This report describes elementary and secondary private school tuition patterns in the United States for the 1985-86 academic year. The data cover tuitions of religiously affiliated and nonsectarian schools, as well as tuition charged at elementary and secondary grade levels. The patterns are based on data collected from a national probability…

Revised forecasts of fall headcount enrollments to 1995 for Texas higher education institutions are presented, based on 1980 census data. The revised forecasts are based on a combination of historical college attendance patterns by county and projected population for each county of the state. It is projected that enrollment in Texas institutions…

Following the Migrant Student Record Transfer System skills list, this checklist, designed for non-English speaking students, is a system for rapidly evaluating a student's skill level and for keeping track of the student's mastery of suggested objectives at the fifth and sixth grade levels. Objectives to be mastered with 100% accuracy include:…

Various aspects of public education in Portland, Oregon, since 1950, are reviewed in this document. Past enrollment trends, the current decline in enrollment, and the demographic distribution of that decline are described. Possibilities for future enrollment are examined based upon assumptions about future fertility and migration trends. In…

The purposes of this study were (1) to identify the concerns about teaching expressed in their early years of teaching by graduates of the early childhood education (ECE) program at Concordia Teachers College (CTC), a church-related teacher education institution, and (2) to determine the relationship between teaching concerns and the variables of…

One of a series of pre-apprenticeship phase 1 training modules dealing with math skills, this self-paced student module covers the multiplication and division of common fractions and whole and mixed numbers. Included in the module are the following: cover sheet listing module title, goals, and performance indicators; introduction; study…

One of a series of pre-apprenticeship phase 1 training modules dealing with math skills, this self-paced student module covers compound numbers. Included in the module are the following: cover sheet listing module title, goals, and performance indicators; introduction; study guide/check list with directions for module completion; information…

This is a needs assessment of educationally disadvantaged students in Seattle, Washington for 1976-77. The report includes data on the following: (1) the distribution of low achievers by grade, sex, ethnic group, and school administrative area; (2) the distribution of achievement test scores of low achievers by subject, grade, and administrative…

THESE ABSTRACTS OF CONFERENCE PAPERS INDICATE FORCES AND ASPECTS OF URBANIZATION. ANYTHING CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG SOCIAL TIES IS HEALTHY AND ANYTHING DESTROYING VIABLE NEIGHBORHOODS IS UNHEALTHY. SINCE MINIMUM SIZE OF MARKET AND SUPPLY AREAS ARE PRECONDITIONS FOR SUSTAINED URBAN GROWTH, NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES WOULD INCREASE…

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED 4,776 HIGH SCHOOLS WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF 2,318,449 STUDENTS, 98,805 CLASSROOM TEACHERS, AND 4,658 PRINCIPALS IN 11 SOUTHERN STATES TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SECONDARY PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE REGION. THE INVESTIGATION WAS LIMITED TO OBJECTIVE AND QUANTIFIED DATA ON RECORD IN THE 11 STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION…

A STUDY WAS MADE OF STUDENTS WHO DISCONTINUED ATTENDANCE IN THE ADULT BASIC EDUCATION COURSES PROVIDED BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE BRONX, MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN, AND QUEENS. DATA WERE GATHERED BY INTERVIEW OR SCHOOL FILES ON 306 PERSONS--167 NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING, PRIMARILY PUERTO RICANS, AND 139 NATIVE BORN, LARGELY NEGRO. MOST OF THE DROPOUTS WERE…

This comprehensive survey of public school education in the Philippines is the result of a team project of distinguished American and Filipino educators. Major sections examine: (1) elementary education, (2) vocational education, (3) teacher personnel and teacher education, and (4) financing the public schools. Other sections on the importance of…

An increase in the number of bilingual schools has lead to a greater need for properly qualified and adequately trained teachers of school children of Hispanic heritage from non-English speaking homes. Characteristics of a good bilingual program are explored in this paper with occasional reference to writings of Andersson and Boyer, Fishman, and…

This is the fifth of five volumes comprising a directory of public and nonpublic elementary and secondary day schools in the United States and outlying areas for 1968-69. Volumes I-IV list (by geographical region) the public schools. This volume lists the nonpublic schools (alphabetically by State), including parochial schools, privately operated…

This is the third of five volumes comprising a directory of public and nonpublic elementary and secondary day schools in the United States and outlying areas for 1968-69. This volume provides names and addresses of public schools in the Southeast Region. Institutional information includes grade span; number of pupils in prekindergarten and…