Presented are statistical tables, summaries, and analyses of services which are provided to the handicapped and others for January through March 1976 under the Social Securtiy Act Titles XX, IV-B, and IV-C in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Highlights of the report are noted for service recipients (such as 3.2 million children and…

Word analysis, study skills, and reading comprehension were assessed for 217 certificated teachers in 14 Utah schools. No significant differences were found among the scores of elementary school principals, special education and resource teachers, early-childhood grade teachers, and intermediate grade teachers. The effects of selected variables…

All types of libraries and library related activities are covered. Narrative description is provided as a complement to updated statistical tables. Major topics include: the Wisconsin library network, library and media organizations, library education, library directory by county, federal library programs, academic library services, media…

As part of a statewide assessment planning effort to establish career education in Texas, basic information was sought. Procedures used to find out what community members thought student development should be in terms of career education are described. The practicality and feasibility of measuring the student outcomes identified are discussed. (BP)

This article contains the results of a survey of public secondary schools in Pennsylvania to determine their compliance with the State Board of Education Mandate to teach an interdisciplinary American Cultures course. For journal availability see SO 504 433. (Author/RM)

Summarized is a study to determine the degree to which Michigan vocational teachers and administrators use or plan to use local advisory committees for planning, equipping, staffing, and reviewing local programs, and their degree of commitment to the concept. Researchers conclude that improvement is needed in all areas of concern. (AJ)

This study examined the social bases of support for the environmental movement in Wisconsin between 1968 and 1972. Initially the movement had wide public support in the social structure. The counter-movement emerged comprised of groups dependent on industrial, resource-exploiting jobs. Support reverted again to upper-middle class non-resource…

This study investigates the ways in which computer-based information systems interact with the strategic planning, management control, and operational control in 11 Minnesota school districts. (Author/IRT)

A survey of state in-service training plans identified priorities in in-service training topics (including instructional and behavioral management of the handicapped child and implementation of the individualized education program); instructional personnel to be trained; differential patterns of delivering training; and such additional needs as…

Teachers in 300 randomly selected Florida middle, junior high, and senior high schools were surveyed in an effort to obtain data and determine the status of population education in the Florida schools. This article reports and analyses teacher response to that survey. (BT)

Regional prevalence of major mental retardation in 7- to 10-year-olds in a cross-sectional survey of the Canadian Maritime Provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) was 3.65/1000. Variation in prevalence rate was associated with maternal age, areas of greater population concentration, and number of physicians per capita.…

Results of a questionnaire of administrators of community living arrangements programs for the developmentally disabled in Pennsylvania (N=116) found that some programs promoted relationships with neighbors, but others wished to keep the role of neighbors to a minimum. (Author/DB)

Examines the extent to which labor market conditions influence all closure rates as well as the competitive closure rate in vocational rehabilitation. At the state level, a chi-square analysis revealed differential impacts of varying state unemployment rates on the competitive versus noncompetitive closure patterns in vocational rehabilitation.…

Questionnaire responses of 143 administrators, 323 teachers, and 279 parents are examined in terms of current vocational opportunities, coordination of opportunities, and areas in greatest need of improvement. Four recommendations include increasing the availability of appropriate vocational opportunities and the collaboration among special and…

Reports the results of a state survey that examined community college reading assessment and diagnostic tools and makes recommendations about appropriate assessment and diagnostic tools for community colleges. (HOD)