The research presented in this article is a systematic review of the literature on the assessment of mathematical modeling in the setting of mathematics education published in the previous five years. This research has compiled the current best information from around the world to offer an overview of the assessment of mathematical modeling for…

Distributed Leadership is a conceptual and analytical approach to understanding leadership that is focused on interactions between leaders and those they lead with the goal of driving instructional improvement and improving student outcomes by developing high-quality teaching and an educational culture that enables all students to thrive. This…

The present work attracted our attention motivated by the need of seeking ways of helping people learning EFL, with certain "disabilities" than undertaking a research project by itself. The needs for implementing those special program in our country is out of the question, since to the extent that our society and country has been…

With the Program for International Student Assessment and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study surveys, competency assessment became an important policy instrument in the school sector; only recently has international competency measurement gained attention in higher education with the Assessment of Higher Education Learning…

ACT's annual Condition of STEM reports provide essential national data on student interest and achievement in STEM subjects. The latest report--"STEM Education in the U.S.: Where We Are and What We Can Do"--takes the data one step further by pairing the latest findings with promising practices aimed at improving STEM achievement and…

Examines the state of centralized technical services in rural libraries, including cooperative processing services, technical services at the local level, and future possibilities. (FM)

A review of the state of information industries in the United States is presented which discusses the industries themselves, the structure of information industries markets, the problems of privacy and access to information, and public control over media content. The article also reviews briefly some of the other key questions in the field of…

The present state of multinational corporations (MNC) in North America and Europe is described and commented upon in this study. Specifically, it reviews serious research and policy thinking by private and official bodies in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and on the continent of Europe. It concentrates on the major issues arising…

Chairman of the U.S. Senate subcommittee on education discusses three trends-growth, modernization, and a continued interaction with other disciplines-unfolding in vocational education. (HD)

While the status of women has improved, women have not yet been elevated to a position of equality with men. (Author/AM)

Considers the numbers, qualifications, and changing characteristics of the almost 200,000 students who have completed a year of successful study at a U.S. library school during the last century. Highlights include the beginnings (1887-1900), expansion (1900-1921), reforms (1921-1950), diversification (1950s-1980s), and annual and cumulative…

Two years of work by the 95th Congress (1977-78) are examined with regard to programs and issues which have implications for lifelong learning as a national policy. (Lifelong learning is defined as that policy or combination of policies which contribute to and/or encourage learning by persons throughout their lives in a variety of formal and…

This report focuses on the current status of environmental education in the U.S. and a number of selected countries around the world. The scope and primary concerns of environmental education are defined, and the stimulus created by the United Nations Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment is discussed. On the international scene…

Five separate articles summarize library education at the graduate, undergraduate, and technical assistant levels in the United States and library education in Canada and other parts of North America. Statistical tables are included within the explanatory essays. Over 30 pages of statistical tables give information on specific institutions. The…