Clinicians in a public school clinical speech program designed and adopted a system of computerized reporting which generates required due process paperwork, provides student reports and copies of Individualized Educational Programs, and stores data for administrative and research purposes. Preliminary data indicate both time and financial…

Provides overall picture of growth of librarianship and information science literature (academic research and practitioner's literature) and various outlets available for reporting research findings, with special emphasis on United States and Great Britain. Discussion covers ways in which research may be undertaken and dissemination of research…

The article describes a way of preparing progress reports for special education students through the use of a computer. An example illustrates the approach that identifies a gifted student's special needs and her class accomplishments. (CL)

Presents a preliminary analysis of differences between Disclosure II and Predicasts Annual Reports Abstracts (databases which provide online company information) as available from DIALOG Information Retrieval Services. Sources of online information, duplication of information, company coverage, currency of coverage, accuracy of coverage, and…

Provided are explicit guidelines, in a form that can be used as a handout for students. The guidelines cover formulation of the statement of the problem and the hypothesis, ways of writing in a logical format, and ways of improving the readability of the term paper. (RM)

A 31-member evaluation panel of educational administrators, college or university faculty, and computer vendors were asked to rate the level of importance of 42 competencies validated by 10 nationally recognized authorities. The eight competencies rated as the most important and the four ranked as least important are listed in this brief report.…

This article synthesizes empirical studies of homework and various homework strategies on the academic achievement and attitudes of students. Findings are discussed. (Author/DF)

Reports on two projects of the National Association for the Education of Young Children: the Child Care Information Service and the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs. Included are brief reports of the Public Policy Task Group and the Information Services Task Group. (AS)

Data contained in the Learning Potential Assessment Device report were compared with information in a standard psychological report for value in educational programming with 146 graduate special education students. Ss rated both reports negatively. Neither report was perceived to be valuable for program planning purposes. (Author/CL)

Investigates the effect of report-writing format and style on teachers' (N=81) comprehension of psychological reports. Results indicated that teachers better comprehended reports that organize information by functional domain, describe strengths and problems in clear behavioral terms, describe the child's learning style fully, and state specific…

Discusses a government report that claims that government decision making has improved since federal agencies have been required to submit any proposed action in the form of an environmental impact statement for comments by the public and other agencies. (MLH)

The seventh International Congress on School and University Health and Medicine is reported. (GW)

Discusses the major topics of the Fourth Biennial Chemical Education Conference. (MLH)

Describes the history of the Association of School Business Officials' Certificate of Conformance program for school district annual financial reports, discusses the benefits of receiving the award, offers guidelines for applying for the award, and points out common errors made in submitting entries. (Author/JG)