Argues that the mood of today's racial climate, the ideological demands of many minority social scientists, and the governmental research and funding policies all come together and suggest a racial change in the search for knowledge, and in the methodology and values of social science research. (Author/JM)

The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), less than one year old, represents a promising start and demonstrates that Federal, State, and local governments can work together to help people with serious employment problems compete more effectively for jobs. (Author/MW)

The focus for most consumers of federal education program services is the end product. Of concern to these consumers--students, teachers, and principals--are the quality of the service, the timeliness of the service delivery, and the relevance of the services to the particular need. To ensure that federal education programs can be effective for…

This report on progress in compensatory education reviews reports from various national assessment agencies. It attempts to ascertain the improvements made in compensatory education and identify areas where improvement is still needed. Specific issues discussed in the report include Federal, State and local administration, program effectiveness,…

The report summarizes the evaluation made of six special occupational education programs (five for the deaf and one for the blind) funded under Vocational Education Amendments of 1968, Part B, Section 4(B) of P.L. 90-576. Section I provides an overview of the observational techniques used to conduct the evaluation. The overview identifies what was…

Substantial differences exist between the incomes of white and black Americans. These differences in income are a major aspect of inequality between blacks and whites. Improvements and declines in black income relative to white income have roughly paralleled expansions and contractions in the business cycle. Income differences are related to a…

Policy implications stemming from empirical analyses that evaluate national federal compensatory programs are clouded because negative findings could be due to either the nature of the educational process or the inadequacy of the data collection and analysis technique. This paper constructs a framework within which the separate effects of each are…

This study reports the results of several needs assessment procedures used with teachers and principals from a random sample of 224 schools involved in the Minnesota Research and Evaluation Project during the 1971-1975 period. Data were gathered using questionnaires, goal ranking procedures, and a Curriculum Attitude Survey. Principals and…

This report examines the relationship between federal programs and policies and urban economic development. It provides both a conceptual analysis of the relationships and a review of the theoretical and empirical literature relevant to assessing policy effects. It is one of several in a broad study that examined federal actions in relation to…

Participants in the 1955 National Science Foundation Summer Institutes for high school and college science teachers were given questionnaires during the first and last weeks of their institute to determine their background and opinion of what they expected from the institute and degree of satisfaction. A total of 364 before and after pairs of…

This report presents the responses of 1100 participants in the National Science Foundation Summer Institutes of 1956 for science teachers. The 17 part questionnaire sought information on the participants' background, opinion of the institute, and how they learned about the institute. The data are presented in tables and organized according to…

This is one of four papers prepared by the Legal Standards Project. It is concerned with whether the legal requirements for state administration of Title I are set forth with adequate clarity and sufficiency and whether the legal framework adequately interrelates different functions state educational agencies must perform in the process of…

Noting that one of the major ways in which social science can be utilized by society, it is stated, is through the application of experimental method to analysis of social problems, this article explores the organizational and institutional conditions under which social experimentation might be most effectively utilized for the benefit of society.…

This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, reviews the status of minority group housing and the effects of federal programs upon it, advocating an approach which recognizes the intrinsic locational and real estate value of many black ghettos. (Author/JM)