The Success By 6® (SB6) initiative is designed to support early care and education centers in improving and sustaining quality in Pennsylvania's Keystone STARS Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). The SB6 evaluation report examines implementation and outcomes. The findings have implications for SB6 continous quality improvement process…

This manual provides guidance and documentation for users of the longitudinal kindergarten-fourth grade (K-4) data file of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011). It mainly provides information specific to the fourth-grade round of data collection. The first chapter provides an overview of the…

The High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) is the fifth in a series of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) secondary longitudinal studies. The core research questions for HSLS:09 explore secondary to postsecondary transition plans and the evolution of those plans; the paths into and out of science, technology, engineering,…

Investigates (1) what types of measures, if any, of the sophomore interviewing performance are capable of predicting performance in the senior year?; (2) what is the direction and extent of change in the medical students' interviewing skills between sophomore and senior years? (Author/RK)

An experiment was conducted to investigate the influence of preceding interviewees' performance on the assessment of a third candidate's interview. Mock interviews of candidates applying for medical school were recorded on video-tape, and were rated by 60 subjects. (Editor)

This report documents a methodological study conducted for the National Science Foundation to investigate the effects of different media environments on relationships between local television news viewing and local knowledge. The study serves two purposes: it establishes tne reliability of data collected in an investigation by Rand of the effects…

This research attempts to use the interview technique to ascertain the personal experiences of athletes and to achieve a general characterization of at least one subjective aspect in sport, those experiences involved in an athlete's "greatest moment" while participating in sport. (Author/RK)

Examines, by use of Webb's automated telephone interview (SI), the relationship between the degree of interview matching of interviewer DOU (mean pause duration) and RTL (mean response latency) and therapist empathy, warmth and genuineness as rated by the interviewee. (Author/RK)

The relationships between class of degree in psychology from one department and (a) interview ratings, (b) two adult intelligence tests, and (c) advanced-level examinations were examined in a sample of 145 students from four-year groups. (Editor)

Several explanations have been offered in recent research for schizophrenic symptomatology within an interpersonal situation. This study attempts to separate two possible antecedent conditions, contextual emotionality and demand for self-disclosure, in order to clarify the immediate antecedents of symptomatic expression. (Editor/RK)

Group of 20 scholars attributed 29.3 percent of 437 references they had cited to one of seven motives, while describing motives for majority (70.7 percent) of references as combinations. Clustering of citer motives showed three groupings: (1) persuasiveness, positive credit, currency, social consensus; (2) negative credit; (3) reader alert,…

Examines a number of aspects of job satisfaction among women in their thirties and forties over the 1967-1972 period using data from the National Longitudinal Surveys. (Editor)

Focuses on the relationship before and after pregnancy between a group of young mothers and the fathers of their children. Considers the problem of legitimizing the child and the provision of a so-called "normal" home with both parents versus the adequate preparation of the young mother for future life through completion of her…

Authors closely examines sociologist James S. Coleman's research and public statements on the relationship between school desegregation and white school enrollment. (Editor/RK)