There is no shortage of data in the education system today. States and school districts are gathering large amounts of information on school and student performance. The challenge now is to make sure states are collecting the most relevant data and that they have a coordinated system for using them effectively. To provide educators with the data…

This paper described the delinquent way of life in Honolulu, the procedures the author used to learn about that way of life, and the historical context in which this experience was set. (Author/RK)

It is the objective of this paper to trace the development of research in the area of determining campus values in dating selection, and to propose a model which could reconcile the conflicting findings. (Author/RK)

Article reported on a study conducted by an NCEA research group on attitudes toward all lay schools. (RK)

Sixty children with mean age 5.10 years were studied. Each member of two groups of 20 nonconservers was given a different kind of verbal rule instruction that was focused on the conservation of discontinuous and continuous quantity. (Editor)

Author stresses that child art has a different interpretation for adults than it does for children, and an understanding of child art can open our minds to better appreciation and respect for all art, all children, and all artists. (Author/RK)

Methods for activist trustees - men working behind the scenes to bolster communications and a bilateral flow of resources - to help obtain funds for the community college. (Editor)

The two problems examined were the effect of observers in the typical classroom and the possibility of regional bias in local observers' data. (LN)

A study of the college presidency that uses "career trajectory" as a better way to understand administrative careers is described. There appears to be little advance planning either by the individual or the organization along a specific route that would lead to a college presidency. (MLW)

The histories of five multisite, qualitative policy studies were examined to see how much variation in formalization reflected the technical requirements of the research problem, the demands of the federal client, and the preferences of the project team and its professional network. (Author/PN)