Study sought to determine the feasibility of using a modified form of Judgment Analysis (JAN) as a vehicle for identifying a policy of rated school effectiveness in the experimental League of Cooperating Schools (LCS) project. (Authors)

Study to investigate whether any increase in prediction of law school performance could be effected by a more thorough consideration of the undergraduate record. (Author)

Initial standing in language, reading, intelligence, socioeconomic status, and sex differences did not predict writing ability of third grade children any more accurately for structured than for nonstructured teaching methods, although children who did not spell or read as well as others were able to produce more volume in their writing when…

The variable opportunities for the use and development of language" was the best predictor of verbal ability for the pooled sample, with it accounting for 51 percent of the variance. (Author/MB)

The objectives of the study was to analyze the socioeconomic and political framework of citizen attitudes influenced by social-psychological factors, and by specific variables such as age, education, and anticipated rise in income. (RB)

The failure of traditional aptitude and achievement Measures to predict nonintellective, long-term criteria of college success is discussed. (PR)

Several of the POI variables were found to predict the effectiveness of dormitory assistants when using students' ratings as a criterion measure. (DG)

Forty-two independent achievement measures recorded from grades four to ten accounted for two-thirds of the variance in STEP science achievement scores, indicating that personality and motivational factors may need to be considered when grouping for instruction is done. (AL)

Using data drawn from the 1977-1978 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in mathematics, it was found that background variables accounted for 25 percent of the variance in mathematics achievement. Exposure to mathematics courses explained an additional 34 percent of the variance. (Author/BW)

The validity of spelling tests in several formats was investigated against the criterion of an estimate of spelling accuracy in ranked writing samples. The correlation between writing samples and spelling production was greater than with recognition of correct spelling. Variations in reliability and rankings were not responsible for the…

Black, middle class males generally supported nontraditional roles for women, women's issues, and egalitarian marital relationships. These data, along with results of an earlier study, indicated that this group's preferences concerning female roles were determined not only by social class, but also by ethnic/class-related values, needs, and…

Examined characteristics of the neighborhoods from which clientele of an alcohol treatment center were derived. Using 1970 Milwaukee census figures and patient information, computer analysis showed positive correlations between admissions and ethnicity, educational status, nonfamiy dimension, adult male and adolescent female neighborhoods,…

Explored the relationship of professionalization and rational corporate management. Subjects were 320 engineers in a merged manufacturing firm. Results indicated a relationship between graduate degree activity and organization membership, and confirmed that engineers exhibit greater professionalization in a rationally managed organization. (WAS)