Introduces William Sanders, a professor of statistics who has created a controversial method of evaluating teachers and schools. He takes students' test scores, enters them into a computer, and measures how students improve from year to year. He claims this system is more fair, realistic, and reasonable than other methods because it emphasizes…

Information concerning educational conditions in the southern Appalachian region is scattered, fragmentary, and often partisan to the assumption either that conditions are ideal or that they are inconceivably bad. The purpose of this study is to draw together the available facts in the case. Necessarily, this study is largely statistical. The…

This report presents data on the nature, volume, and extent of crime during 1993 on Tennessee college campuses and in housing of Tennessee colleges and universities. Introductory material explains offense categories and how crime and clearance rates were calculated for this report. Based on information submitted by the colleges, individual reports…

The 1965 status of secondary education in 11 southern states is analyzed in terms of school size, personnel, professional qualifications, and working conditions. Financial data relate per pupil expenditures in both rural and urban schools in each state. Information is provided concerning curriculum trends, innovations, and progressive school…