This Bulletin describes the strength and duration of changeable risk and protective factors for youth violence at points in youth development when they appear most salient. These predictors are potential targets for prevention and intervention. The quantitative results of a large number of studies were synthesized using meta-analysis procedures.…

This report describes a study conducted in response to a request for help in establishing decision rules for exempting prospective teachers from a proposed statewide testing requirement in Indiana. Having decided to use Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) scores as a basis for exempting prospective teachers from the Pre-Professional Skills Test…

This study examined Alabama State Education Report Card indicators for the year 2000 to identify predictors of student academic achievement at both the district and school levels for 128 public city and county school systems and 1,272 Alabama public schools. School district performance grade and school performance grade as provided on the Alabama…

Identification with academics is the extent to which an individual bases his or her self-esteem on outcomes in the academic domain. Theory suggests that students who are highly identified with academics should be more motivated to succeed in a domain, and thus more likely to experience desirable academic outcomes and avoid undesirable outcomes,…

The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a correlation between a high school student's score on the Tests of Achievement and Proficiency (TAP) and the same student's score on the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) in the area of mathematics. Student test scores were secured from 182 students at a middle Georgia high school…

This is the first half of a dissertation about a method of predicting the learning time required for tasks consisting of manual skills and is mainly concerned with the fields of production, production planning, and operator training. The article will be continued in the December issue. (Author/MS)

A series of 7 experiments was conducted to test whether the nature of prior encoding determines performance on tasks which require Ss to retrieve information from long-term storage. (Editor)

Describes the use of a basic language program to calculate and report grades, especially to counsel students about their progress. Indicates that students' weaknesses or strengths are determinable through estimates of their future grade performance. (CC)

Results of the study indicate that despite the presumably greater opportunity the mother has to observe the child, more valid information in regard to his developmental status is obtained from the child's teacher. (Author)

It was concluded that knowledge of parental values, differences in academic aspirations between males and females, financial need, and a student's high school curriculum would be valuable in helping students select post-high school destinations. (Authors)

The present study is based on a form of task analysis that explicates in detail the hypothesized solution behavior of skilled performers of the task. (Authors)

Article investigates the value of grades from the point of view of the student, the teacher, and the employer. (RK)

Compares the Metropolitan Readiness Test with the opinion a parent or teacher has of a child for predicting success in the first grade. Results of a two year study are analyzed. (RK)