Mexican American and Anglo 11th grade high school students from lower and middle socioeconomic classes were compared using the locus of control, adequate achievement reality, and temporal orientations as potential correlates of scholastic performance and future education and vocational goals. The sample of 89 male and 87 female students from 3…

The objectives of this research were to develop a basic model for the formation of adolescents' educational plans, which incorporated several social psychological factors as intervening variables, and to analyze this model for both black and white adolescents residing in Deep-South rural and urban communities. The methodology employed consisted of…

Some of the structural barriers to the upward educational mobility of rural young people in Norway and the United States wereexplored in this study. Inquiry was focused on the degree to which perceived parental interest, academic performance in school, and social class origin influence plans for further academic education. The study population was…

Statistical data of an educational quality assessment for the Pennsylvania State Department of Education are presented. The ten goals listed, for grade level five, cover the areas of: 1. Self Understanding; 2. Understanding Others; 3. Basic Skills: Verbal and Basic Skills: Math; 4. Interest in School; 5. Citizenship; 6. Health Habits; 7.…

Fiscal data were analyzed for a nine-year period (1963-1971) for all school districts in Illinois. Two hypotheses were tested relative to two different definitions of equalization -- "permissible variance" and "fiscal neutrality." Support was given to the notion of increasing interdistrict equality relative to expenditures and tax effort. Support…

The development of scales to measure Mexican American identification with their population is discussed in this paper. The scales measure (1) identification with the Mexican American population using attitudinal items (Identity Scale) and (2) interaction behavior with the Mexican American population (Interaction Scale). The sample consisted of all…

The question which guided the studies in this third volume of technical reports to the Scientific Advisory Committee on Television and Social Behavior is whether aggressive social behavior by adolescents can be attributed in some degree to violent television programming. After an overview which sets the studies in a comparative context, the…

At the request of the Employment Standards Administration, the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted a nationwide survey of private nonfarm industries, designed to provide comprehensive frequency distributions of nonsupervisory employees by average straight-time hourly earnings and weekly hours of work by coverage status under the Fair Labor…

Interest patterns and media preferences (print and television) of boys and girls in grade four and five were studied by subjecting their responses to an interest inventory to separate factor analytic and analysis of variance procedures. The former procedures were used to cluster degree-of-interest responses into larger groupings that could be…

The purpose of the study was to determine if measures of first grade readiness, scholastic aptitude, and reading achievement were significant predictors of reading achievement at the end of third grade for Mexican American students from 2 lower socioeconomic levels. Students (47 boys and 47 girls) who had completed their third year in the…

This book presents an account of the Hillview project, designed to help young teacher trainees to get to know and understand the lives and values of working class children. The children were aged 15 and for the most part on the verge of leaving school. The project involves the student teachers in informal relationships and does not require that…

This cooperative study was conducted by seven southern states to compare educational and vocational goals of 938 urban youths from various backgrounds, along with corresponding parental goals for these children. The factors investigated were sex, level of living, family size, and rural or nonrural background. The study found that: (1) Boys and…

This analysis of income changes is based on retrospective life history data collected from white and black men, 30-39 years old in 1968. Educational level is shown to be the most important determinant of initial income for both blacks and whites, but the relationship is weaker for whites than for blacks. Ten years later, education shows a stronger…

MAJOR OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE (1) TO COMPARE ENTERING FRESHMAN STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF COLLEGES (THAT IS, UNIVERSITIES, LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES, STATE COLLEGES, TEACHERS COLLEGES, AND JUNIOR COLLEGES) ON ABILITY, HIGH SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT, CULTURAL STATUS, ECONOMIC STATUS, AND PERSONALITY FACTORS, (2) TO COMPARE, BY TYPE OF COLLEGE…

This book reviews the Cartter and Roose Anderson reports on graduate education published by the American Council on Education (ACE) in 1966 and 1970, respectively. The author sets out three questions that require attention in looking at a process such as the ACE rankings: (1) who is evaluating whom? (2) what is being evaluated? and (3) for what…