This study examined the effects of Minnesota's mandatory human relations training program on the attitudes of teachers. An anonymous and complex questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of Minnesota's educators. Social and racial attitudes of teachers who had been trained under the mandatory program were compared with those of untrained…

The power of the classical Linear Discriminant Function (LDF) is compared, using Monte Carlo techniques with five other procedures for classifying observations from certain non-normal distributions. The alternative procedures considered are the Quadratic Discriminant Function, a Nearest Neighbor Procedure with Probability Blocks, and three density…

A standardized achievement testing program was begun in Alum Rock, California in the fall of 1972 as part of an evaluation of an Educational Voucher Demonstration. During each of the first three years of the demonstration both the form of test administration and the particular level of the standardized achievement test that a student is assigned…

Comprised of seven tables, this compilation of community attitude responses for the Western States Small Schools Project includes data derived from Arizona (8 communities); Colorado (16 communities); Nevada (4 communities); and Utah (2 communities). Data are presented in terms of the following categories: administration; general attitude; finance;…

The non-response bias analysis of data from a stratified nationwide probability sample of high school seniors produced evidence in support of the hypothesis that nonrespondents tend to be of lower "educational level" than respondents. A partial-response bias analysis of the same data indicated that there were similarities between the biases of…

Using two university classroom groups taught by the same instructor, this study investigated the relationship of seating choice to number of verbal classroom responses, cumulative grade point average (GPA), and grade in class for both rows and "action zones" to identify classroom areas. Class 1 (where students chose seats) showed a significant…

The seven Barber Scales of Self-Regard were developed to provide instruments for assessing the levels of development for individual children. It has been a consistent finding in three field tests of the Self-Regard Scales that age and scale points are related. However, it has also been a consistent finding that the range of scale points for any…

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…

In order to initiate appropriate programs for screening, early intervention, and meaningful psycho-educational programs, a children's community mental health center in Harlem, where over 95 percent of its clientele is black and/or Spanish speaking, requires, for all its referrals, an accurate assessment of intellectual strengths via an IQ battery.…

This report presents the final scope, methods, and results of the evaluation of proficiency measures in occupational therapy. The intended purpose of the investigation was to evaluate and analyze the reliability and validity of measurements that are predictive of competence and proficiency at entry levels in occupational therapy. Each level of the…

The goal of this study was to develop a means for better assessing the potential success of a regional interlibrary loan program. Descriptive information and qualitative data on funding, policies, and procedures were gathered for five regional interlibrary loan programs in New York State from three sources-- questionnaires sent to each member…

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between psychological traits and voting behavior. Investigated is the thesis that psychological traits are useful concepts for political scientists as predictors of consistency in behavior. Contending that previous trait theory research has been generally unimpressive, the author…

This report discusses the analysis of selected factors related to public school enrollment and describes the development of a model for projecting student enrollment using a systems analysis approach. Chapter 1 discusses the purpose of the study, the techniques employed in the study, and the organization of the report. Chapters 2 and 3 provide an…

A national survey inquired whether school districts and colleges were involved in construction projects. Institutions responding in the affirmative were asked for more detailed information on costs, facilities, and fuel usage. (Author/MLF)

The effects of imagery instructions on fifth-graders with differing abilities were examined through within-class analysis and analysis in which class effects were allowed to have influence. In the latter analysis there were significant Aptitude X Treatment interactions with subscores derived from paired-associate tasks. Interactions were…