This annual report includes totals of graduates from American Chemical Society approved schools for 1978. The number of bachelors, masters, and doctorates increased by 1.5 percent, 7 percent, and 2 percent, respectively. (BB)

Briefly describes some major events that highlighted the Information Industry Association (IIA) conference, concentrating on industry/government interaction, policy, industrial cooperation, and technological and marketing development. (CWM)

Basic concepts of behavior modification are summarized along with an exercise outlining the steps of contingency management for practical application by students. The discussion includes definition and analysis of target and outcome behaviors, data collection and graphing, and strategy and tactics of intervention. (Author/LBH)

The report of the Board of Directors of the Association of American Colleges reflects the preoccupation with the problem that inspired the National Representation Project: the survival of independent institutions of higher education. Renewed emphasis on the goals and content of higher education are outlined. (LBH)

The president of the Association of American Colleges addresses at the 62nd annual meeting the theme of the conference: "Looking to the Future--Liberal Education in a Radically Changing Society." Contributions to be made by AAC are examined. (LBH)

The incoming chairman of the Association of American Colleges offers remarks on the theme of "The Future is Not What It Used to Be." The roles to be played by liberal education and AAC in society are addressed. (LBH)

Three studies evaluating the validity of the descriptors and exemplars of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) as characterizations of the actual mathematics performance of students at achievement levels are reported. Serious inconsistencies were found between actual performance and descriptors and exemplars. Recommendations for…

Proposes modifications to the recent suggestions by B. Thompson (1996) for an American Educational Research Association editorial policy on statistical significance testing. Points out that, although it is useful to include effect sizes, they can be misinterpreted, and argues, as does Thompson, for greater attention to replication in educational…

Dissatisfied with the mismatch between letter grades and their new (state-mandated) curricular emphases, the Tucson (Arizona) Public Schools began experimenting with rubric descriptions of student progress. The prototype progress report assesses students in two general categories: learner qualities and content areas. Frequent communication with…

Child care institutions (N=341) in Sweden were surveyed for suspected child abuse. Of the 3,737 children studied, 3% were suspected of being maltreated. Of these suspected cases, only 37% had been reported to child protective agencies. A follow-up study five years later showed that 43% of the suspected children were still unknown to the agencies.…

Examines results of Piagetian spatial research studies while focusing on the existence of gender differences in Piagetian spatial assessments. Results indicate that a majority of performance assessments did not demonstrate a significant difference between males and females. Concludes that the clinical interview results provide evidence of the…

An earlier bibliography of nearly 300 technical publications about latent variable models is updated to acknowledge the growth of more specialized refinements of structural equation modeling. An additional 320 publications are annotated within a nine-part categorization system designed to group works roughly by topic. (SLD)

This article describes child physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect. Signs that indicate abuse are provided and state reporting guidelines are examined. Special education implications of child abuse are evaluated. The unique role of the teacher in identifying abuse and interventions that teachers can employ are addressed. (CR)