The Legal Assistant Task Analysis Project was undertaken to provide data related to the importance of tasks and the frequency of tasks that are, or could be, assigned to an assistant. In order to accomplish this, a task survey form was constructed and distributed to a sample of attorneys in (1) private practice, (2) companies or corporations, and…

The statistics presented were principally compiled from forms submitted to the State Library Commission by public libraries. Major headings by region are: income, operating expenditures, resources, circulation. Data for individual libraries are presented under each heading. (DAG)

An Arizona study provided baseline data about community education throughout the state. (Author/MLF)

If the explanations offered are correct, inflation should be leveling off and a small amount of deflation might be expected. The major initial impact of declining enrollments, changing student quality, and financial pressures has already been felt, and the pressure within academe to contain grade inflation is mounting. (Author/IRT)

Results of a Wisconsin study and a national study indicate that media richness of a community is associated with greater diversity in the public problems agenda held by the citizens of that community. (GW)

Surveys 52 Texas two-year institutions in order to provide information about community college advisor/journalists. (KS)

Of 51 Louisiana students with Usher's Syndrome (a genetic condition characterized by hearing loss and progressive blindness), 71 percent manifested visual impairment and hearing loss, 9 percent had neither, 10 percent had visual impairments but a less-than-profound hearing loss, and 10 percent had profound hearing loss and no visual impairment.…

A survey of 190 public and community residential facilities indicate that staff in community and public residential facilities must be prepared to deal with maladaptive behavior, that behaviorally oriented response strategies appear to be most effective, and that there is a need for greater attention to training direct-care residential staff in…

Details findings of a 1983 survey conducted to provide a demographic and political profile of trustees representing the 39 Illinois community college districts. Finds trustees' seats dominated by politically conservative, middle- and upper-middle-class White males, although recent trends are toward more female, minority, aggressive, visible, and…

Examines (1) a simple model of the origin, development, and effects of stress; (2) the 12 most important causes of stress found in a survey of Oregon school administrators; (3) coping strategies used by the administrators surveyed; and (4) management skills as a potential coping technique. (MCG)

Analysis of questionnaires completed by 40 California school districts revealed a need for more clear credentialed speech-language pathologists and suggested that districts underestimated the number of personnel needed in their districts. Additional problems noted were lack of funding, inadequate numbers of bilingual speech-language pathologists,…

The study examined the relationship between direct clinical services provided to persons who are mentally retarded/developmentally disabled in 338 group homes and program and occupant characteristics. Findings suggest that group homes differ significantly in on-site service provision. (Author/CL)

This state survey analyzed the status of environmental education, future plans, and needs for implementing or improving environmental education. The results indicated that 69 percent of the districts did not require environmental education and 36 percent did not include it all. (MR)

At a time when the State of Washington, as many states, is hoping to realize the ambitious goals of standards-based reforms in education, questions arise in many quarters about how teachers are approaching this task, and how well equipped and supported they are for this work. In the best of worlds, the state would have good information sources for…

This paper summarizes evidence about the participation of young children of immigrants in early care and education programs as well as relevant demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of immigrant families that likely influence children's participation in early learning programs. It then discusses policy recommendations for state and local…