This paper describes the development of a taxonomy of residential facilities for mentally retarded people based on program model, size, and operation. Data are presented on the use of the classification system in a national survey of 15,633 residential facilities for mentally retarded persons in the United States. Program models are defined…

Part of a series of statistical surveys on public broadcasting based on data supplied by public television and Corporation for Public Broadcasting qualified public radio stations, this report provides details of public radio program content for fiscal year 1982. The chapters include information on the following: (1) definitions and categories; (2)…

Contains the results of a survey into the formal and informal dissemination of information on reading tests by the Schools' Psychological Services and Remedial Education Services. (RB)

Concludes that newsmen believe readership of foreign policy news is high and that newspapers have greater influence on policy than other mass media. (RB)

Survey concludes that with a continuing growth in the number of stock holders, interest in business news and market quotations will increase. (RB)

Presented is the executive summary of the National Study on Child Neglect and Abuse Reporting in which data from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories are represented. Tables and charts are used to provide such statistical information as case status of reports, source of initial reports, 1976 family income figures for…

In a national survey conducted during 1973 and 1974, 160 managing editors answered a questionnaire concerning the newshole policies of their papers. According to the survey, the typical daily newspaper in the United States uses slightly less than 45% of its space for nonadvertising content, reflecting little change since a 1957 survey. Larger…

Article investigated the support of the arts by business in the United States as well as its future intentions of art support. (RK)

Describes a report prepared for the Federal Energy Administration by a group of petroleum geologists. The study reports mean estimates of 82 billion barrels of crude oil and 484 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the United States, including both onshore and offshore resources. (MLH)

Explains the way in which oil and gas reserves are estimated, and the variation in these estimates according to the year of the resources' estimation and the group undertaking the survey. A recent Federal Energy Administration study suggests that recoverable oil and gas resources have limits that may be approached in the next 50 years. (MLH)

Article focused on the effect of international professional migration as that migration raises critical questions of appropriate human resource utilization for economically progressive and politically automnomous development in Canada. (Author/RK)

This article presents a discussion of two major problems in analyzing child abuse data: (1) the confusion between reports of abuse and neglect, and (2) the scarcity of data on confirmed reports. (CS)

Reports a survey concerned with the future of mathematics in Australia which identified the number of "experts" in particular areas of mathematics who are working in Australia. Findings show increased research work in the past five years but conclusions indicate that many mathematical areas continue to be neglected. (JT)

Condensed from "National Assessment of Educational Progress, Revised Edition, published by the Department of Elementary School Principals, NEA, Washington, D.C. 1968, 4-27. Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description.

One of a series of reports on the International Project for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (in Mathematics).