Two purposes guided this study: to examine high school administrators' uses, if any, of the Pennsylvania communication credential in teacher employment and to examine the attitudes and employment experiences of communication-credentialed teachers in order to discover what differences their new credential made in their teaching assignments. During…

A survey was undertaken of 102 community colleges in California to determine: (1) managerial practices related to affirmative action; (2) the relationship between the management of Title IX and affirmative action programs; and (3) the extent to which the duties of affirmative action officers are considered full-time or collateral duties. The…

This report presents data from the second year of a multiyear study designed to evaluate student performance in terms of measures related to the statewide goals for education in Kentucky's schools and then to determine the relationship between school system characteristics and the quality of student performance. Student performance was analyzed…

Discusses the philosophy for the teaching of English and describes the English program in the public elementary and secondary schools of Alberta, Canada. (RB)

This pilot study, which tests an instrument and a procedure for investigating the 16mm film resources network for the public libraries of New Jersey, presents data from a stratified sample of libraries to examine use patterns and scale, as well as the various mechanisms used to make the films available to the public. Where possible, costs and…

Eighty schools that were members of the Iowa High School Press Association responded to a questionnaire about the school newspaper's financial status in light of public school budget cuts. The collected data indicated that nearly half of the respondent schools published newspapers at no cost and in cooperation with a community newspaper. Sixty…

The statewide (California) study reviewed the federal and state requirements for special education paperwork. It analyzed paperwork used in 37 school districts to identify data items in compliance with or in excess of requirements. Interviews on special education paperwork with 120 special educators were summarized. Based upon the study, two…

The current level of implementation of 18 basic middle school principles in the 147 Missouri schools that met the definition of middle schools is the focus of this study. Questionnaire responses were received from 101 of the schools' administrators. Mean scores, standard deviations, and mean percentages of the maximum possible scores yielded by…

Public opinion regarding the nature and importance of goals for elementary and secondary education in the state of Idaho was the focus of this doctoral dissertation. Two questions were posed. First, when educational goals were grouped into four different domains (intellectual, personal, social/political, and productive), would the response of…

The research methodology and findings of a statewide survey designed to determine the specific competencies deemed essential by reading professionals are detailed in this report. Specific information supplied in the report includes (1) a description of the model for developing competencies for reading teachers, (2) the limitations of the study,…

This study was designed to determine parent and student perspectives on school discipline in Tennessee schools and is parallel to an earlier study that examined the opinions towards discipline of teachers, administrators, and other school personnel. The sample includes nearly 1,300 students from three districts representing rural, small city, and…

A questionnaire was developed, pilot tested, and then administered to approximately 4,000 Tennessee teachers, administrators, and other school personnel to determine their views on which discipline problems seem most significant, the conditions or influences related to the problems, the most appropriate approaches for solving discipline problems,…

Responses to a questionnaire survey of 1100 superintendents of school districts in Texas and the 20 directors of Texas's regional education service centers (RESCs) provided the data for this study of the equity and accessibility of RESC services across the state. The report describes the Texas educational system and the RESCs, lists the data…

Course objectives used in Pennsylvania high school typewriting classes were used as a basis for constructing a test of typing competencies. The skills tested involved the typing of business letters, carbon memoranda manuscripts, column tables, and invoices; timed writing; English usage; and proofreading. The tests were administered to first-year…

The age of teachers is investigated as one factor demonstrating part of the cumulative effect of teacher turnover and as documentation of the inability of the public school system to retain senior teachers. Age data are analyzed for: (1) all teachers in the Missouri public school system for the 1976-1977 school year; (2) secondary school teachers…