This study is intended as an aid to administrators who want to develop absenteeism policies that produce cost-efficient methods of staffing during teacher absences. Undertaken during the school year 1977-78, this project is the most comprehensive study of its kind in the state of Pennsylvania. Its first purpose--to explore the basic…

An update of an April 1977 survey, this one sought to define more precisely the extent of state education agency activities in the area of educational resource data bases. The survey was mailed to all U.S. states and territories; the response rate was 66 percent. Ninety-seven percent of the respondents, an increase of 29 percent over the 1977…

THREE MAJOR TRENDS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND HIGHER EDUCATION ENROLLMENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE--THE INCREASING TOTAL POPULATION, THE POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE, AND THE GEOGRAPHIC RELOCATION OF THE POPULATION. THE STATE'S POPULATION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE, BUT AT A DECREASING RATIO. THE 0-19-YEAR-OLD POPULATION…

IN SUSSEX, WISCONSIN, AN EXPERIMENT INVOLVING THREE GROUPS, ONE EXPERIMENTAL AND TWO CONTROL, WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE COORDINATE STUDY OF GERMAN AND WORLD HISTORY CAN BE EFFECTIVE IN THE MORE RAPID MASTERY OF GERMAN. THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP DEVOTED ONE HOUR TO THE EXPERIMENTAL WORLD HISTORY COURSE TAUGHT IN GERMAN AND…

FOUR ARTICLES ARE PRESENTED. THE FIRST, "A RENEWED EFFORT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF DROPOUT," BY MONICA BAYLEY, DISCUSSES PROGRAMS IN SEVERAL CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE FOUR IN NEW YORK ARE STEP, CO-OP PROGRAM, OPERATION RETURN, AND HIGHER HORIZONS. IMPROVEMENT OF THE SCHOOL PROGRAMS IS BEING UNDERTAKEN IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, CHICAGO,…

Data from a nationwide survey of mentally retarded people in state operated residential institutions are presented. Findings are listed for 22 aspects, including number of facilities, average daily residents, new admissions, readmissions during the year, deaths during the year, per diem cost, admissions ratios, termination ratios, net population…

This manual describes a system for the international collection of annual statistics on literacy programs. The main elements of the system that are discussed are the questionnaires to be administered and the instruction to be followed when collecting essential data on literacy programs at the international, national, and local or project levels.…

Described is the deaf student population (n=171) at California State University, Northridge for the Fall semester of 1976. Statistical data is presented for the following variables: age and sex, audiometric data, other handicapping conditions, age of onset, residence by place of birth and place of high school graduation, type of high school…

Reported are the trends in patterns of use of psychiatric facilities in the United States from 1946 to 1973 and the impact such changes have had on the composition of the institutional population. Sections cover the sources of data, changes in locus of delivery of mental health services, changes in composition of other institutional populations,…

INCLUDED IN THIS APPENDIX TO THE STUDY OF OHIO PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THE LIBRARY NEEDS OF OHIOANS ARE THE TWO QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO LIBRARIANS IN THE STATE. THE FIRST IS CONCERNED WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THE STATE LIBRARY AND THE SECOND IS DESIGNED TO OBTAIN FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL LIBRARY. RESULTS FROM…

A statistical report provides data from 1956 to 1966 on city-wide in-and-out-migration, the migration balance, and the total city-wide movement of the pupil population in New York City. Findings are presented in 24 tables. (NH)

This document presents statistical data on private schools in Florida providing education through the twelfth grade. The data include school names, grade enrollments, number of personnel, enrollment estimates, types of instructional programs, types of school organization, religious affiliations, and accreditation information. The data are analyzed…

In this directory, private schools in Texas are listed by religious affiliation, if any, and the following information is also provided: school name; address; county, district, and campus numbers; names of superintendent and principal; number of staff; grades taught; enrollment by grade level (prekindergarten, kindergarten, 1-6, 7-12); year of…

This document gives highlights of the family planning situation in many countries of the world. Its purpose is to provide a quick reference source for those who work in family planning. Population statistics are included for five continents and many countries. Data for the continents include population in 1976, projected population in 2000,…

Stressing the importance of American Indian involvement in affairs affecting Michigan's Indian population, this report by the Interim Action Committee on Indian Problems presents recommendations relative to education, employment, health, and the Commission on Indian Affairs. Recommendations for the commission emphasize: leadership at the local,…