Developed from 63 responses to a survey of 104 members of the Kentucky Association for Communications and Technology (KACT), this report provides information on the association's members in three categories: (1) basic demographic data, employment function, academic preparation, and areas of expertise and interest; (2) other affiliations, committee…

This document provides a brief overview of the ongoing dropout studies cited in the press and around the Austin Independent School District (AISD) in Austin, Texas. It includes a list of key observations which notes that the dropout rate among adolescents is too high; that approximately 20% of 16- to 24-year-olds in Texas do not have a high school…

In an effort to assess the overall fringe benefit programs of community college districts in California and to determine the dollar amounts paid certificated employees, fringe benefit and salary remuneration were calculated for all 70 districts in the state. Study findings included the following: (1) 13 districts offered a "cafeteria…

An awareness of the present and future training needs of practicing school guidance counselors could be very useful for faculty of counselor education programs. To determine what type of training Maine counselors desired and needed, the University of Southern Maine had 302 school counselors complete questionnaires assessing their professional…

This document presents the complete appendices to "A Descriptive Profile of Individuals Applying for Certification Through Individual Review Procedures," SP 011 401. The contents of these appendices are: (1) description of items for recording; (2) item recording instructions; (3) recording form, (4) certificate coding, (5) state coding,…

Presents the results of a survey of the freshman composition requirements in two- and four-year Texas colleges, and examines the implications of the results. (R B)

The major purpose of this study was to revise the basic production agriculture curriculum guide used by vocational agrculture teachers in Texas. A twenty-five member advisory committee for curriculum revision conducted the following activities: (1) obtained thirty-one curriculum guides for a technical agriculture program, (2) surveyed vocational…

Growing concern over the high percentage of students leaving the Oregon public schools before graduation led to this study, which attempted to determine the activities and plans of early leavers and their reasons for leaving school. Telephone interviews were conducted with leavers in September 1980 in five geographic regions of the state.…

This compendium is an appendix to a 50-state study of current legal standards for public elementary and secondary education (See EA 008 318). It compiles and digests the statutory and regulatory standards concerning education for each of the fifty states, Puerto Rico, and three trust territories. Also included is a citation to each standard and a…

The purpose of this study was to survey the present status of reading in Alabama secondary schools. A survey of reading in secondary schools was designed to answer the following questions: What achievement or reading tests are presently administered in Alabama secondary schools? What is the purpose of such testing? What format is presently used in…

The plan details recommended procedures for the construction of mental retardation facilities in New Jersey. The Mental Retardation Planning Board and State Board of Control are described and members listed. Stated are methods of administration of the planning and construction program, and the basic program goals and policies. Four major regions…

To ascertain the professional problems of teachers of trade and technical education and to solicit opinions regarding probable causes, 103 Iowa post-secondary trade and technical teachers and their 26 immediate supervisors were interviewed. Some findings were: (1) 37 percent of the teachers had no formal education beyond high school; almost 17…

In a survey of Oklahoma business designed to develop occupational data for the present and future, 300 occupations were selected and 11 schedules prepared to reflect various types of firms. The schedule concerning medical and other health services facilities was sent to nearly 200 firms and institutions and usable information was received from…

Florida colleges' own follow-up studies have been valuable to themselves, but statewide research has been needed to assess the system's success--hence this 1969 study of fall 1966 first-time freshmen. From 28,396 students of 26 colleges, a random-stratified sample of 499 was drawn according to each college's enrollment and by sex ratio, with…