This survey of the field of Chinese language computational linguistics was prepared as a background study for the Chinese Linguistics Project at Princeton. Since the authors' main purpose was "critical reconnaissance," quantitative emphasis is on systems with which they are most familiar. The complexity of the Chinese writing system has presented…

This study attempts to discover relationships between teacher classroom behaviors and pupil achievement. Observers rated thirty-two fifth-level teachers on the Global Rating Scales (GRS) and the Teacher Practices Observation Record (TPOR). The data were analyzed using a linear model in which classroom mean posttest math score was the criterion and…

Administrators' perspectives on faculty bargaining are assessed, using data from a survey of administrators in the California State University and Colleges. The following are reported: (1) administrators' attitudes toward, and perceptions of, a variety of current conditions in their organizations; (2) their expectations as to the impact of…

During the 1973 and 1974 orientation programs, first-time, full-time University of Maryland Baltimore County freshmen were administered the Student Information Form (SIF) by the UMBC Counseling Center. The SIF is a survey instrument developed by the American Council on Education for the Cooperative Institutional Research Program. The SIF provides…

Northampton County Area Community College (Pennsylvania) studied changes in student writing ability using a research paradigm described in the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges' fifth topical paper (ED 030 422). Students in seven English classes were randomly assigned to write on one of two topics at the beginning of the semester, and asked…

This report is the fourth in a series of seven, all of which are concerned with coping styles of school children in the U.S.A., Brazil, Mexico, England, West Germany, Italy, and Yugoslavia. For this study, a lengthy structured interview was held with the mothers of 10 percent of the 6,400 children who had been tested in Stage I of the…

This report provides statistics on enrollment trends, student teacher ratios, student ages, class sizes, curriculums, and on handicapped and immigrant pupils. (JF)

This study is based on the results of a background questionnaire and a perception inventory administered to a stratified random sample of Texas boards of education members in independent school districts having grades K-12. The study attempted to determine (1) the status of Texas school boards, (2) the role of the board and the roles of the…

As a statistical tabulation based on raw data collected by the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, this report presents tables of data which illustrate trends in black school segregation from 1970-1974. The statistics provide a detailed profile of the pattern of black enrollment in schools with various…

The five States represented include Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas, and California. For each State the data are presented in terms of the changes occurring in State aid/pupil, the changes in local revenues/pupil, and the changes in local school property tax rates. A final column lists the change in total taxable property for schools, 1972-73…

James A. Hazlett, NAEP Administrative Director, discusses the National Assessment program as an accountability tool. The strengths and weaknesses of the program as an evaluative method in the cognitive areas are discussed at length. (MPJ) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description (Historical Background).

Three methods for estimating reliability are studied within the context of nonparametric item response theory. Two were proposed originally by Mokken and a third is developed in this paper. Using a Monte Carlo strategy, these three estimation methods are compared with four "classical" lower bounds to reliability. (Author/JAZ)

Compares test scores and class offerings in Connecticut's small schools with larger, noncity counterparts. "Small" high schools had fewer than 150 students per grade. Finds no differences between large and small school districts' achievement scores. Large high schools offered more advanced courses than small or medium schools.…

Critics have occasionally asserted that the number of factors in the 16PF tests is too large. This study discusses factor-analytic methodology and reviews more than 50 studies in the field. It concludes that the number of important primaries encapsulated in the series is no fewer than the stated number. (Author/JAZ)

Three frequently used response formats are compared via analysis of covariance structures. The cumulative results based on four data sets provided evidence inconsistent with previous research suggesting that these formats are interchangeable. The semantic-differential format is most preferred while in most cases the Stapel format is least…