This report describes proprietary schools, the profit-oriented, privately-owned institutions that train students for job entry. Emphasis is placed on the past and future images of proprietary schools; the number and types of proprietary schools; distinctive operating features; instruction and faculty; students in an out of proprietary schools; the…

This bibliography is compiled for persons who wish to understand organizational change as it occurs in the schools or who wish to enable it to happen more surely. Most of the entries deal with processes, structures, or events in the schools or their environments. Writings about other organizations are included only when they translate easily to…

This bibliography provides a recommended list of research and theoretical literature in the field of secondary education. It organizes the literature into three main categories: (1) references of general interest; (2) reform strategies designed to promote academic achievement; and (3) literature relevant to the specific research projects conducted…

This collection of training materials has been compiled and organized as a resource for providing support to regional dissemination and school improvement projects and activities. The materials comprise a broad spectrum of resources applicable to the training needs of personnel in intermediate and local education agencies, state departments of…

Prepared for a meeting of the Northwest Regional Exchange (NWRx) Advisory Board and its staff and consultants, this document first reviews nine reports' findings on nine hypotheses concerning the institutionalization of educational change or innovation, especially as institutionalization relates to the dissemination functions of state…

Providing an extensive list of print resources on middle schools, this bibliography includes such topics as career education, curriculum, discipline, guidance, independent study, organization, student characteristics, and teacher qualifications and preparation. In addition, specific subject areas including language arts, science, and mathematics…

This annotated bibliography is the eighth in the Doctoral Research Series. It encompasses doctoral research on "Dropouts" reported in "Dissertation Abstracts International" from 1965 through June 1973. The citations are arranged in the following categories: Dropout Prediction; Dropout Prevention (Work Study Programs, Other Vocational Programs,…

Privatization calls for substantially trimming the scope and breadth of government services, replacing them with private or other nongovernmental operators. The attraction of privatization is reduced costs and increased management flexibility. To date, the arrangement has received substantial support from students and parents in situations that…

This report is one in a series of publications issued on school-based management and improvement (SBI). The publication is intended to present the best and most interesting of the research involving school based approaches to educational reform, including research on effective schools. It begins with an introductory article on SBI and its link to…

Student absenteeism is a major concern for elementary and secondary school educators. This paper annotates 59 articles and reports dealing with the causes of, effects of, and solutions to student absenteeism. A brief glossary first defines l4 terms used in the literature. The author then surveys l4 publications on the causes of absenteeism,…

This paper summarizes studies conducted to predict various educational outputs or other measures of quality from measures of student and community input and educational processes, groups the studies by the type of output measure used, and searches for trends in the results. The data are arranged in five columns in an extensive chart. The first…

This booklet offers a summary of research literature on educational productivity, as well as interpretive comments by the author on the implications of such research for restructuring educational programs at the elementary and secondary levels. The booklet is organized in three sections. Part 1 describes the principal methods and techniques used…

The 11 items in this annotated bibliography on school-based management provide information on the pros and cons of the decentralization of budgeting, the administrative role, site management, and decision-making. Also discussed are the autonomy of schools, principals as educators with managerial skills, and education vouchers. The publications…

The bibliography on community schools contains 169 entries arranged alphabetically by author or source according to type of publication: books and special reports (90 entries), journal articles and conference proceedings (52 entries), dissertations and theses (24 entries), and annotated bibliographies (3 entries). Scattered entries were published…

Although a large number of studies on supervision have been redundant, some important empirical knowledge has been gained from research in this area. Gwaltney, Andburg, Blumberg, Weber and Amidon, and Marquit have studied the differing perceptions of supervisory behavior by teachers, supervisors, and administrators. Gross and Herriot and later…