THIS DOCUMENT IS SECTION 3 OF A 3-PART REPORT BY THE EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE. THE DATA USED IN THIS SECTION WERE COMPILED FROM 79 CLASSES CONTAINING ABOUT 1,000 PUPILS. THE CLASSES WERE PART OF THE 1966 SUMMER HEAD START PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS TO NOTE GENERAL PERFORMANCE CHANGES IN THE PUPILS AS MEASURED BY TESTS ADMINISTERED…

AN ATTEMPT TO SEPARATE THE PROBLEMS OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCE FROM THE MORE GENERAL PROBLEMS OF UNDERACHIEVMENT IS MADE IN THIS OVERVIEW OF CURRENT RESEARCH. THE CULTURALLY DIFFERENT STUDENT COMES PRIMARILY FROM THE LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY. HE IS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE MENTALLY RETARDED, PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED,…

WORK EXPERIENCE, PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS, TRENDS, AND CONTRASTS OF MIGRATORY FARMWORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE PRESENTED FOR THE YEARS 1962 THROUGH 1966, WITH EMPHASIS ON 1965. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF AGE, SEX, CHIEF ACTIVITY DURING YEAR, HOUSEHOLD RELATIONSHIP, SIZE OF HOUSEHOLD, COLOR, FARM AND NONFARM RESIDENCE, TENURE, AND EDUCATION…

A national study of the socialclass composition of 490 schools in 41 large cities is reported. The emphasis is on the social class composition of schools rather than individual pupils. The dependent variables in this research on social stratification deal mainly with behavior, attitudes, and attributes of the key teachers and principals who can…

A study was made to determine client system leadership expectations in individual and group problem situations. A questionnaire was developed, and validated by a panel, which asked respondents to rank three solution approach alternatives for individual and group problems--individual, group or key person nature. It was mailed to 190 community…

The purpose of this study was (1) to analyze perceptions of Employee Development Specialists in the Federal Government concerning their present role versus their ideal role and their present place in the organization versus their rightful place; and (2) to compare their background with that of personnel specialists in the Federal Government.…

A comparison was made of attitudes toward retirement and readiness for it among hourly-rated older automobile workers in the United States and those in Great Britain. Tables show both similarities and differences in their general characteristics, permitting tentative comparisons. Americans viewed retirement more positively, found their jobs more…

Because the bulk of professional attention to middle-age change has concentrated on women, and because there is a need for data on differences in career options and alternatives between men and women, a study focused on the process of adult development, men-in-transition and adults experiencing discontinuity. Data were collected by means of (1) a…

The 1,024,785 people who reported four or less grades of schooling in the 1961 Canadian Census point up the paradox of a society where free compulsory education to age 16 is assumed to mean everyone will at least complete elementary school. To understand these people as individuals, all available census data on these educationally deficient adults…

Eighteen young (almost 16 years of age) and 18 old(average age 70) subjects were assigned to either the control or one of two experimental groups on the basis of their age, sex, vocabulary, and need for achievement scores. All participated in a test session and two experimental sessions. Results indicate that: (1) Items that have been often…

This research examined the hypothesized interaction between sex and interpersonal relationship by comparing the actual self-disclosures made to best friends and strangers by male and female subjects. It was hypothesized that subjects would disclose more to best friends than to strangers, that females would disclose more than males to best friends,…

The study was designed to examine the personal and professional characteristics related to change and nonchange orientations of adult educators. A personal data form consisting of personal characteristics (age and sex) and professional characteristics (years of experience in adult education, institution from which the doctorate was secured,…

This report begins with an assessment of the status of vandalism in Alberta's schools, with particular emphasis on the costs of vandalism. Determination of the costs is made by school size and such factors as whether the school is rural or urban, public or private. Next an examination is made of the literature on the nature and causes of…

Described is the development of a diagnostic/prescriptive system--developed as part of the Pendleton Project--which would aid in the understanding of causes and ultimate treatment of dysfunctional behavior in 6- through 12-year-old children. Reported are the objectives and rationale of the Pendleton Project, an interdisciplinary, community based…

This technical paper examines how different poverty standards can change the statistical description of the low income population. It supplements a chapter in a report submitted to the U.S. Congress in 1976 titled, "The Measure of Poverty". The poverty measure currently used in Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (the…