Reports a study of how the occupational patterns of black principals had been affected by desegregation: in order to provide longitudinal data, the study population comprised those black educators who had been principals of black schools before desegregation began in Florida. (Author/JM)

Deals with the displacement of black educators in Louisiana as a result of desegregation, and the mechanisms by which they are being displaced; displacement is defined here as the dismissal of black educators from the school system, or their demotion to less satisfying positions. (Author/JM)

Descriptions are given for the 164 computerized files that comprise the Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS). The system provides natural resources information to federal, state, regional, and local and private entities. File descriptions are organized under the following data and information content areas: (1) base data, (2)…

The purpose of this report is (1) to discuss the basic issues dealt with in examining the effectiveness of learning centers; (2) to relate preliminary work with learning center evaluation to the state delivery systems of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri; and (3) to identify further work which is needed to extend the initial effort. The basic…

Results are presented of a survey conducted by the Pennsylvania Department of Education into the development of teaching skills and abilities of recent graduates of performance based teacher preparation programs and into their perceptions of the characteristics of these programs. The survey instrument was divided into two sections. Section One…

The report provides a source of data on the financial support received by full-time graduate students in each of four divisions within each Ontario university. Incomes of Ph.D. students registered for all three terms of the academic year have been included in separate tables. No interinstitutional comparisons are made. (Author/MSE)

Prompted by the concern of Extension faculty involved in providing leadership for 4-H programs that the literature being provided is not used to an extent expected/intended--to an extent that would justify costs involved, a two-phased study was conducted. One phase examined Wisconsin 4-H literature against a framework of what constitutes adequate…

A study involving 1,337 students in Arizona was conducted to compare the classification of learning disabilities across several school districts, utilizing the then-proposed Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (BEH) formula. Three types of problems were apparent: the basic concept of learning disability varied across districts; the areas of…

This report sought to identify, describe, and compare the characteristics of technical assistance as they related to the process of meeting the New York State Department of Education mandate for the establishment of performance based teacher education programs (PBTE). Research questions dealt with (1) the knowledge levels of participants regarding…

A survey of West Virginia superintendents, principals, county vocational directors, and guidance counselors in counties with public junior and senior high schools and/or vocational schools offering vocational agriculture found the members of the four groups to be generally favorable toward vocational agriculture and its teachers. (AG)

In 1972, a questionnaire was sent out to all secondary schools in Nevada to determine the current status of environmental education programs. Results from the returned questionnaires indicated a need for local inservice training, as well as assistance in developing and implementing environmental courses for the individual schools. (MA)

Based upon authors' study, "A Critical Investigation of the Status Of Speech in the Public and Private Schools of Michigan, K-14.

This report examines objectives for geographic education recently developed by 6 of the 50 states. The objectives reviewed come from the states of North Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin. These states were selected because there was evidence of recent and intensive effort to develop relatively explicit objectives for…

A statewide survey of ITED testing programs was conducted to provide more useful materials to test users, better services to Iowa high schools, and to enable high schools to improve the effectiveness of their ITED programs. A two-part questionnaire was developed and sent to the testing directors of 429 public and private high schools in November,…

Between May 5 and May 21, 1980, Northwest Attitudes, Inc. (NWAI) surveyed 2,042 students around Oregon about attitudes towards school, education, behavior and discipline. The students surveyed represented a random sample of students in grades 7 through 12 in Oregon's public schools. The questionnaire was a self-administered instrument completed by…