This presentation was presented at the 2011 National Conference on Student Assessment (CCSSO). The focus of this presentation is how to validate the common core state standards (CCSS) in math and ELA and the subsequent assessments that will be developed by state consortia. The CCSS specify the skills students need to be ready for post-secondary…

This volume links the year's current news to encyclopedic and almanac-style information on science and technology. This second edition is completely updated, offering full news coverage for 1999, revised statistical tables, and updated facts and figures. The timeline has been expanded to include more problems and catastrophes associated with…

Discusses the history of personality-assessment tools. Describes the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and illustrates the process of co-production, how the right tool can become very wrong as networks dissipate and professional time goes by. (Author/CCM)

This issue includes two articles, a report on the 146th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, review of some books, a bibliography and a meeting calendar. (HM)

Reviews the difficulties and prospects of sharing science within the academy and the ripple effect that such activities may have on the larger social context of attitudes toward science. Points out that crossing into other disciplines for any purpose raises special communication problems. Advocates the change of curricula to ensure the scientific…

The Division of Science Resources Studies (SRS) of the National Science Foundation has a legislatively mandated responsibility for the collection, compilation, and analyses of information related to science and technology, inputs, outputs, and impact. This constitutes a broad charter requiring diverse activities. The products of these activities…

This publication contains descriptions of a wide spectrum of exemplary educational programs available as models for educators in South Carolina. Each description includes the following information: rationale for the program's implementation; target audiences; funding; students, parents, instructional, and administrative staff opinions concerning…

The National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Studies (SRS) has a legislatively mandated responsibility for the collection, compilation, and analyses of information related to science and technology, inputs, outputs, and impact. This constitutes a broad charter requiring diverse activities. The products of these activities are of…

The National Science Foundation's Divison of Science Resources Studies (SRS) has a legislatively mandated responsibility to collect, compile, and analyze information related to science and technology resources and impacts of those resources. The mandate consistitutes a broad charter requiring diverse activities. The products of these activities…

The National Science Foundation's Division of Science Resources Studies (SRS) has a legislatively mandated responsibility to collect, compile, and analyze information related to science and technology resources and the outputs and impacts of those resources. The mandate constitutes a broad charter requiring diverse activities. The products of…

Assumptions about the equal reliability of competing accounts of risk deserve to be examined empirically while the scope for interpretative flexibility when addressing risk issues is clearly extensive. Indicates that the U.K. evaluation was not only less precautionary than its U.S. equivalent but was also less well-constructed and therefore less…

Salaries paid to beginning and experienced scientists, engineers, and technicians employed by industry, academic institutions, and all levels of government are detailed in this report. Both published and previously unpublished salary data from 57 surveys are included to provide a comprehensive picture of current salaries by sex, age, degree level,…

This report describes the PASCAL database, a machine readable version of the French abstract journal Bulletin Signaletique, which allows use of the file for (1) batch and online retrieval of information, (2) selective dissemination of information, and (3) publishing of the 50 sections of Bulletin Signaletique. The system, which covers nine…

The intent of this book is to give the reader an insight into the possible reference sources available in the area known as science and technology. One purpose of this book is to allow the student of this literature to enter the maze of material without feeling unduly overwhelmed. The first chapter covers the history of science, specifically:…

This pocket guide presents data concerning: (1) National Research and Development (R&D) Funding Patterns; (2) Academic R&D; (3) R&D in U.S. industry; (4) Education of Scientists and Engineers; (5) Working Scientists and Engineers; (6) Public Attitudes toward Science and Technology (S&T); and (7) International S&T Trends. (YDS)