As part of a larger study, variables that significantly influenced the grades of young girls were investigated. The sample included 52 middle-level girls (grade 7), all of whom were participants in a project examining factors that support or inhibit rural and urban girls' participation in science, mathematics, and technology. Preliminary analyses…

This report presents an examination of the association between psychological functioning and substance abuse among adolescents aged 12 to 17 using data from the 1994-1996 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA). The survey, conducted annually by Substance Abuse and Mental Services Administration (SAMHSA), provides estimates of the…

Suggesting that creating a report for each school involved in the Reading Recovery program can have a powerful impact, this paper shows the current model of campus reports for the Spring Branch Independent School District, Houston, Texas. The report form described in the paper is continually growing and changing through need and collaboration with…

This is the second progress report under "Academics 2000: First Things First," a Texas initiative under the Goals 2000 program. The Academics 2000 Education Improvement Plan, adopted in 1995, is organized under the nine objectives for Texas public education listed in the Texas Education Code. The progress report discusses implementation…

The New York State School Report Card is an important part of the effort to raise learning standards for all students. It is designed to provide information to the public on student performance and other measures of school and district performance. The 2000 report card has been changed to focus on measures of student progress on the new standards.…

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires states to prepare and disseminate an annual state report card. This requirement became effective at the beginning of the 2002-03 school year. The state agency also must ensure each local district collects appropriate data and includes this data at the district level and for each school in its annual…

Describes a system of grading and grade reporting adopted at the Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School, Massachusetts, for classes in science and mathematics. Attempts to make grades more truly indicators of a level of performance by pointing out an individual's strengths and weaknesses in a given subject area. (JR)

Summary of the background and major thrusts of the Vail, Colorado training conference (July, 1973) followed by reactions to the conference by 15 participants, and major implications for counseling psychology which deal with issues of professionalization, open career system, expansion of range of persons trained and served, and evaluation of…

Presented the fifth progress report on a community-based educational experiment that was designed to develop a high level of bilingual competence by having English-speaking children in elementary school study through French as a medium of instruction. (Author/RK)

A familiar, reasonable, and superficially successful lesson in report-writing is described (small groups of students edit each other's reports for re-writing), its effect on the student analyzed (demoralization, loss of confidence, defensiveness), and an alternative, positive lesson suggested, in which highlights are circled instead of errors. (AJ)

The report of the Faure Commission, Learning to Be, is critically examined and found wanting. It is argued that the Commission fails to reveal the essential problems of formal education, is vague in its recommendations for reform, and ignores the political implications of its proposals. (Editor)

The extracts from the main conclusions and recommendations of a report of an international commission to study the problems of education in the world are discussed and, as well, attendant educational strategies. (Author/RK)

At least five dimensions of job-related strain can and should be measured in order to appreciate the effects of job stress upon the worker. (Editor)

Whether there is a direct, significant correlation between occupational stress and work performance remains to be further investigated. (Author)