This report describes a study that focused on discovering the experiences of State departments of education in the making of plans (especially longrange plans) for their institutional development. The data was collected during 1970-71 from questionnaires completed by personnel from 25 State departments and from interviews conducted in onsite…

Three papers by experts in the field of education for gifted children present interpretive comments on one of three research efforts (a School Staffing Survey) whose data were analytically studied in a companion volume (EC 040 763). The School Staffing Survey, which included a representative sample of elementary and secondary schools, gathered…

This fourth interim report in a series prepared for the Congress concerns the impact of increasing worldwide use of the metric system on the manufacturing industries of the United States. It presents the results of a study based on responses to a questionnaire survey from more than 2,000 manufacturing companies. Detailed findings include current…

Preliminary data are reported on the impact of the national Parent-Child Center Program (PCC), related to what is termed an immediate criterion of impact. The information summarizes numbers of families served and types of services provided, without evaluative interpretation. Introductory remarks give information on the purpose of the report,…

Reported were estimates of hearing levels of noninstitutionalized children aged 6 to 11 years in the United States in relation to their demographic and socioeconomic background. Findings are results of individual monaural pure-tone air-conduction audiometric tests, conducted as part of the Health Examination Survey of 1963-65. In the survey 7,119…

This national survey of school psychologists was undertaken to provide comprehensive data regarding this professional speciality including such areas as background and training certification requirements, professional affiliation, professional needs and problems, part-time activities, salary and contractual arrangements, psychologist-student…

A total of 616 representative agencies were visited and studied in terms of recreation services provided to handicapped children and youth. Of the 616, 88% provided some recreation services. Findings are presented by category of agency: commercial agencies, libraries and museums, 4-H clubs, churches, community agencies, public recreation agencies,…

A reading activities survey as part of the Targeted Research and Development Reading Program was done by interviewing 3,504 adults, aged 16 years or older, selected by area probability sampling. Among the preliminary findings was that the most frequent type of reading is newspaper reading. Seven out of 10 people read or look at a newspaper during…

Reported was a study involving 20,000 (army) military dependent children (MDC) attending 75 schools in seven school systems throughout the continental United States during 1971. Testing of 412 randomly selected MDC using the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation revealed a significant correlation and associative factor between MDC speech…

This report contains information on 1,074 school systems that supplied usable data to the Educational Research Service, Inc. national survey of fringe benefits. The system-by-system listing includes data from 541 districts, the remaining 533 preferred to remain anonymous. The first section of the system-by-system listing is concerned mainly with…

This booklet is a compilation of statistical data relating to professional education associations in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as the Overseas Education Association. The various tables are intended to provide a concise overview of the goals, programs, policies, and practices of state education associations.…

A survey of 57 of the 61 schools accredited by the American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism found seven schools offering a program of studies not designed to prepare students for vocations or careers in journalism. At these institutions an average of 10% of the junior/senior undergraduate majors--about 250 students…

Reported on is a study which administered the Attitudes towards Career Education Inventory to members of State advisory counsils on vocational education, finding them generally favorable but minimally interested. The inventory and a memorandum of agreement between the Department of Labor and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare are…

Responses to an informal survey of college librarians ranged from lack of knowledge, indifference, and confusion to enthusiasm for a national program. Fears expressed included possible domination by other parts of the information community, larger bureaucracy, subversion of existing cooperative plans and networking benefits, and roles conflicting…

Policies on grade submission and issuance of transcripts were surveyed for 135 U.S. institutions of higher education with enrollments over 12,800. Information is provided on submission schedules, proportion of final grades not submitted in time, penalties for late submission, transcript production, annual volume, processing time, and conditions…