Two components of sophistication of researchers are increased knowledge of and attitudes toward educational research. The topic of this paper is the exploration of the status of these components in a sample of public school teachers. (Author)

The study sought to identify the language, perceptual, demographic, and intellectual factors capable of discriminating between groups of good, average, and poor first-grade students as determined by a standardized reading test. (Editor)

The present research again demonstrates the strong link between social class background and early leaving, but, interestingly, when stated leaving preference was controlled for, no relationship between social class background and conceptions of school was detected. (Author)

In this paper, the diverse literature bearing on the topic of homosexuality and psychological adjustment is critically reviewed and synthesized. The first chapter discusses the most crucial methodological issue in this area, the problem of sampling. The kinds of samples used to date are critically examined, and some suggestions for improved…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent and some of the characteristics of adult learning. Subjects were a random sample of 54 professional men. (Editor)

The National Assessment of Educational Progress was established for the purpose of providing reliable information describing what young Americans know and do. This article described that assessment. (Author/RK) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description.

This paper was concerned with the correlation between the extent of a youth self-defined rebellion and 1) perceived parental marital happiness; 2) the restrictiveness-permissiveness of perceived child rearing practices; and 3) perceived division of authority of parents. (Author/RK)

Article presented a number of responses to a survey of wherein rests the responsibility for governing schools in America. (RK)

The major emphasis of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) has been directed toward individuals in the 1972 high school graduating class. Consequently, sampling parameters were established to ensure student representation, and the bulk of data collected were individual-level data. School-level data exist on a…

Developed to assist librarians in the measurement and evaluation of the library's ability to provide services, this guide suggests a number of evaluation techniques that may be used once the reasons for a study have been clearly determined and locally peculiar conditions have been taken into account. The first section explains methods for…

A pilot study to ascertain the most cost-efficient and statistically reliable way of obtaining data on drug use by means of the telephone was conducted. Typically, surveys of sensitive or stigmatizing information have been contaminated by an unknown amount of error due to evasive or incorrect responses. The randomized response technique, which…

In assessing educational equity among school districts, according to the authors, researchers should control for differences across districts in the prices of educational inputs. This paper tests a suggested index for one educational input, teacher salaries. The suggested teacher-salary index, based on a supply-and-demand model using 12 demand and…

The broad hypothesis that children whose histories imply the possible presence of an intellect-reducing condition will score lower on an IQ test than children whose histories do not imply such conditions was tested in a study designed to illustrate the distinction between average and normal IQ. Health and behavior histories of a sample of second…