This report is the third of a series of reports based on data collected in the 1978 National Sample of Scientists and Engineers survey. Profiled are the characteristics of 29,775 persons represented in the national sample's field of environmental scientists: 24,615 earth scientists, 3,481 atmospheric scientists, and 1,678 oceanographers.…

Methodologies and trends of judicial behavior research (the study of how and why court judges make decisions) are traced from the 1920s to the present. Arranged into five sections, the first two sections of the report identify principal points of social science research in general. A summary of methodology in judicial behavior research reveals…

A procedure was developed to combine subsets of curriculum-relevant items from a norm-referenced achievement test (NRT) with items comprising a locally-developed supplementary test in order to produce objective-referenced test (ORT) data for program evaluation. The study was designed to determine whether the ORTs were valid instruments for program…

The fourth in a series of articles on the chief business official in public school districts examines the officials' access to computers. Data are summarized in seven tables that categorize responses by enrollment size. (MLF)

We live in the information and the microelectronic age, where technological advancements become a major determinant of our lifestyle. Such advances in technology cannot possibly be made or sustained without concurrent advancement in management systems (5). The impact of computer technology on organizations and society is increasing as new…

Rapidly developing distance learning models which are connected to development of Internet Technology, has brought a lot of easiness for both students and teachers. There are three considerable topics must be taken into consideration for a distance learning study: teacher roles, education goals and student learning. In this study, especially for…

Before students and teachers can really understand another culture, they need to learn about their own culture. Considering the products, practices and perspectives of their own families, for example, can open new pathways in their knowledge about family artifacts, foods, patterns of behavior and appreciation of their family's cultural traditions…

Assessing fit of psychometric models has always been an issue of enormous interest, but there exists no unanimously agreed upon item fit diagnostic for the models. Bayesian networks, frequently used in educational assessments (see, for example, Mislevy, Almond, Yan, & Steinberg, 2001) primarily for learning about students' knowledge and…

This report provides statistics collected by the U.S. Census Bureau for the 1984-85 fiscal year on the revenue, expenditure, debt and financial assets of public school systems, including some local institutions of higher education, in the United States as a whole, in each state, and in individual school systems having enrollments of 15,000 or…

The eight reports featured in this publication detail the accomplishments of the State Grant Program (Titles I through IV) funded by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA). Written by members of the Public Library Support Staff, these descriptions are based on state and local library reports on how they meet a variety of users' needs.…

Prepared as part of an effort by Oakland Community College (OCC) to monitor the evolution of information technology in relation to the college's mission and purpose, this report describes OCC's current programs in data processing, examines the fit between the current curriculum and the employment market for computer specialists in southeast…

This report presents data on the income and poverty status of households, families, and individuals in the United States for the calendar year 1988. These data were compiled from information collected in the March 1989 Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted by the Bureau of the Census. The report is comprised of an introduction, highlights, and…

The High School and Beyond Senior Cohort Second Follow-Up (SCSF) data file (1984) is presented. The file consists of 11,995 records. The SCSF data tape contains five related files: (1) the raw data file (including the randomized identification number; first follow-up flags and composites; base-year questionnaire data; first follow-up questionnaire…

A well-planned and well-conducted evaluation can provide useful information to funding agencies, sponsoring institutions, instructors, and participants. Evaluating an instructional program, such as a workshop or institute, involves collecting, organizing, analyzing, and reporting data about several features of the program and its impact on the…

Using information from the student data files of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), this report provides a districtwide profile of fall 1987 student enrollment patterns by zipcode of residence. The first section of the report contains maps which illustrate, for each of the nine colleges in the district, the numbers of students…