In order to investigate the role meetings play in the dissemination of information in the language sciences, a questionnaire was devised to be sent to the participants in selected professional meetings. The responses from the participants in each meeting were to be analyzed to obtain a composite picture of the viewpoints represented, and the…

This article describes activities to improve the access to cross-agency information systems, including identifying outcome goals and objectives, the populations of concern, needed sources of information, data collection methods, and data utilization. Benefits of establishing cross-agency agreements, common cross-agency definitions, and procedures…

Development of a basic information system for vocational education through Project EDNEED (Empirical Determination of Nationally Essential Educational Data) is summarized in this first volume of a five-volume final report. Objectives of the project were to (1) determine the extent to which selected data questions represent the vocational education…