This supplement contains documentation on all the derived variables contained in the TIMSS 2011 data files that are based on background questionnaire variables. These variables were used to report background data in the TIMSS 2011 International Results in Mathematics and TIMSS 2011 International Results in Science reports, and are made available…

A general guide to organizing and conducting reliable and useful community surveys is reported. Organization for the survey involves identifying and contacting relevant community groups, and meeting with organizational representatives. Constructing a questionnaire involves careful wording and ordering of questions, and determining if questions…

Identifies the reasons district populations need to be considered, suggests what to ask whom, and tells what to do before and after the survey. (Author/JN)

School officials often face a credibility problem, and public surveys or community polls are important to school districts. Gives several reasons why they are helpful and seven steps to successful polling. (Author/JN)

This package has been developed as a resource guide and training aid to assist school administrators who want to improve school-community relations, to involve people meaningfully in decision-making, and to create learning experiences of quality in the community's lifelong educational process. The guidebook lists steps for identifying formal and…

This study was conducted to develop a set of guidelines for making community occupational surveys and to examine the extent to which recent surveys conformed to these guidelines. A total of 42 guidelines were developed from literature pertaining to purposes, objectives, procedures, and techniques for planning, conducting, and reporting surveys. Of…

If a survey questionnaire is designed and worded effectively, volunteers can be used to conduct it. Apple Valley-Rosemount (Minnesota) found that volunteers need not be trained in interviewing techniques, and that the school board and administration can reap a wealth of high quality data and benefits not normally available with conventional, more…

THIS REPORT COVERS THE FIRST TWO PHASES OF A PROPOSED SIX-PHASE PLAN. A COMMITTEE OF ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH HIGH SCHOOL, A VOCATIONAL COUNSELOR, AND THE DISTRICT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION CONSULTANT DEVELOPED GUIDELINES FOR THE MASTER PLAN BASED ON OPINIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF AN 18-MEMBER COUNCIL OF HIGH SCHOOL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.…

The booklet serves as a step-by-step guide to assist career education teachers and administrators in setting up a program of utilizing the resources in the community. It provides specific procedures, forms, and suggestions to help the school in surveying the community. Nine steps involved in surveying the community are discussed in detail: (1)…

A public opinion poll should not only tell the board and administrators what the public thinks but should also indicate what that thinking means. Explains how a school district public opinion poll of real use to the board and administration can be designed to identify public opinion, public knowledge, and public vision; and be conducted with…

Guidelines are provided for designing and conducting a telephone opinion poll of the community. Issues discussed in the first part of this guide include determining the proper sample size, drawing a representative sample of the general adult population or of voters, selecting phone numbers, making call-backs, obtaining the proper male-female…

Rationale and suggestions are given for conducting a cooperative TV/radio station market-wide community leaders survey. Guidelines for managing and organizing cooperative leader interviews deal with such considerations as (1) creating an organization, (2) developing work forms, (3) identifying community leaders, (4) reports to stockholders, (5)…

LOCAL SPONSORS MUST PREPARE A PLAN FOR A PROPOSED COMMUNITY COLLEGE, INCLUDING SIX MAJOR TOPICS--(1) HISTORY OF ORGANIZATION AND SPONSORSHIP, (2) DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED SERVICE AREA, (3) RESULTS OF A COMMUNITY SURVEY, (4) PHILOSOPHY, OBJECTIVES, AND ORGANIZATION OF THE PROPOSED COLLEGE, (5) LEGAL AND FINANCIAL MATTERS, AND (6) SUPPORTING…

This book is intended to aid school officials in conducting effective community surveys for the purpose of improving citizen involvement and influence in educational decision-making. Although the book is of considerable value when used alone, it is designed for use as part of a set of related publications collectively entitled, "Factual Politics."…

The purpose of this guidebook is to help persons interested in establishing a family day care program in their homes set up a quality learning environment that enhances children's cognitive development through play. Following a literature review showing the importance of play in Piaget's theory of child development, the author describes a…