This Digest summarizes what is known about the use of positive behavioral support (PBS) and functional analysis (FA) to change the behaviors of students with a variety of disabilities. The paper notes that both PBS and FA differ from traditional behavioral management in focusing on systems, settings, and lack of skill. The 1997 reauthorization of…

This paper examines the use of professional reading groups as a strategy to help college and university administrators stay informed and meet administrative challenges. It reports on a study of 26 institutions by the American Council on Education, which examined the process of large-scale institutional change. This study's findings support reading…

SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE) is one of the 10 federally funded regional educational laboratories. This annual publication captures and shares the experiences of SERVE school districts that have volunteered to share their efforts at assessment reform. This issue contains the following: (1) "We Never Get over the Fear of…

Analyzes the merits of research and development pracitce vs. experimental and innovative schools and curriculum. (RK)

Purpose of this two-part article is to point the way towards more sophisticated educational technologies with specific reference to educating the disadvantaged. (Author)

A study of the educational laboratories and university research and development centers has revealed several characteristics and tendencies which promise to speed up needed improvements in education and to create mechanisms for change. (MF)

Author warns how Canada's research and development effort is dangerously underdeveloped and suggests some essentials for an efficient and dynamic educational system to help today's educational crisis. (Author/MM)

Includes brief descriptions of laboratory products completed or under development. (RT)

In this address before the American Educational Research Association, the director of the National Institute of Education discusses the leadership role of that agency in educational improvement and emphasizes the importance of cooperation between research and practice communities, between administrators and policymakers, and among federal, state,…

The Centre for Applied Research in Education (CARE) is different from most educational research institutes because its work delves into the valuing processes of the individual teacher and because it attempts to search for alternative forms of inquiry and recording. CARE works mainly in curriculum evaluation and school innovation. (JN)

Discusses the role of regional educational research organizations, describes three regional organizations in terms of member states, research activities, and publications, and provides names and addresses for each as well as for another proposed regional education research center. (CHC)

Indications are that the time is right for an expansion of activity and cooperation between business and higher education in the area of research and development. However, with the federal government appearing unlikely to play more than a secondary role, the American Council on Education has taken an initiative and formed the Business-Higher…

Consulting by faculty members is seen as highly beneficial to the organization and the university, as well as to the consultant. Not only does consulting benefit faculty incomes, but it also aids in (1) technological currency, (2) technology transfer, and (3) research inspiration. (MLW)

Educational researchers are urged to consider the benefits of creating a center for the study of unanticipated and short-lived educational phenomena. (MM)

All-inclusive patent and licensing policies of research universities ignore the strengths of individual disciplines and varied needs of industrial sponsors. Some academic units are involved primarily in incremental improvement, while others generate breakthrough developments. Industry also pursues differential innovation patterns. Disciplines…