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Education Week, 2009
Quality Counts 2009 is the 13th edition of "Education Week's" series of annual report cards tracking state education policies and outcomes. Drawing heavily on data from the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center's annual state policy survey, the report once again offers a comprehensive state-by-state analysis of key indicators…
Descriptors: Report Cards, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Educational Policy
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Smith, Everett V., Jr.; Karabatsos, George – Popular Measurement, 1998
The first article, by Everett V. Smith, Jr., in this section discusses screening college students for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder using the Adult Behavior Checklist (B. Johnson and S. Lyonfields, 1995). The second article, by George Karabatsos, describes the Rasch analysis and graphical depiction of measures of criminals' attitudes.…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Attitude Measures, Behavior Patterns, College Students
Doll, Beth, Ed.; Pfohl, William, Ed.; Yoon, Jina S., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
The "Handbook of Youth Prevention Science" describes current research and practice in mental health preventive interventions for youth. Traditional prevention research focused on preventing specific disorders, e.g. substance abuse, conduct disorders, or criminality. This produced "silos" of isolated knowledge about the…
Descriptors: Prevention, Health Promotion, Mental Health, Intervention
Grimes, Jeff, Ed.; Thomas, Alex, Ed. – 1985
This document contains articles addressing a variety of psychological and behavioral problems of adolescents and children and is intended as a resource tool for school psychologists. Articles include background information, approaches regarding assessment of the behavior of concern, intervention possibilities, monitoring methods, and references.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Children, Decision Making
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Ungar, Manya; And Others – PTA Today, 1989
Fourteen brief articles provide information about health threats to children, covering alcohol and drug abuse, nutrition, arthritis, Lyme Disease, Reye's Syndrome, school bus safety, inner ear disorders, dental health, and toy safety. (CB)
Descriptors: Children, Dental Health, Diseases, Drug Abuse