This manual contains statistical information on the examinations administered by the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) to measure occupational competencies of experienced craftsmen in twenty-six trade specialties. (More detailed information on the program and on the scope of the examinations is provided in a separate…

This study is an initial attempt by the National Advisory Council on Adult Education to review the program and administration effectiveness of the Adult Education Act (program effectiveness in terms of the impact of the program on people's lives, using existing statistical data; administration effectiveness using five basic management functions…

A project was undertaken for the promotion of unit/credit systems for language learning by adults. Project aims were to: (1) show that anaylsis or identification of language needs ought to be an intergral part of the unit/credit language learning processes; (2) show that all parts of the system are interdependent, including analysis of resources…

Responses of 22,550 University of Maryland undergraduates to the University Student Census (USC) for the 1969-70 school year are summarized. Results indicated that 34 percent live in residence halls, 29 percent live at home, and 18 percent live in apartments. Students more often chose to attend the University because of its geographic location and…

This monograph derives from a conference sponsored by the Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences. The goals of the conference were (1) to establish channels of communication between health care evaluators from different disciplines and from different countries in the Americas, and (2) to promote an exchange of…

This study examined ways professionally ambitious female elementary school teachers responded to different opportunities, in multiunit and conventional schools, to become influential on the teaching faculty in matters of instruction. Teachers in 27 schools received questionnaires and interviews every six months for two and one-half years. The…

This document reviews moral education literature, presents results of a questionnaire on moral education for Seventh-day Adventist elementary school teachers, and provides an inservice workshop package in moral education. Fifty-two teachers in Seventh-day Adventist schools in Montana and Idaho answered the questionnaire and participated in the…

The Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery is a wide-range comprehensive set of individually administered tests, with norms provided from the preschool to the geriatric level. Part one contains twelve subtests of academic ability and aptitude. Part two contains ten subtests measuring academic achievement. The final section measures scholastic…

This volume contains two reports whose aim is the improvement of the resource allocation system for public schools in Washington, D.C. The first report is a description of issues to be considered and decisions required for developing a resource allocation plan for equalization of aid. Information dealing with the history of school finance reform,…

The purposes of this research activity included: (1) evaluation of the model for testing a public information program designed to increase awareness of high school students for career planning; and (2) assessment of the effectiveness of the St. Louis Regional Industrial Development Corporation's public information campaign. The campaign consisted…

The current state of knowledge regarding employment services programs for prison releasees was assessed. Three major data collection activities were undertaken: a review of existing literature and work in progress; a mail/telephone survey of more than 250 employment services programs; and site visits to fifteen programs. Major findings included…

The results of two surveys of students who took the California High School Proficiency Examination are presented, with emphasis on the similarities and differences between passing students and failing students. Major concerns included: the students' reasons for taking the test, sources of information for the students about the test, what changes…

A follow-up study of former architectural technology (ATE) students at Harper College was conducted to evaluate the program and to provide planning data. Students who had enrolled in three or more ATE courses between 1974 and spring 1977 provided a target population of 190 students to whom the survey instrument was mailed. After non-respondents…

Data supplied by four-year Illinois colleges to which Harper College students transferred were used to evaluate the progress of Harper students and compare their progress with that of transfer students from other colleges and of native students. In a 1973 study of transfer students, Harper transfers accumulated a 2.86 grade point average (GPA)…

This inventory of the resources and needs of the nation's public libraries, academic libraries, and public school library media centers presents an impoverished picture: these libraries are grossly underfunded. As a result they lack the staff, materials, space, and hours of service to meet citizens' needs. To bring the libraries up to minimum…