This report compares plaintiff and nonplaintiff school districts in "Council for Better Education v. Wilkinson" and "Rose v. Council for Better Education" as regards the equity and adequacy outcomes resulting from rulings of the Kentucky Supreme Court and subsequent implementation of the Kentucky Reform Act (KERA) of 1990.…

In this study, two statistical approaches for adjusting grades were tested on data obtained from four law schools, with samples of 157, 188, 206, and 191. These approaches were previously validated using data on undergraduates but have not been used in a study of postgraduate performance. Neither method yielded consistent improvements in the…

As a dimension of a total school reform initiative, the Delcroft School faculty, committed to a more integrative literacy curriculum, implemented a proposed framework to align teaching/learning/assessment. The staff was already committed to implementing the integrative curriculum framework of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, and the new…

Examining both qualitative and quantitative approaches, this introductory text addresses media and communication research methods. Written for beginning research students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, the book is clear, concise, and accompanied by many detailed examples. Attention-grabbing dialogue begins each chapter and gives…

This report is based on the set of Management Information System (MIS) Summaries of Student Characteristics reported by Mendocino College from fall 1992 to fall 1998. Basic student characteristics data are annually reported by each district to the California Community Colleges in the format established by the statewide MIS. An overall review of…

This report is based on a study in which a regression model was constructed to increase accuracy in enrollment predictions. A model, known as the Modified Regression Technique (MRT), was used to examine K-12 enrollment over the past 20 years in 2 New Jersey school districts of similar size and ethnicity. To test the model's accuracy, MRT was…

This study investigated how students over the age of 30--nontraditional students--performed in the university setting compared to traditional students (under age 30). Overall classroom performance was evaluated by teacher-made assessments for the two groups of students, who were enrolled in an undergraduate technical writing course during the…

A methodology for estimating descriptive statistics, specifically the mean and the variance, from a sample that is not normally drawn is described. The method involves breaking the sample down into subgroups and weighting the descriptive statistics associated with each subgroup by the proportion of the population that the subgroup represents. This…

This study focused on the use of journal writing and worksheets in the area of social studies within a suburban elementary school. The study was designed to determine if there was a difference in children's social studies test scores when they completed journal activities or when they completed worksheets. Subjects were 36 Tennessee fifth-grade…

The concept is simple and attractive: Evaluate teachers on the basis of how much academic growth their students experience over the course of the school year. Often referred to as "value-added," this concept and the statistical methods for implementing it have been a topic of debate in state legislatures and at state and national…

This bulletin presents tables in summarized form of the statistics of public and of private kindergartens in the various States. The detailed statistics, which are summarized in Tables 3 and 4 are given for individual cities and towns in the report on statistics of city school systems for 1919-20. This summarized report is prepared for the use of…

The discouraged worker effect hypothesizes that the experience of unsuccessful job search increases the propensity to withdraw from the labor force both immediately and in subsequent years. The statistical analyses done here suggest that the cost of unemployment does persist over time. (Author/DS)

The Situational Attitude Scale for Women was designed to measure male attitudes toward women in nontraditional sex roles. In this study preliminary data has been gathered and analyzed. (Author/NJ)

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of academic probation on the scholastic performance of marginal freshmen students at Georgia Southern College. (Author)

The relationship between retrolental fibroplasia (RLF), caused by high oxygen levels during incubation, and severe affect disturbances (often simulating autism) was investigated through the collection and analysis of data concerning 263 Ss born between 1939 and 1959 and blinded by RLF. (Author)