Reviews of the literature suggest the need for research of outcomes of school counseling. This document attempts to speak to this problem. Section One reviews studies in methods of evaluating counselor behavior and counseling outcome. It proposes a counselor task survey which would involve counselors, parents, clients, and teachers in elementary…

Volume II of the First Annual Report of the National Day Care Study (NDCS) funded by the Office of Child Development presents the research design for Phase II of the study and includes a detailed technical discussion of the study's analytical and methodological issues. The NDCS, being conducted over a period of three years, is designed to answer…

A summary of a Research Design Conference held by the California Commission for Teacher Preparation and Licensing to discuss planned research on teaching and potential designs for such research is presented. The first section is an overview of the need for research on teaching, a brief statement of the needs of the Commission for Teacher…

Reported is the evaluation of the Division of Special Education and Pupil Personnel Services (DSEPPS) 1975-76 Supplementary Reading Program for Handicapped Children which operated in 43 schools in New York City and served 1,578 children (5-16 years old) through two agencies--the Bureau for the Education of the Physically Handicapped (BEPH) and the…

Three aspects of educational research have hindered a truly scientific approach--artificially simple laboratory settings, a reliance on post hoc computer analysis, and the rule of the contract office. A more scientific setting might be created if three requirements are satisfied: (1) research should be carried out in life situations; (2) focus…

Using examples from evaluations of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) Basic Grants Program, the ESAA Pilot Program, and the sustaining effects of compensatory education programs, school and student attrition are discussed. As in the example cases, appreciable attrition can be expected in most longitudinal studies. The possible effects of this…

Six models for evaluating change are examined via a Monte Carlo study. All six models show a lack of power. A modified analysis of variance procedure is suggested as an alternative. (JKS)

In studies of the relationship between masculinity-femininity and intelligence, data should be analyzed using correlational analysis for the complete distribution, rather than analysis of variance of extreme groups. The earlier work of Baucom and Welsh (EJ 171 822) was used as illustration. (BW)

Humphreys' criticisms (TM 503 269) of the work of Welsh and Baucom (EJ 171 822) are inappropriate since his findings are based upon a different measure of masculinity-femininity and a population which is somewhat different. Also, his insistence on correlational analysis to the exclusion of extreme group design is viewed as inappropriately…

Based on results from the nonequivalent control group design, the mean performance in the nonvoucher and traditional voucher programs remain similar. It is quite plausible that the loss of teacher time due to planning, developing, and modifying a new curriculum led to the loss in reading achievement. (Author/CTM)

Research on teacher effects should be reconceptualized by a psychological model which incorporates human learning and information processing perspectives. Exemplary areas of research include teacher decision making strategies, student cognitive processes, and teacher-student interactions in the classroom. (CP)

This paper suggests ways in which social scientists, while being sensitive to and meeting the needs of the community under study, can contribute to the fund of knowledge regarding racial and cultural minorities. (Author)

This study estimated a component of within-school variance which has been overlooked in policy research studies and program evaluations performed to date: the effect on pupil performance of different teachers within a single school or program. Results indicated that teacher effects accounted for 30 to 40 percent of within-school variance. (Author/…

Pupils in ten primary schools were taught two lessons, separated by a two week interval, by ten student teachers. After each lesson both pupils and student teachers completed questionnaires concerning their performance and attitudes. Results of students' assessments of their teachers proved quite reliable. (Editor/RK)