This report discusses the program and plans of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) for 1979-80. The publication provides an overview of the major program activities for fiscal year 1979 and plans for 1980. The center provides data to monitor trends in education and address key policy issues. These data are supplemented by special…

This report was prepared for use by the professional toxicologist. It contains chapters on ingestion exposure, dermal and dye toxicity tests, inhalation exposure, chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity tests, mutagenicity tests, reproduction and teratogenicity tests, and behavioral toxicity tests. In addition, regulations under the Federal Hazardous…

This report presents the findings of a voluntary program conducted over a 10-month period during which school buses were tested for carbon monoxide (CO) levels under different climatological conditions. The objective of the test program was to determine whether or not there are any serious CO intrusion problems or indications of potential problems…

This document reports briefly on a meeting sponsored by the National Association of State Boards of Education and attended by state-level policy-makers from nine states deeply involved in desegregation efforts. Topics discussed by the participants in relation to desegregation efforts included funding, judicial and legislative commitment, state…

Library Financial Problems can be traced to world problems such as inflation and the emergence of a highly educated welfare state. While the demand for information is increasing, library materials are becoming more costly to acquire, store, and retrieve, and services are limited by the unavailability of materials resulting from restrictions on…

Included are 32 of the 73 papers presented at the 1978 conference of the National Association for Environmental Education. The papers are organized into seven sections. The first section contains a single paper on environmental ethics. The other six sections are on international environmental education, energy, systems, environmental studies,…

The quarter annual reports about "Sesame Street" from the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) from 1969 through 1975 were analyzed for evidence that criticism in the periodical literature had influenced the programming and decision making policies of CTW during that time, as well as the audiences involved. Significant evidence that…

THIS CONFERENCE SOUGHT TO IMPROVE THE RATE AND LEVEL OF DISCUSSION ABOUT TRENDS AND ISSUES IN THE USE OF NEWER TEACHING MATERIALS. PARTICIPANTS WERE MEMBERS OF STATE EDUCATION AGENCIES AND STATE BOARDS OF EDUCATION, STATE LEGISLATORS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, COLLEGE PERSONNEL, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. TEXTS OF…

THIS CONFERENCE COVERED SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, AND FUNCTION OF THE JUNIOR COLLEGE, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE ROLE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, THE PREPARATION OF TEACHERS, AND ACCREDITATION. THE ADMINISTRATOR HAS A MULTIPLE-SERVICE ROLE, IN WHICH HE MUST BE NOT ONLY EDUCATIONAL LEADER, BUT ALSO ORGANIZER, PERSONNEL MANAGER, FINANCE…

THIS DOCUMENT IS A REPORT OF THE 1966 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS) ACADEMY AND JUNIOR ACADEMY CONFERENCE AND A DIRECTORY TO OVER 40 STATE, REGIONAL, AND CITY ACADEMIES. REPORTED WERE (1) THE OFFICERS FOR 1966 AND 1967, (2) THE AAAS ACADEMY CONFERENCE COMMITTEES FOR 1966, (3) THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON "THE…

A CONFERENCE ON BEGINNING READING INSTRUCTION WAS ATTENDED BY PROFESSIONAL AUTHORITIES AND LEADERS IN THE FIELD OF READING AND RELATED DISCIPLINE AREAS. THE PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE WAS TO REPORT ON RESEARCH IN CANADA AND ENGLAND, AS WELL AS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND TO REVIEW A VARIETY OF PRACTICES IN ELEMENTARY READING. THE BULLETIN WAS…

This paper reports on an investigation of the preferences of 50 parents of kindergarten children for various types of report cards and proposes a method of reporting that conforms to the parents' preferences. A general opinionnaire plus a Report Card Evaluation form were designed for the study. Parents were found to prefer (1) a reporting method…

Intended to serve as a primer for future investigators, this paper surveys and analyzes research studies published between 1945 and 1980 which focus on the effect(s) of color on human cognitive learning. The question of whether or not color as a variable in the design of instructional materials enhances learning has been approached by researchers…

A project was conducted to adapt or develop and field-test an evaluation model for competency-based education, using Florida's Approach to Competency Based Individualized Teaching (FACIT) teacher-training materials for model development and field testing. Because of problems with the production of the FACIT materials, the field test of an…

The OCLC Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Subsystem was designed to facilitate resource sharing among OCLC participating libraries, thereby enabling libraries to expand the range of library resources available to patrons. The final report describes subsystem design and functional uses of the ILL subsystem. A functional overview explains the file,…