This report summarizes results from a 1973 survey of Montana junior and senior high school teachers of English. The questionnaires were designed to determine the relation between teaching assignments and training; undergraduate and postgraduate preparation in subject matter courses; teachers' evaluation of the usefulness and applicability of their…

Sixteen directors of exceptional education programs, 10 supervisors of specific learning disability (SLD) programs, and 101 principals having SLD classes responded to a 14-question survey regarding the identification and placement of SLD students in Florida. Among findings were that principals were the most outspoken in what they considered…

This document summarizes a study conducted to investigate the status of population education within the curricula of Florida's secondary schools. A four-page questionnaire, designed to obtain data from classroom teachers on a broad range of topics and areas pertaining to the status of population education was mailed to 300 randomly selected…

Through the use of questionnaires, this study examines the levels of satisfaction of teachers in Alberta with aspects of their conditions of employment. Relationships between these satisfaction levels and other variables including age, sex, and experience were also examined. Free responses were solicited to provide information relevant to…

Sixty-four regionally accredited colleges and universities in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska were surveyed to determine what practices existed in the evaluation of their administrators and to ascertain the basis upon which the evaluations were performed. Of the 51 responding institutions, 22 were two-year colleges and 29 were four-year…

This paper compares data collected in a 1974 survey of discipline problems in Georgia secondary schools with data from a similar survey conducted by the same investigators in 1961. The 1961 survey examined 20 types of student misbehavior that had been identified in earlier studies; the 1974 survey included those 20 plus 13 additional items. The…

This study investigated the relationship between collective negotiations and teacher salaries in Wisconsin public school districts. Data were collected from a random sample of 324 Wisconsin school districts with professional staffs ranging from 30 to 500 members. A six-indicator index was developed to measure the comprehensiveness of collective…

Using the Delphi technique, the staff of Project FOLLOW-UP surveyed community college educators in Texas to determine desirable characteristics and uniformity of terminology and definitions for a proposed statewide student follow-up management information system for Texas community colleges. Of 234 individuals invited to become Delphi panel…

The purpose of the study was to determine the priority areas for research as perceived by vocational, technical, and adult educators in Wisconsin at the post-secondary level. A survey of approximately 500 Wisconsin Association of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education (VTAE) district administrative and supervisory staff was conducted using a…

This report presents data collected from a telephone survey of 777 North Carolina families (with children under 14 years of age) concerning their uses of and preferences for child care services. Three basic questions were asked by the surveyors: (1) How will children be cared for in the absence of parents during the coming school year? (2) What is…

The eighth annual study of occupational opportunities in Nebraska is based on a 5 percent random sample of employers in each of the six Technical Community College Areas in the State. A computerized straight line projection technique was used to project total employment, need over the next 12 months, reason for need, and need over the next two…

This report, part three of a long-range study of persistence and performance in California's community colleges, presents rates of non-persistence for the sample of 35,000 students during 1972-73, their first year of enrollment. About 18 percent of the new students enrolled for credit withdrew from all classes before the end of the fall term. An…

Examined was the incidence of severe, moderate, and mild behavior disorders in regular grades K-12 in 13 Florida county school districts. Twelve to 20 teachers in each school idstrict were provided with definitions of behavior disorders and asked to identify the number of children in their classes with various degrees of disorder and also to…

Attempted was an evaluation of work study programs for mentally retarded (MR) students through a followup of work study graduates, a survey of state departments of education, and a review of the literature. Inadequate return of a graduate rating scale, difficulty in obtaining student records, and few and inadequate answers to the state survey…

This report summarizes a doctoral dissertation that investigated the status of teacher evaluation practices in Arizona as of October 1974. Data were gathered through questionnaires mailed to the principal or chief administrator of all 774 public schools in Arizona. Respondents were asked to indicate the purpose, criteria, and frequency of teacher…