Among the major objectives of this study was the determination of the nature and extent of disparities in revenues and expenditures among a group of selected states, and among type of districts within and across these states. A common pattern in education finance characteristics was found within each type of district, particularly among central…

Local education agencies expended a record of 32.4 billion for current operations for free public elementary and secondary education for the 1969-70 school year. This amount represents an increase of 12 percent over the 1968-69 school year. These expenditures represented an estimated 92 percent of all current expenditures from all sources (local,…

This report represents one step in Arizona's statewide student assessment program. The data presented here identify student achievement in grade 8, the end of the elementary school experience, in the basic skills of reading, writing, and arithmetic. The needs assessment program (ENAPA) is described in section one. The design for this evaluation is…

This publication offers interested citizens of California a brief analysis of the problems the State faces in financing its public school system, a brief presentation of general financing alternatives, and a look at legislative measures which have been proposed or are being proposed to implement these alternatives. The research that produced these…

This is the fifth annual report of Employee Training in the Federal Service. The report contains five sections. Section I discusses developments in several major areas of interest during 1971, including the increased emphasis on improved training management, the continuation of executive development and upward mobility, and labor relations…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a book on the present state of Soviet education, with historical background for purposes of comparison. The introductory chapter traces the progress of Soviet education from 1917 to 1967. Comparative statistics are quoted to illustrate the results of the revolution that…

This is the third in a series of annual publications providing information on the adult basic education programs sponsored by the United States Office of Education under Public Law 89-750. These publications have been based upon data compiled from annual reports on adult education filed with the Office of Education by each State, the District of…

The language skills category of objectives of the Appalachia Preschool Education Program as measured by the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA), is discussed. The point is made that one of the difficulties associated with evaluating language development is the loose fit between available theoretical and operational definitions of…

The first and principal enclosure of the study of attrition at the five federal service academies provides a detailed, technically-oriented account of the methods, procedures, findings, and interpretations of the General Accounting Office's study. The study involved extensive surveys of more than 20,000 current and former students. The survey…

This report presents statistical data for all Illinois public and private two-year and four-year colleges and universities extracted from the Fall 1975 Space Survey completed by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Summary data by institution and totals and weighted means for types of institutions are provided on building efficiency (net…

This report is intended to provide information with which to answer those questions about Florida's community colleges most frequently asked by members of the legislature, state agencies, external agencies, citizens, administrators, faculty members, and students. Introductory sections describe the history, goals and philosophy, and organization of…

Statistical data on working women in the United States from age 16 to 70 and over are analyzed for the 1974-75 period. It is noted that the labor force participation of women has risen dramatically since 1950, although the rate has stabilized somewhat since the late 1960's (which is in marked contrast to the rate of their male counterparts, which…

A survey was conducted to define the career development needs of women in five school districts which form the Metropolitan Adult Education Program (MAEP) area (San Jose, California). (The survey was a first step in a project to demonstrate the transferability of existing career development programs from other school areas to designated need…

In early 1966, the military services were directed to explore the feasibility of creating an aptitude test battery which would stimulate interest in military service, provide counselor and student information on vocational aptitudes, provide the services with information on enlistment prospects, establish mental qualifications for enlistment and…

This study further develops the Diagnostic Survey for Leadership Improvement (DSLI) and determines its reliability and validity. Split-half estimates of the DSLI's reliability were computed. These estimates came in terms of the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients that were then corrected by the Spearman-Brown Prophesy Formula. The…