National Assessment of Educational Progress. Their reading skills aside, young Americans not only attach great importance to studying literature but are remarkbly avid readers. (Editor) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results (Interpretation).

The article summarizes a report on a study of the methods used, their effectiveness, information sources, and types and value of information gathered by National University Extension Association member institutions to determine educational needs. Eighty-five percent of the institutions responding to the questionnaire rely on their continuing…

A practical and organized approach to economic development of a local community is proposed. Suggested data bank components are included. (MS)

This study is a descriptive survey of the status of biology education from 1971-1972 for a select sample of public high schools in Mississippi. (Editor)

Application of a generalized data base management system enabled the new Physics-Mathematics-Astronomy Library to couple the immediate needs of moving and integrating two libraries with long-term capabilities. (Author)

Presents individual student testing profiles to provide meaningful graphic presentations of standardized test results. (Author/RK)

Second of two papers which report on survey of 600 articles related to marriage and the family, published in 12 journals between 1962-68. Deals primarily with 444 of the articles which were based on empirical data and focuses on approaches to the family as a researchable unit, current trends and problems and prospects in the area of family study.…

Adapted from presentation of Unit I of the MODS Seminar, the National pilot program of AACRAO, Fort Collins, Colorado, April 1967. (AD)

Article based on a speech delivered at the 9th Annual Conference on Research in Medical Education, October 30, 1970, Los Angeles. (IR)

This article defines four types of student evaluation: placement, formative, diagnostic, and summative, and indicates the multiplicity of evaluative roles and techniques applicable to evaluating students. We must conceive of evaluation as involving a much broader role than simply grading student achievement at the end of instruction. (Author)

A report on developing consulting skills for organization problem solving in a large organization. (Author)

A jointly supported forecasting service could make the benefits of prediction economically feasible for many institutions. (Editor)