Concludes that state laws affecting access to government records vary in their degree of openness but tend to support the concept that government should operate in the public view. (RB)

This supplement to the "Bibliography of the History of Libraries in New York State" contains primary and secondary sources, in English or translated, completed or published from 1968 to 1972. Documents are concerned with functions and activities of individual New York State libraries and/or systems, and library development on a statewide…

The report to the state legislature examines the status of culturally disadvantaged mentally gifted minors in California. The report is preceded by sections of the education code which outline report requirements and criteria for identification of the culturally disadvantaged, underachieving mentally gifted. The report provides data on the…

This paper discusses responses to a survey paralleling a national study of trustees in North Carolina. Conducted in 1968, the survey was aimed at 1600 trustees; some 800 responded. The remarks deal principally with findings of importance to the trustees themselves, and answered 4 general questions: (1) who are North Carolina's trustees; (2) how…

State offices of mental retardation were surveyed to determine current methods used to estimate the prevalence of mental retardation. (Author)

In order to describe the scope of community service programs in the 103 California community colleges, a comprehensive survey instrument was designed and administered to the community service deans of the colleges. The data received from 85 colleges is presented here for the 1974-75 fiscal year. (NHM)

Results of a survey of Texas school administrators asked to rank courses of instruction in order of importance. (Author/M LF)

A state-wide (Texas) prevalence survey of self-injurious behavior (SIB) among institutionalized mentally retarded individuals found that: 89.8% were severely and profoundly mentally retarded: differential therapeutic treatment modalities may have occurred according to sex of the client; and 58.4% engaged in more than one SIB response topography.…

A statewide survey of the extent of visual impairment in the population served by regional centers revealed more than 3,700 of the 63,000 center clients have a serious visual impairment. Many visually impaired developmentally disabled Ss also have hearing impairments, additional medical problems, or behavior problems. (CL)

The article logs descriptive demographic and psychometric data on 1,839 randomly selected learning disabled students from across Iowa. In contrast to the results of other studies, nearly 75 percent of the students in Iowa LD programs met a moderate level of academic discrepancy. Variability was found among the standard scores for the achievement…

This report details the results of a comprehensive inquiry by New Jersey into one aspect of school construction, the repair and replacement of roof systems, which represents the single most expensive and integral component of a school's physical structure. The investigation began in late 1997 after confidential complaints suggested abuse in the…

In the spring of 1980, The Teachers College at Emporia State University (ESU) conducted an intensive survey of the attitudes of Kansans toward public schools in their communities. Patterned after the national Gallup Poll on public education, the ESU project was named Kansans' Attitudes Toward Education (KATE). A variety of organizations and…

This article discusses the results of a survey of 380 elementary teachers randomly selected from 42 schools concerning their classroom practices, opinions, and suggestions of the Inquiry teaching method of Social Studies. (Author/RM)

National Commission study helps prod States into enacting more than 100 amendments to improve protection for disabled workers. (Editor)