Presents a method for combining multiple scale responses from job or task surveys based on a hierarchical rating scheme. Provides the rationale for placing the resulting ordinal information on an interval scale of measurement using the Rasch model. Also suggests a method for linking two or more surveys using the Rasch model and the BIGSTEPS…

A counselor's academic guidance is critical because student stress levels are high due to increased levels of expectations that they perform at their best (Campbell & Dahir, 1997; Gysbers & Henderson, 2000). In the last decade, education reform has moved towards more standards-driven curriculum/a, basic skills acquisition, and…

School counselors (n = 1,704) nationwide were surveyed to determine if the duties performed by them were aligned with the duties prescribed by the school counseling profession since the inception of the American School Counseling Association (ASCA) National Model in 2003. Differences were found based on participants having received ASCA National…

We report on how fifty superintendents (chief executive officers of public school systems, each invited by a researcher to participate) from seven states in the US talked in eight focus groups of their perspectives on their influence as leaders, their efforts to communicate with stakeholders, and how they learn from these stakeholders. We maintain…

Most organizations planning to assess adverse impact or perform a stock analysis for affirmative action planning must correctly classify their jobs into appropriate occupational categories. Two methods of job classification were assessed in a combination archival and field study. Classification results from expert judgment of functional job…

THIS RESEARCH STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO ANSWER 3 QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE DIRECTION AND DIRECTORS OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS--(1) WHAT ELEMENTS OF DIRECTOR BEHAVIOR APPEAR MOST OFTEN IN JUDGMENTS OF DIRECTOR EFFECTIVENESS MADE BY TV STATION MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL, (2) WHAT ARE THE NON-BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS (I.E., AGE, EDUCATION, WORK…

The information reported in this directory was compiled from a review of documents from state educational and employment service agencies, occupational curriculum laboratories and research coordinating units, branches of the armed forces, selected private research and development agencies, and other organizations. Task inventories resulting from…

The handbook provides an illustrated guide to ways of improving useful employment of the disabled by adapting jobs. How to increase employment opportunities by making simple adjustments (adaption or redesign of tools, machines, work places) is demonstrated. The nature of occupational handicap is discussed, stressing the importance of job and…

Historically, administrator evaluation and the corresponding compensation for administrative salaries have been tied directly to teacher salaries. The old evaluation systems are inadequate, and education must find a more acceptable method of valuing various school management positions and paying for these responsibilities accordingly. One answer…

The nature of the work performed by biologists and biochemists is described in general terms, and for the subcategories such as agronomists, pharmacologists and entomologists. The types of employment opportunities, the necessary training the employment outlook and typical salaries and working conditions are described. Addresses for requesting…

The twenty-four job descriptions in this report represent a consensus of all the participants. The participants feel that the full capabilities of the incumbent of a job are not utilized. The job descriptions illustrate the increased standards of performance of professional categories and provide for the assignment of non-professional duties to…

Three United States Air Force job inventory procedures were studied in depth, categorizing task statements by duties, interviewing technical advisers for job information, and detecting bias in survey samples. Variations in the usual grouping of supervisory tasks were found to be occasionally necessary. Depending upon the career ladder surveyed,…

Presents evidence that the absence of an absolute standard of job worth does not preclude employers from developing their own standards for comparing jobs to reduce pay inequities in their work force. States that efforts to establish job evaluation should focus more on removing systematic biases from the evaluation process. (Author/CH)

Addresses selecting among and using the numerous quantitative job classification procedures, with a focus on the decision-making tasks and practical difficulties that confront users of each. (Author/ABB)

Analyzed samples of women (N=80) from five different occupations for degree of interest homogeneity. Results indicated that there may be important differences within occupations and that the similarities may be trivial and overused in occupational interest inventories. (LLL)