This paper is an examination, both theoretical and empirical, of three measures of desegregation (the dissimilarity index, the segregation index and the information theory index) with the empirical focus on school desegregation. (Author)

Instrument, measuring 7th grade student knowledge of the world of work, was developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for consideration as part of the state assessment project. (Authors/MB)

A discussion of increasing productivity in post secondary education involves the improvement of the assessment of educational outcome with respect to range of attributes measured and reliability and validity, and the improvement of the quality and number of measures used to assess educational outcome. (Author/AM)

Paper read at the Groves Conference on the Family, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968.

Issues related to a national assessment of speaking and listening skills include the specification of the domain of communication competencies, the selection of measurement strategies, and the elimination of racial and ethnic bias. A project committee proposed that the domain of national assessment spans three dimensions: function (informing,…

AN INVESTIGATION DIRECTED TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEVERAL SCALES TO MEASURE THE PRESCRIPTION OR "OUGHT TO" VALUES JUDGED TO BE IMPORTANT IN THE INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS OF ADOLESCENT BOYS AND GIRLS WAS PRESENTED. THE PRIMARY EMPHASIS WAS ON MEASUREMENT. LITTLE ATTENTION WAS GIVEN BY PSYCHOLOGISTS TO THE AREA OF VALUES. IT IS HOPED…

THE STUDY COMPARED THE ATTITUDES OF AUDIOVISUAL PERSONNEL WITH THE ATTITUDES OF INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL TOWARD THE NEWER EDUCATIONAL MEDIA. THE HYPOTHESIS OF NO DIFFERENCE WAS REJECTED AT THE ONE PERCENT LEVEL. THE INVESTIGATOR SUGGESTS THE NEED FOR PROCEDURES TO BRING ABOUT MODIFICATION OF ATTITUDE TOWARD THE NEWER EDUCATIONAL MEDIA.

The basic aim of this dissertation was to analyze the level of commitment to the concept of bilingual education exhibited by Southern California school districts currently participating in bilingual education as measured by a proposed index of requirements considered to be critical in the planning and implementation of bilingual instruction. A…

In examining the role of values in the curriculum, the author raises four problems: (1) Can one justify trying to change student values at all? (2) Can one justify one particular set of values? (3) Can one demonstrate the occurrence of change in student values due to the educational factor? and (4) Can one measure student values? The goal, in…

Paper compares a set of multi-item personality scales with a set of comparable example-anchored scales. (Authors/MB)

This paper provides a general description of the Consumer Price Index, giving special attention to the applicability and reliability of this survey data for revising or refining the current poverty measure. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is a statistical measure of the average change in prices…

This report of a study conducted by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) reviews, interprets, and disseminates findings of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments in citizenship and social studies. The study represents an investigation funded by the Education Commission of the States and coordinated by a…

This report represents part of an investigation coordinated by a special Steering Committee working under the auspices of the National Council for the Social Studies. The purpose of Task 2 was to review independently the National Assessment of Educational Progress Social Studies and Citizenship exercises as to the extent to which confidence could…