Institutional responses to a survey of Ontario universities concerning employee fringe benefits are reported. Each institution's treatment of these benefits issues is summarized or presented in chart form: general benefits questions (administration of insurance plans, communication of benefits information to employees, proposed benefit changes,…

This document describes viable options to enable the State of Connecticut to provide integrated and quality education, in response to a 1988 report that presented broad-based recommendations for overcoming racial inequalities in contiguous school districts. The initial report, dramatizing the increasing racial and economic isolation in the state's…

Five fifth grade and five sixth grade textbooks commonly used in Michigan public schools were examined to determine the extent to which they (1) reflected the pluralistic nature of the U.S. society and also (2) showed scholarship, educational soundness, and appropriate readability. Six of eight independent and qualified educators reviewed and…

Comprehensive information about off-campus instructional locations of the State University of New York (SUNY) is presented. REsults of the Instructional Locations away from the Main Campus Survey, Fall 1988, are summarized. Five tables are: summary data on the 409 instructional locations away from the main campus that were reported; detail data by…

This second survey of drug and alcohol use among 7th, 9th, and 11th grade students enrolled in California's public secondary schools was conducted from December 1987 to February 1988. The purpose of this survey was to provide information on levels of substance use and related attitudes and experiences among young people who are enrolled in public…

A study examined the individual, demographic, and significant vocational trait-factors associated with curriculum selection by students enrolled in vocational courses in Louisiana high schools. The study was intended to result in model information (in the form of baseline profiles of individuals by curriculum and geographic area) that vocational…

Disabled students (N=983) in the state of Washington were surveyed regarding what they felt they needed in postsecondary education services and facilities to gain the best possible education; 432 completed survey questionnaires were returned. The purpose of this paper is to describe how students' characteristics vary with the type of postsecondary…

Part of a series of classroom aids designed for real estate instructors, this instructional packet was developed to help real estate students understand the characteristics of Texas homebuyers. First, a summary profile of homebuyers is presented, indicating that: (1) the typical 1984 Texas homebuyer was married, was between 25 and 34 years old,…

Pursuant to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984, this document comprises the Illinois Council of Vocational Education's evaluative report on the adequacy and effectiveness of the state's vocational education delivery system. After an introductory overview of the growing need for vocational education, the report focuses on the…

In 1988, the Alaska State Board of Education adopted regulations requiring the selection and annual administration of a basic skills achievement test in reading, mathematics and language arts in grades 4, 6, and 8 for at least 6 consecutive years. During October, 1989. 95%, or 23,372 students in grades 4, 6, and 8 in Alaska's 54 school districts…

This report provides information on how Hawaii's students performed on the 1987 and 1988 administrations of the Stanford Writing Assessment (which was adopted as part of Hawaii's Statewide Testing Program). Included in the report are a state summary of the performance of students in grades 3, 6, 8, and 10 and an analysis of the assessment results…

Results of a 50-state survey of statewide or systemwide approaches to assessment and outcomes measurement in postsecondary education are presented. Respondents were members of the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) organization. The January-February 1987 survey of SHEEO academic and executive officers indicated that two-thirds of…

Selected statistics on student numbers, units of average daily attendance (ADA), and finances in the California community college districts are provided in this report for 1981-82 and projected for 1982-83. Part I provides enrollment data by district on total day, full-time, credit, and female students. Part II contains annual ADA data and…

In a study of 2,546 Georgia children, researchers have established state norms for 8 measures of physical fitness at 3 grade levels. Motor test score percentile rankings for boys and girls in the second, fourth, and sixth grades are given (in 22 tables) for the following tests: (1) jump and reach; (2) sit ups; (3) shape-o-ball (measuring shape…

In 1985 and 1986, surveys were conducted by the Research Committee of the Texas Association for Community Services and Continuing Education (TACSCE) in order to generate profiles of continuing education practitioners and programs by type of institution (i.e., private four-year colleges, public four-year colleges, and two-year colleges). During…