. The major finding from…

A STUDY WAS MADE IN 18 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY DELAWARE SCHOOLS TO INVESTIGATE THE SEPARATE AND INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF ROLES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND PERSONALITIES ON THE ALIENATION OF TEACHERS. PERSONALITY WAS DESIGNATED AS ABSTRACT AND CONCRETE. ROLES WERE DESIGNATED AS AUTHORITARIAN-RITUALISTIC, INSTRUMENTAL, RITUALISTIC-GRATIFICATORY, AND…

A model is developed which relates an index of school performance to management policy under a variety of environmental conditions. The process of education is defined by the qualitative concept that education is a process of communication. In the model development, the assumed relationships among the variables (factors controllable by management…

Guidance decisions depend on the validity of standardized tests and teacher judgment records as measures of student achievement. To test this validity, a sample of 400 high school juniors, randomly selected from two large Gulf Coas t area schools, were administered the Iowa Tests of Educational Development. The nine subtest scores and each…

This study analyzes the differential antecedents and consequences of high school curriculum placement, using longitudinal survey data from a subsample of a national sample of students who were contacted in the 9th, 11th, and 12th grades. The study focuses in particular on three general questions: 1) What are the mechanisms by which socioeconomic…

This module on research design in vocational education is one of a set of five on evaluation and research and is part of a larger series of thirty-four modules constituting a core curriculum for use in the professional preparation of vocational educators in the areas of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial education. Following…

Multidimensional scaling was applied to the assessment of qualitative data relating to an optometry faculty's perceptions of instructional media. Results indicate that 35mm slides, overhead transparencies, and filmstrips were viewed as serving a similar function and as acceptable in terms of cost, need, and convenience. Television and 16mm films…

The study reported in this paper was designed to describe the differences between the reading-difficulty levels of primary textbooks used in first-semester freshman general studies courses and the reading skills of the students enrolled in those courses, and to compare the Flesch Reading Ease Formula with the SMOG Grading Formula. Separate…