This document records responses by University of California President Richard C. Atkinson to questions posed by the California Citizens Commission on Higher Education regarding issues and challenges facing California's colleges and universities. Responses indicated that (1) state funding constraints make access to education the principal policy…

This paper describes the experiences of Colorado Springs School District Eleven in using multiple measures to determine if third graders were reading at "grade level." The use of multiple measures may be threatened by the rapidly increasing pressures about assessment and accountability in Colorado that teachers are beginning to feel that…

A study was conducted to identify uses of data from the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) of the National Center for Education Statistics and to determine the extent and variety of such use. In addition, the study attempted to determine research topics that have been studied through the SASS. Information was collected for the use categories of:…

This volume is the restricted-use codebook for the 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools, teachers and principals. The sample contains 152 schools with samples of teachers and principals for these schools. The first section contains a discussion of the SASS created variables, and the second section…

Two examples cited here show how research at the University of Maryland's Cultural Study Center influenced controversial issues within the university. In one case research results influenced university admission policies (by showing that admission criteria were unfair to blacks). In the second instance research showing the existence of prejudice…

Criticizes Gene Glass' recommendations on the use of creative geniuses'' to mediate'' basic knowledge from allied sciences and to create curriculum materials. (CC)

Presents a brief historical account of Michelson's invention of his interferometer with some subsequent ingenious applications of its capabilities for precise measurement discussed in details, including the experiment on detrmination of the diameters for heavenly bodies. (CC)

Author examines the nature of computerezed simulation models and analyses its use in future research. (HB)

A practicing white investigator reports on his experiences in conducting research in black communities; the adequacy of traditional academic training for the conduct of research in black communities is questioned. (Author/JM)

The use of the ERIC system in locating research articles and other materials of interest to the classroom teacher is explained via an imaginary conversation between two teachers. (DT)

Discussion focuses on the development of experimental techniques which have revealed a competent infant, one who is both sensitive to his external environment and capable of modifying and being modified by that environment. (Author)

A stocktaking of current research, both in Australia and overseas; a description of problems and issues which require research; establishment of priorities; recommendations for a program of study and research.'' (Author)

Examines the present state of the relationship between linguistics and reading, proposes how reading instruction could be improved using currently know linguistic information, and discusses one type of linguistic finding useful to reading specialists. (Author)