Students with disabilities experience higher unemployment, attend postsecondary environments less often, and engage less in their communities after graduating from high school compared to their peers without disabilities (Newman, Wagner, Knokey, Marder, Nagle, Shaver, & Schwarting, 2011). In middle school, young adolescents with disabilities…

The Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) at the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL), an affiliate of American Institutes for Research (AIR), publishes a biannual update of college- and career-readiness state standards and assessment resources. It is designed to assist staff in state education agencies (SEAs) and other educators in…

To supplement the summer reading of National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) members, the NSTA Committee on Research in Science Education suggested a list of science education research articles that were published in the journals of NSTA's affiliates in 2012. These articles covered a variety of topics that include learning about…

Since its inception in 2002, the National Center for Education Research (NCER) in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has funded over 700 education research grants and over 60 education training grants. The research grants have supported exploratory research to build theory or generate hypotheses on factors that may affect educational…

Presents an annotated bibliography of 24 best books of fiction, available in English, published between October 2001 and September 2002 for middle school readers, based on recommendations from a committee of adults and middle schoolers in the San Francisco Bay area. Discusses selection criteria and trends noted in books chosen. (LRW)

The articles and papers reviewed in this Topical Bibliography and Commentary address the issues of policy statements guiding curriculum people as they select acceptable books for middle school students to read and, specifically, what books should be on acceptable lists. Because of varying perspectives from which the criteria and lists are…

Summarizes documents and journal articles from the ERIC database discussing topics related to parent-teacher conferences at the elementary and middle levels, including alternative activities such as student-led conferences. (Author)

Presents brief descriptions of 24 books that are likely to interest gifted readers in the middle grades. Notes that such literature can serve to bolster their overall development and also enhance appropriate self-advocacy for their talents. (SR)

Provides abstracts for nine ERIC documents and six journal articles from the ERIC database on the subject of making middle schools safe learning environments. (JPB)

Presents an annotated bibliography of best new fiction for ages 11 to 13, determined by a team of San Francisco Bay Area librarians, middle school teachers, and middle school students. Includes remarks from middle school readers in most annotations. Presents two additional lists of books championed by middle school readers despite adult skepticism…

This pamphlet lists authors and titles of a collection of 554 young adolescent books presented to 40 Indiana colleges and universities. Books in the collection listed in the pamphlet were chosen by librarians, consultants, and teachers from five Indiana middle schools. A chart listing contact persons and the location (curriculum center in…

Presents a review of the literature on social attitudes of school children. Includes studies on bullying, self-esteem, teacher respect of children, student achievement, and integration of caring across the curriculum. Contains seven reviews. (NB)

This bibliography represents a revision of a previously distributed similar publication printed in the summer of 1974. It includes many items that are a part of the files of the Middle School Resource Center. These documents are starred. Materials in the bibliography are listed under the following categories: (1) books and booklets on the middle…

This bibliography of junior high schools and middle schools contains a large general section on topics like planning guidelines and research. More specific sections list publications on students and curricula. (LD)

Annotates a sampling of documents and journal articles from the ERIC database on writing instruction at the middle level. (SD)