Much abbreviated version of a paper invited as a contribution representing the field of TESOL to a Conference on English in honor of Albert H. Marckwardt'' offered by Princeton University, May 23-25, 1972. (VM)

Part of a doctoral dissertation submitted at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. (DS)

Authors describe how deficiencies resulting from isolation have been met through the development of an organization called Grand Rapids Public Schools-Western Michigan University Center for Educational Studies. (Authors/MB)

For purposes of this paper, author considers the focal issue to be that of teaching decoding skills and confines her definition of reading to the teaching of only these decoding skills. (Author/MB)

Discusses the relations that administrators and school consultants have among themselves and with their student and community clienteles. (JM)

Questions arising in research and evaluation are more complicated in the area of early childhood education because of the vagaries of measurement with very young children and the occurrence of rapid changes during the early years. (Authors/MB)

Discusses the problems of the researcher versus the researched; the unfulfilled promises of research; the dangers of knowing; the misassessment and misinterpretation of facts by scholars; and, the inadequate research design. (JM)

Depicts the preresearch activities in the completed Project II, one of the Phase One projects in the Targeted Research and Development Program in Reading (TRDPR) sponsored by the U.S. Office of Education. (MB)

Basic and methodological considerations, organizational context of social action programs affect the introduction, execution, and utilization of evaluative research. Tensions between administrators and evaluators, and client activism are two of the problems discussed. (VW)

Proposes that the effectiveness of educational researchers in helping public education to survive will be in direct proportion to their willingness to enter into and maintain new and dynamic relationships with educators who are pursuing this fight for survival. (JM)

Reviews the research on readability, suggests these findings as one basis for curriculum change, and summarizes some of the factors from this research that can make a test more readable. (MB)

Excerpt from a two year study concluded by a National Academy of Sciences panel.

Shows how the concept of legitimacy and, in particular, the theoretical construct of compensatory legitimation as a determinant of policy strategies may be useful for the comparative analysis of educational policy in advanced capitalist societies. Uses examples of educational policy in the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States. (BRR)

It is argued that with New Zealand's new form of block grant funding, greater emphasis is placed on scientific publications than on disseminating research results in a more useful way to clients. It is recommended that successful communication of information be identified and rewarded. (MSE)