Examines the failure of secondary schools as reflected in the poor public opinion of school performance and the decline in students' test scores. Suggests that a more careful analysis be made of how students spend their time, with the objective of increasing the number of hours spent on learning tasks. (JP)

Reviews data indicating that overall reading achievement in the primary grades is as good or better than ever before, and points to inaccuracies in critics' claims to the contrary. (MKM)

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) gathers information about national levels of education achievement that helps explain and interpret other research, policy efforts, and the phenomena of unanticipated changes in American education. (Author) Primary type of information provided by report: Program Description (Program Goals)…

Focuses on the historical and sociolinguistic studies that illuminate corpus planning processes. These processes are broken down and discussed under two categories: those related to the establishment of norms, referred to as codification, and those related to the extension of the linguistic functions of language, referred to as elaboration. (60…

Examines history of Title I--Better Schooling for Educationally Deprived Children--program since its inception in 1965. Notes difficulties encountered by Title I in developing accountability models. Relates history to testing companies' reactions to federal policy. Discusses the history of assessment programs, what types of tests are used, and the…

This manual was written to encourage and aid Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and their affiliates to respond to the official English movement that is currently raging in the United States. It includes a copy of the 1987 "TESOL Resolution on Language Rights." Specific articles include: (1) "A Brief History…

Presents rationale for eliminating use of normal distributions when interpreting measures of intellectual ability. (DW)

Discusses the effects of the French government's ministerial act of January 12, 1973 concerning the enrichment of French vocabulary in the national and regional press. (Text is in French.) (PMP)

A mailed survey was conducted of the drinking practices of students at the University of Minnesota. Responses were received from 402 of the 496 individuals in a random sample of students at the Twin Cities campus. Key findings include: (1) the majority of students, 56 percent of the men and 61 percent of the women, were classed as moderate…

This is a collection of estimates, by county, of the unutilized labor due to underemployment in 1960. This technique of determining unemployment uses the national median income adjusted for each country's age-color mix, education status, and an employment factor, to provide a county standard against which the actual county median income can be…

A total of 22 tables are presented exhibiting standard scores with corresponding percentile norms for Idaho schools participating in the Iowa Tests of Educational Development. (CK)

This study aims to measure the relative prominence of six scale values: Theoretical, Economic, Aesthetic, Social, Political, and Religious. The basic objective is a comparison between the local high school scores and the general norms of a national high school sample across the six values. (Author)

Presenting statistical data, this article indicates that the population of Appalachia has grown nearly as fast as that of the nation between 1970 and 1976, while Appalachian per capita money income has continued to approach that of the national level. (JC)

Examines the implications of using the national median score for selecting children for Title I participation. (Author/AM)

This feature lists approved additions and revisions to the academy dictionaries of Spanish as of October and November of 1973. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)