A research survey using twenty student characteristic variables were used to attempt to identify potential high school dropouts from 227 ninth grade male and female students. The results indicated that droupouts can be predicted to a limited degree and have different characteristics than retainees in a vocational program. (DS)

A major problem in most predictions of school enrollment is the forecaster's failure to express adequately his certainty or uncertainty in his estimates. Describes a method whereby a forecaster can prepare probability distributions of enrollment predictions. The Monte Carlo computer simulation calculates enrollments by the multivariable method,…

When predicting work adjustment for disadvantaged trainees, intelligence tests will predict better for whites than blacks. Additional data suggest that the counselor who is interested in predicting the work adjustment of his clients should be aware of the need to develop different prediction criteria for whites and blacks. (Author)

Questions class rank as a significant indicator of academic success. (DS)

A level prediction task, in the context of Piaget's conservation-of-liquid problem, was used to analyze the regularities of incompetence'' in the nonconserving or noncompensating child. (Author)

Findings underline the importance of being concerned with a child's adjustment early, since later performance tends to relate significantly to it. (Authors)

Outlines the procedure to be followed in a directed reading lesson, including setting purposes, predicting outcomes, and examining and judging information. Bibliography. (MD)

The results of this study indicate that students from highly innovative high schools, as a group, do achieve significantly better early in college. This suggests that aggregate innovative behavior is one important factor in the college preparedness of students. (Author)

The hypothesis that the correlation of measures on the same characteristic at two points in time will approach unity when the relevant, intervening environment is added to the prediction equation is tested on a sample of high school physics students. (Author/AG)

The interaction between dependent/independent personality types and supportive/impersonal college environments is investigated. Suggestions for further research are offered. (DG)