This commentary on EC 606 262 (a study on the effectiveness of peer-mediated intervention on the social behavior of eight socially withdrawn preschoolers) emphasizes the importance of assessing multiple measures of integration, the need to implement research in real world settings, and the need for research on enhancing generalization and…

In fall 1984, about 3.9 million full-time equivalent (FTE) staff personnel were employed in public elementary and secondary schools in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. This is a decrease of 0.4 percent, or about 1,600 employees, from FTE staff employed in fall 1983. This bulletin gives the number of staff in FTE's and reports the data…

Part 3 of the annual Educational Research Service, Inc. (ERS) National Survey of Salaries and Wages in Public Schools reports data for the 1984-85 school year on wages and salaries actually paid to support personnel in 10 selected positions, including teacher aides, building custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, clerical staff, and library…

Teachers and teachers' aides in large midwestern school district who teach learning disabled and mentally and emotionally disabled students were surveyed to determine their attitudes toward using computers and feelings about computers and educational computing. Results indicate prior computing experience affects attitudes and facilitates…

This statistical report presents three tables of preliminary data on national public school enrollment and staff for the 1986-87 school year. Counts of students, teachers, staff, and student/teacher ratios are set forth for each state, the District of Columbia and the nation as a whole. For eight states not submitting information by May 15, 1987,…

This statistical report presents three tables of final data on national public school student membership, instructional staff, and support staff for the 1986-87 school year. The fall 1986 counts of students, teachers, and student/teacher ratios are set forth for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia reporting as of August 15, 1987.…

Conceptualizing stress as an interaction of organizational or work characteristics (stress stimuli) and individual characteristics (stress resistance), this paper reports a study of teacher stress in 42 elementary school organizations and 45 secondary school organizations. Organizational stress is operationalized as the aggregate average response…

Database documentation for a statistical data file on local education agency (LEA) students and staff is provided. The data file includes counts of the number of schools, the numbers of students and teachers at various levels, and the numbers of instructional aides and other staff. Data file figures for teachers, aides, and, where possible, other…

This is a companion study to the 1984-85 National Survey of Salaries and Wages in Public Schools. This study provides data on staffing ratios by four enrollment groupings of school systems and by five per pupil expenditure levels of school systems. Its purpose is to provide schools with data useful for comparing staffing ratios for their own…