The apparent small effect of differences in school resources on student achievement that appears in studies such as the Coleman report can be better explained in terms of the design and instruments of the studies than by assuming "facts" that are consistent with the data. (Author/IRT)

This document contains two issues of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology (ERIC/IT) serial publication, "Update." Each issue includes feature articles; ERIC/IT News; information about new books published in cooperation with ERIC/IT; abstracts of new ERIC Digests, with links to full-text versions of the Digests; a…

This document provides information about the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP). UCSMP began by examining the curricula of other countries for proven ideas and methods, creating textbooks and training programs at both the elementary and secondary level, and engaging in extensive evaluations of its own work. This publication…

Annual listing includes order forms for requesting more information about the films listed. (Editor/MU)

This is a beginning list of simulation gaming resources intended for (or useful to) religious communities. (Author)

The main purpose of this paper is to identify some of the questions which could usefully be considered by academic, administrative and allied staff and students'' about the management functions of teachers. (Author/AK)

Precise recommendations were submitted to Unesco by the experts attending: the need for exchange of informat on, for improved bibliographic control of Latin American educational literature, for specialist staff training and for organization of a network of educational documentation centers. (JB)

Effective consumer practices are applied to the task of shopping for vocational education curriculum materials. This article appears in Manpower Research Visibility, a supplement to American Vocational Journal. (MU)

Study being carried out with support from The Conservation Foundation, Washington, D.C.