The Privacy Protection Study Commission (PPSC) held public hearings on personal data record-keeping policies and practices in educational institutions in Los Angeles in October and in Washington, D.C. in November, 1976. Under consideration were the protections afforded parents and students by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.…

Summarizes current research on ability grouping of academically gifted students. Findings show that advanced students benefit more academically than low-ability students from homogeneous grouping; homogeneous groups are more academically and socially beneficial for all abilities than heterogeneous grouping; continuous progress makes an academic…

Professional educators may be behind the times in their thinking about school size. Many educational leaders mistakenly believe that large schools provide better learning environments at less cost than smaller schools. Actually, there are few conclusive before-and-after consolidation studies, consolidation does not seem to save money, and small…

Notes that psycholinguists have studied "fast mapping," and behavior analysts have studied the phenomenon of"learning by exclusion." Reviews the research protocols, questions, and outcomes of these two research lines to show their clear similarities, to support the argument that both disciplines are studying a single…

Examines four types of evidence of literacy trends and performance among schools and students: national literacy data; then-and-now studies; Scholastic Aptitude Test trends; and test renorming studies, particularly those pertaining to the 1970s. Argues that both sides of the debate concerning the quality of education have misrepresented evidence…

This special issue focuses on several methodological issues in the evaluation of the largest mental health and substance abuse project for children and adolescents conducted at a single site, the U.S. Army's Fort Bragg Child and Adolescent Mental Health Demonstration program. The introduction and seven articles describe this program and the…

This research review describes intergenerational program outcomes related to program activities and contexts. It identifies research and evaluation challenges: more effective use of theory, more cross-cultural research, expanded outcomes, and the need to use standardized measures. (Contains 41 references.) (SK)

Presents the author's views on the nature of educational intervention in learning disabilities. Discusses the meaning of the terms intervention, remediation, tutoring, and accommodations; addresses optimal characteristics of intervention research; and examines ethical issues, research design, measurement of change, and barriers to conducting…

Presents the author's views concerning the nature of educational intervention in learning disabilities. Examines distinctions between intervention, remediation, tutoring, and accommodations. Examines the differences from regular classroom instruction along with the optimal characteristics of intervention research. Discusses ethical issues,…

Presents the author's views on the questions posed by the nature of educational intervention in learning disabilities. Discusses the influence of two primary concepts, change and interaction, on children's development in terms of educational intervention. Also considers ethical issues, research design, and measurement of change. (DB)

Presents the author's views on the nature of educational intervention in learning disabilities through a discussion of distinctions between intervention, remediation, tutoring, and accommodations; optimal characteristics of intervention research; ethical issues, research design, and measurement of change; and barriers to conducting intervention…

This monograph reviews the literature on the efficacy and authenticity of facilitated communication (FC). Meta-analysis of published studies is used to examine FC as a communication tool, criteria for scientific evidence of FC's effectiveness, and the value of quantitative assessment. Other questions addressed include life-span issues and…

Imported from New Zealand in 1984, Reading Recovery currently operates in 9,800 schools nationwide. Now the much- touted program for teaching at-risk readers is facing questions about its effectiveness and cost. According to one researcher, Reading Recovery temporarily increases the rate of reading development but has little effect on developing…

A University of Michigan study that surveyed students about sexual harassment behaviors discovered that 83% of girls and 60% of boys have experienced harassment. Also, 75% of the victims had also been perpetrators. Another study examined how cultural influences may affect high-achieving Japanese students' use of will power and memorization…

This paper urges researchers in learning disabilities not to embrace the risk/resilience framework without rigorous consideration of four issues: the meaning of risk and resilience factors; how to characterize learning disabilities as risk factors; just what the risk is; and how this framework may guide intervention efforts. (Contains references.)…