Quantitative guidelines for use in determining the audiovisual (AV) needs of educational institutions were developed by the Octobe r 14-16, 1965 Seminar of the NDEA (National Defense Education Act), Faris-Sherman study. The guidelines that emerged were based in part on a review of past efforts and existing standards but primarily reflected the…

This paper examined the case for public subsidization of child care services from the point of view of an economics theory. It was suggested that public subsidization could be justified either as a way to correct a distortion in resource allocation or as a way to change inappropriate income distribution. The allocative argument consisted of three…

This master plan was drafted in order to provide guidelines for the continuous development of the Metropolitan Community Colleges over the next 10 years. In order to reach consensus, the various chapters were reviewed by college personnel, trustees, and consultants during the planning process, which culminated in a final two-day planning charrette…

The annual report documents Wisconsin's vocational programs for the 1969-70 school year and serves as the initial study of the State advisory council. Objectives were to provide a broad assessment of the vocational and technical education program in Wisconsin, to identify program processes and outputs, to determine the degree to which the program…

This study was undertaken to explore the issues involved in test-based-funding (TBF)--the concept that extra resources should be allocated to states or school districts on behalf of pupils with low test scores. The data for the study come from literature bearing on the concept, from documents in three states (Michigan, California, and New York)…

This guide is essentially designed as a teaching aid for those who would inform planners, officials of educational ministries, school administrators, principals, and teachers about educational outcome measurements. In outline and grapic form, the guide presents topics for discussion in a seminar dealing with types of outcome measurements. An…

Development is characterized by urbanization. New settlements grow either as enlargements of existing ones or as new population concentrations. Three periods may be distinguished in the growth of a settlement: (1) the wild period of first settling, (2) the consolidation period, and (3) the stabilized society. The number of school-aged children per…

Selected panel discussions and papers presented during the 14th annual forum of the Association of Institutional Research present analytical approaches--if not solutions--to imperatives identified in 1973. The articles build upon the six major policy reports on higher education released during the academic year: Carnegie Commission, Committee for…

Massachusetts Management and Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) is the prototype for a man machine information system for the statewide management of vocational education at the secondary, post-secondary, and adult levels. Intended to provide a rational process of resource allocation for vocational education as a competitive…

The Audiovisual Materials Evaluation Committee prepared this report to guide elementary and secondary teachers in their selection of supplementary economic education audiovisual materials. It updates a 1969 publication by adding 107 items to the original guide. Materials included in this report: (1) contain elements of economic analysis--facts,…

To aid the United States Congress in its analysis of alternative for federal aid to libraries, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the two largest federally funded programs, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) Title II and the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), to assess their effectiveness in meeting…

This study of school districts in the Kansas City and St. Louis metropolitan areas is part of a larger study entitled, "School District Organization for Missouri" (ED 026 171). After a discussion of political, social, and economic factors affecting schools in most metropolitan areas, the paper focuses on Kansas City and St. Louis, where gross…

The Committee on Social and Behavioral Urban Research was asked to advise the Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) on elements of its long-range research and development program (R & D). Federal, state, and local governments have had access to only small amounts of relevant social and behavioral science knowledge or small numbers of…

Although elementary-secondary and higher education have traditionally been treated as separate objects of political action, various pressures are bringing this arbitrary division into question. In an effort to understand how these two levels of education interact in the political educational arena in different States, the Education Commission of…

To meet the challenge of equal educational opportunity, current methods of public school finance must be revised. The present financial system, based on State equalization of local property tax valuation, is inequitable since it results in many school districts, particularly those in large cities, having inadequate resources to meet extraordinary…