Discussed the decline in the number of women in the administration of private schools and what women should do about the problem. (Author/RK)

Reported is a study on the nutritional status of a cross-sectional sample of 5,300 children, 1 to 6 years of age, in 3,850 families in the U.S. during 2 years (1968 to 1970). (MC)

Presented in the report is background information and statistical data on the distribution of handicapped children in Head Start programs, including numbers of children being served, their handicapping conditions, and the services being provided to them. Data provided includes the following: diagnostic criteria for reporting handicapped children…

The Council of Ontario Universities' 1978 brief on operating support is presented. Section I compares funding recommendations for 1978-79 put forward by the Council on Ontario Universities (COU) and the Ontario Council on University Affairs (OCUS) with the provisions made for that year by the Minister of College and Universities (MCU). Section 2…

Presented are findings of a survey of 38 state child find coordinators. Summarized are responses to the five survey questions: is your 1977-78 child find program primarily a local, statewide, or a combination effort; how many, and what types of children were found; would you rate your state's child find efforts as generally successful or…

Data collected by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in a survey of salaries of library professionals for the fiscal years 1975-76 are analyzed. Tables and graphs display: (1) personnel distribution by salary level, 1974-76; (2) analysis of salaries at ARL university libraries, 1969-1976, comparing salary indices to consumer price…

Discussed are the child abuse reporting laws in Canada and the operation of child abuse registers. Comments on the recommendations of the House of Commons are quoted in the following areas of need: preventive services, research, statistics and information, amendment of the Canada Evidence Act and the Criminal Code, and public and professional…

Statistical data are presented to answer the question, "Why do women work?" and to give highlights of women's employment and education in the years 1972-73, compared to the past. Women's Bureau publications are listed, with instructions for ordering. Also, the myth and the reality of women in the workforce are contrasted. (AJ)

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The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was examined for instances in which the item performance of examinees with comparable scores differed according to their native languages. A chi-square procedure, sensitive to deviations of less than ten percent from the expected frequencies of correct item responses across several language groups,…

The predictive validity of the equation used for determining entrance into the University of Washington's freshman class during the 1978-79 academic year is examined. The sample was comprised of all freshmen entering the university directly from high school in autumn quarter 1974 who had been tested through the Washington Pre-College Test Battery…