Underground geothermal water from an artesian well supplies heat for rural Haakon School District in Philip (South Dakota). The same water is then piped to the downtown business district a few blocks away and sold as fuel to participating merchants. (Author/MLF)

Analyzed 400 Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) (WISC-R) protocols to determine whether an abbreviated form could be identified that would be cost-effective. Results indicated that the derived prediction equation could be applied to the results of five designated WISC-R subtests to predict range of intellectual functioning with…

Presents excerpts from a monograph entitled "Economics of Education: Subject and Method," by S. L. Kostanian, researcher at the Institute of Economics of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Excerpts focus on economics in public education, effectiveness of specialist training, details of labor organization, problems of economic effectiveness,…

Describes an advisory committee meeting in which members from across the country met via the telephone company's Picturephone Meeting Service. Outlines the procedures, benefits, and members' reactions to their first electronic gathering. (DC)

Five primary methods used by recreation and park agencies to establish a price are reviewed: (1) going-rate pricing; (2) demand oriented pricing; (3) variable cost pricing; (4) partial overhead pricing; and (5) average cost pricing. (CJ)

Those with the burden of financing public education are looking toward product measurement for guidance in planning and modifying programs and in justifying expenditures to taxpayers. "Outcomes orientation" is rooted in program budgeting theory with emphasis on cost-benefit analysis and input-output relationships that can be demonstrated and…

Presented are suggestions for instructional content for a teaching unit or individualized learning package designed to develop the knowledge all consumers need in order to obtain the safest, fastest, and lowest-cost mail service. (LRA)

Organizations systematically gather more information than they use, yet continue to ask for more. This may be partially explained by the fact that the use of information is embedded in social norms that make it highly symbolic. Implications of such a pattern of information use are discussed. (Author/WD)

Computer expert Douglas Gale gives school personnel advice on obtaining small computers, with emphasis on cost effectiveness and maintenance considerations. (SJL)

By keeping records, facts can be presented to the public accurately. Examples are given regarding custodian training, stressing the importance of job descriptions, work schedules, and documented training procedures. (Author/MLF)

To justify their programs, trainers should plan follow-up surveys of trainees and their supervisors which answer the questions, (1) How accurately did the training address the exact job requirements? (2) How successfully are trainees performing tasks learned? and (3) What unintended consequences have occurred? (SK)

The annual cost of repair to a Wood County (West Virginia) typical bus (called "Number 87") mounts in ever-steeper steps. The usage-and-repair study underscores the disparity between legislative educational planning nearly a decade ago and the facts of school life today. (Author/MLF)

Over 53 percent of 159 NASA-Small Business Administration clients and industrial clients, surveyed for dollar costs and benefits of online computerized literature searches, identified dollar benefits. A direct ratio between benefits derived and client dollars invested, averaging 2.9 to 1, was demonstrated. Data tables are presented. (Author/JD)

Examines complexities involved in assessing the utility of political gaming in the analysis of foreign affairs, and reports an assessment of a political game conducted at the CIA to demonstrate assessment difficulties due to inherent uncertainties in both foreign affairs analysis and the gaming process. (CMV)

Presents the results of a study to identify and assess the general characteristics of state documents and the specific characteristics of individual document selection sources as they affect patterns of acquisition. (FM)