Discusses the benefits gained and problems encountered in differentiated staffing patterns. (SB)

Article asks whether research has failed the educational system, and whether money spent for research been spent for nothing. (ML)

Several psychological theories are discussed in consideration of the question of what events or processes mediate the influence of environments (behavior settings) on behavior. (Author/MB)

Reports a research study which attempts to show the degree to which a licensing examination measures on the job performances as well as to show any measurable disparities between the licensing examination and on the job perofrmance. (SB)

This article is an attempt to focus upon the many changes which undoubtedly will take place and to discuss some of those issues considered significant. (Author)

Discusses the testing experience as it affects the black community. Contends that nationally standardized tests have: (1) excluded the black population in establishing their norms; (2) become instruments for reinforcement of negative black images; and, (3) been used inadvertently or otherwise to bar blacks from higher education. (DM)

Points out that oral reading involves visual, auditory, and kinesthetic perception and that it is impossible to divide reading methods into auditory and visual categories. Discusses the need to discover whether a child's perceptual abilities are directly related to his learning propensities and lists several other areas of needed research.…

Describes the uses of lipreading and the factors which aid the partially deaf person in acquiring it. Notes the acceptance which lipreading has gained as a valid tool of communication. Bibliography. (RW)