Summarizing a two-part general report on a reading assessment of grades 8 and 12 in the province of British Columbia, this report provides the general background on the aims and methods of the assessment, presents information on the development of the test instrument, details the administration of the test, and reports its results. In addition,…

The National Instititute of Education sponsored a conference on the future of research in adolescent reasoning. This report reflects this conference discussion, which focused on: (1) the theoretical basis for research programs in the area of adolescent reasoning; (2) research programs likely to be effective in gathering information relevant to…

The author describes strategies and models (individualized instruction, diagnostic and prescriptive teaching, and behavior modification) which she suggests could result in improved special education services for exceptional children, especially Black and poor students. (CL)

The 1976-77 annual report of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) contains a tribute to the late director Dr. William C. Radford, a list of members of the council, the annual report of the director, a list of ACER staff, contributors to council funds, and information on state institutes for educational research. The annual report…

Demographic causes of organizational change are described, based on conference discussions on organizational processes in education. Consideration is given to the supply and demand of faculty members and their respective graduate students, the impact of this supply and demand on the tenure system, and implications of a slower growth on women and…

This collection of conference papers (presented at the 1975 Texas Conference on Infancy sponsored by the Association for Childhood Education International) is directed primarily to caretakers, potential caretakers, and parents of young children. Articles included are: (1) Some Observations on Group Care of Infants; (2) What a State Can Do--For…

Excerpts from transcripts of sessions at the Institute on Innovations in Undergraduate Education, attended by 32 faculty and administrators representing 10 colleges and universities, are presented. Practitioners discuss their observations and experiences in innovation programs, led by staff members of the University of Michigan's Center for the…

The Institute of Library Research (ILR) is a statewide organized research unit of the University of California (UC) whose activities have been directed toward the objectives of education, research and public service. During this reporting period the Institute underwent some significant changes, including a further separation of the University-wide…

Canadians experienced in the field of immigration and representing the academic community, government, and community-based organizations discussed major policy issues regarding the Canadian Federal Green Paper on Immigration Policy and the possibility of a national council on immigration and migration at the conference. A variety of topics were…

The papers presented at this conference focus on instructional technology in community/junior colleges. The keynote speaker, F. Elkins, addresses the problem of involving faculty in a Learning Resources Program--teaching faculty to utilize available media materials and to develop their own materials, in order to provide students with alternate…

The papers in this volume are selected from the material prepared for a conference held on social science research on population and development. The general purpose of the meeting is to improve common understanding of the state of social science research on development problems and to identify new opportunities for international agencies to…

In February of 1974, 135 representatives of 40 colleges and universities from the U.S. and Canada met for the first time to share experiences and programs relative to experimental outdoor education, and these conference proceedings contain the 7 major addresses and a condensed sampling of other presentations from individual college programs.…

A consortium of representatives of 28 states and territories prepared a set of general guidelines and principles for implementation of the metric system. Twenty-three recommendations were made in three broad areas: development and evaluation of instructional material and pedagogy (11), implementation of changeover and promotion of public support…

Forty-three vocational education programs funded under Part B of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 served 67,310 post-secondary students in 16 area districts of Wisconsin. Adult-vocational programs showed enrollment increases; adult-agriculture program enrollments decreased. Special education programs and services were designed to aid…

The conference was held to alert teachers and other interested persons to the complexities of linguistic diversity in Australia, with attention focused on the immigrant child. This report includes the individual conference papers, presented by Marta Rado, Bert Townsend, Michael Clyne, Alan Matheson, and Rede Lar, and the comments of symposium and…