Questions and charts requiring both statistical data and evaluative answers comprise the major portion of this book on self-assessment of elementary schools. The areas assessed include school and community, philosophy and objectives, curriculum, pupil assessment, pupil support services, staff and administration, and school resources and…

This manual contains materials related to the Second Institute for Demographic and Economic Studies, Inc. (IDES) Survey of Experiences and Plans (Winter 1978-79), third in a series of studies of a national sample of young people. The first two surveys are also addressed: survey of high school juniors in spring 1973 by American College Testing…

A project studied whether methods used to make career decisions affect their outcomes. Part A describes the correlational study to discover how thoughts and actions of community college students related to their satisfaction with outcomes of their decisions. It focuses on the administration to 255 community college students of a Decision-Making…

Three county-wide coordinated cooporative programs in Pennsylvania were evaluated to determine their impact upon high youth unemployment and dropout rates, to obtain student and employer attitudes toward the program, and to ascertain bow well they meet their objectives. Current students (335), graduates (193), guidance counselors (25), and…

A questionnaire was administered to samples of staff from 38 desegregated elementary schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on staff attitudes. The questions focused on a number of areas including desegregation and busing, student achievement, student-staff relations, student racial relations, and staff relations and…

A questionnaire was administered to samples of staff from 11 desegregated high schools in Detroit, Michigan, to evaluate the impact of desegregation on staff attitudes. The questions focused on a number of areas including desegregation and busing, student achievement, student-staff relations, student racial relations, and staff relations and…

Volume I of this 4-volume report contains the research instruments used in an 18-month project which was designed to understand the rural poor in terms of their information-seeking and information-utilization behavior patterns. Randomly divided into 3 groups, 840 families from 7 target counties in northwestern Florida were studied by a group of…

This study surveyed the classroom teacher as an agent of political socialization. Subjects were 1,057 prospective teachers from five heterogeneous colleges and universities in the upper north central region of the U.S. Questionnaire data revealed that, in general, subjects felt politically competent and efficacious, had a limited knowledge of the…

A survey questionnaire, based on 88 titles identified elsewhere as popular adolescent reading, was given to 172 students with the intent of determining whether there were observable sex differences in the students' choice of books. Information sought included: (1) whether girls and boys enjoy reading for pleasure; (2) what books are enjoyed by…

This document, part of a series of reports on the Philadelphia Follow Through Expansion Program, provides perceptions of program impact. One focus of this report is on (1) pre-program data collected in the summer, 1975 for first grade teachers; in the summer, 1976 for second grade teachers, and in the fall, 1976 for second grade aides. The second…

This paper examines the effects of a ten-day seminar in economic education for elementary and secondary teachers in Texas. The course consisted of lecture-readings and of reviews and demonstrations of teaching materials in economics. In addition to teacher preparation, specific objectives of the seminar were to increase participants' economic…

A followup study was conducted of the 62 Louisiana State University doctoral graduates of the College of Education from May 1975 through May 1978. A questionnaire was administered to gather data related to the graduate's experiences in and reactions to the doctoral program and on the relationship of that program to subsequent employment. An…

A study was conducted to determine how a representative sample of Iowa elementary school teachers viewed a number of research-supported and nonsupported teaching procedures in spelling. In addition, the study was designed to ascertain the degree to which this representative sample of teachers was utilizing or not utilizing selected…

An experimental writing program lasting three years and four months was held in the Chicago Public Library System, for which writers-in-residence, scholars-in- residence, and other program associates presented several series focusing on the city of Chicago. Emphasis during the first year centered on the literary/historical aspect of writing in and…

A study, as part of a larger report on attrition and retention of students at Miami University, was undertaken to determine the reasons for withdrawing from the university prior to earning a degree. A questionnaire was mailed to the 1,026 students in the 1978 class who voluntarily left the institution and for whom correct addresses could be…