This bibliography describes dictionaries of the English language appropriate for grades K-12, as well as for college and college-bound students and unabridged dictionaries for reference use. Entries were selected from those materials submitted by publishers which received favorable reviews by educators. Information on each includes citation, price…

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), composed of the common elements of operational classification batteries used by the different services, has been given to high school students since 1968. Results are used by the schools for counseling and by the Armed Services for selecting and classifying potential recruits. The present…

THIS UNIVERSITY-LEVEL TEXT IS AN ATTEMPT TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN SUPERFICIAL IMPRESSION AND SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING INDONESIA. IT PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTION TO INDONESIA THROUGH CHAPTERS ON--(1) PHYSICAL AND HUMAN RESOURCE PATTERNS, BY K.J. PELZER, (2) INDONESIAN CULTURES AND COMMUNITIES, BY H. GEERTZ, (3) THE CHINESE MINORITY, BY G.W.…

IN THIS REPORT INFORMATION AND STATISTICAL DATA ARE GIVEN ON THE DULUTH, MINNESOTA, SCHOOL SYSTEM'S PHYSICAL PLANT, FINANCES, PERSONNEL, INNOVATIVE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR SPECIAL STUDENTS. THE APPENDIXES TO THE REPORT CONTAIN A LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THEIR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, A SUMMARY OF A…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY DIRECTLY SUPPLEMENTS AND IS INTENDED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF "MONGOLS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, PART I." THE RANGE OF SUBJECT MATTER, HOWEVER, GOES FAR BEYOND THE SPECIFIC CONCERNS OF THE FIRST VOLUME, COVERING GENERAL AND SPECIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHIES, UNSIGNED REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, OFFICIAL HISTORIES,…

THIS REPORT, BASED ON TESTS GIVEN TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS IN THE SPRING, 1967, DESCRIBES THE SLIGHT CHANGES MADE IN TESTING PROCEDURES AND GIVES TEST AND PLACEMENT RESULTS FOR 2,646 STUDENTS IN FRENCH, GERMAN, SPANISH, AND LATIN. TENTATIVE PLACEMENT IN FRENCH, GERMAN, AND SPANISH WAS BASED ON SCORES OBTAINED ON MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION READING…

STEP IS A PART-TIME SCHOOL, PART-TIME WORK PROGRAM FOR POTENTIAL SCHOOL DROPOUTS 15 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. PUPILS ATTEND SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AND WORK IN THE AFTERNOON. THE TEACHER-COORDINATOR PLAYS THE KEY ROLE AND MEETS WITH A GROUP OF 15 TO 20 PUPILS DAILY TO "ORIENT" THEM TO SCHOOL AND WORK. THE COORDINATOR COUNSELS HIS PUPILS…

THE QUESTIONNAIRE WAS ADMINISTERED TO 8,709 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. OF THIS NUMBER 4,279 WERE FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND 4,430 WERE DIOCESAN SCHOOL GRADUATES. 6,006 PLANNED TO WORK IMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATION, AND 2,643 PLANNED TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION. FOR THOSE GOING ON TO COLLEGE 16.6 PERCENT PLANNED TO STUDY ENGINEERING, 16.4 PERCENT TEACHING,…

ACCORDING TO A NATIONAL SURVEY OF TEACHING FACULTY CONDUCTED BY THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION IN 1963, THERE ARE STRIKING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FACULTY EMPLOYED BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION ATTENDED PREDOMINANTLY BY WHITE STUDENTS AND THOSE ATTENDED PREDOMINANTLY BY NEGRO STUDENTS. NEGRO INSTITUTIONS IN 1962-63 COMPRISED ONLY 6 PERCENT OF THE…

THE AMERICAN COLLEGE TESTING SERVICE ANALYZED THE ENROLLMENT (IN TERMS OF STUDENT GOALS, ABILITIES, AND ACHIEVEMENTS) OF SEVERAL HUNDRED COLLEGES OF VARIOUS SIZES AND TYPES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE RESULTANT DATA, ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS OF THE SCHOOLS STUDIED, PROVIDED EVIDENCE AS TO WHAT KINDS OF STUDENTS ATTEND WHAT…

This report, based on statistics gathered from the first statewide census of Illinois public secondary school course offerings, enrollments, and cocurricular activities, focuses on English language arts courses. Among the highlights from the report are the following: (1) Illinois junior and senior high schools typically rely on general, grade…

The United States brought this action alleging that the Hazelwood School District and various officials were engaged in a "pattern or practice" of teacher employment discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The district court ruled that the government had failed to establish a pattern or practice of…

This comparative study of primary school finance is based on ten studies of the arrangements for financing primary education in Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Yugoslavia. Chapter 1 describes the variety of approaches that individual countries…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the duties and responsibilities assigned to assistant principals in select Minnesota secondary schools. The objectives were to determine (1) the degree of responsibility delegated to the assistant principal for each duty assigned, (2) the level of authority involved in the completion of the delegated…

This survey includes tabulations of median and beginning professional salaries for the year for budgeted positions in all Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries and supplementary tables listing average salaries for filled positions in ARL's academic libraries, displayed by position, sex, minority group membership, and geographic…