Presents indicators to determine if windows should be replaced, and information about new types of windows available. (MLF)

This hearing on the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989, S. 1425, which requires mandatory nutrition labels on all food products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, covered specific details on labeling procedures which will enable consumers to make intelligent choices on food selection. Prepared statements are included from…

This handbook is intended to help consumers exercise their rights in the marketplace in three ways. It shows how to communicate more effectively with manufacturers, retailers, and service providers; it is a self-help manual for resolving individual consumer complaints; and it lists helpful sources of assistance. The handbook has two sections. Part…

Twenty-six products are described and evaluated in terms of how the mathematics materials have been designed to facilitate various approaches to the individualization of instruction. (Author/MLF)

A school modernization project in Georgia uses air conditioning units linked to a closed water loop that retains and redistributes heat when and where needed. (Author)

This Needs Assessment Compendium has been developed to provide Rhode Island school districts in the Local Planning and Assessment Process with a means for selecting or developing a needs assessment instrument. This document contains descriptive summaries of 23 approaches that were undertaken by local, state, and commercial agencies throughout the…

This paper answers a series of questions concerning the Bilingual Syntax Measure (BSM): what it is, who it is designed for, what it consists of, how long it takes to administer the test, who should administer it, where the BSM should be given, how to conduct the assessment, and how to score the test. The paper concludes that, overall, the BSM can…

This is an illustrated informative booklet, designed to serve members of the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., and the plastics industry as a whole. It provides basic information about the industry's history and growth, plastics raw materials, typical uses of plastics, properties, and methods of processing and fabricating. (Author/DS)

This paper describes the efforts of the Program on Teacher Effectiveness of the Stanford Center for Research and Development in Teaching to survey and catalog available teacher training products. It is stated that the project developed from the program's own need to identify potential products which could be incorporated into the program's…

Intended to provide the user with alphabetical access to over 9,000 non-book educational media producer-distributor names and addresses, this volume was compiled from the computerized data base of the National Information Center for Educational Media. First, an alphabetical guide to producers and distributors by name is presented containing the…

While the educational product development field has expanded tremendously over the last 15 years, there is a paucity of conveniently assembled and readily interpretable information that would enable users to make accurate and informed evaluations of different, but comparable, instructional products. Minimum types of validation data which should be…

Sources of marketing information and services in the broad and rapidly growing field of data communications are listed in this guide. Most of the entries are concerned with communications and electronics equipment and services but their products and services are produced in a number of industries. The organizations are listed under the following…

Describes the components and the capabilities of nine minicomputers and how they are capable of serving as a terminal with remote IBM 360 or 370 computers. (MLF)

Looks at proposed standard for CD-I (compact disc-interactive) and its implications for product and market development, CD-ROM, and optical publishing. Possible roles of OS-9 (Microware's operating system), Polaroid's Colorcatcher, and products shown at the Microsoft CD-ROM conference in the development of the CD-I market are discussed. (Author)

Local Area Networks (LAN) provide a way to share computer resources. Technical terms and concepts of LAN are explained. Identifies some LAN systems, their characteristics, and costs. (MLF)