THIS EXTENSIVE REPORT DESCRIBES A COUNTYWIDE SURVEY OF EDUCATIONAL NEEDS TO DETERMINE WHAT CHANGES IN SCHOOL PROGRAMS WERE MOST NECESSARY AND WHAT PRIORITY SHOULD BE ASSIGNED TO EACH OF THESE CHANGES. EDUCATIONAL NEED WAS DEFINED AS THE DEGREE OF DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT VARIOUS GROUPS OF PEOPLE THINK THAT THE SCHOOLS SHOULD TEACH AND WHAT THEY…

This study examines the relationship between size of school district (ADA) and several measures of educational outcome (mean and median reading and arithmetic scores at the 5th grade level) while controlling statistically for student and financial inputs (socioeconomic characteristics of communities and dollar expenditure per ADA, respectively).…

This study investigated associations between selected infant and maternal characteristics and autism risk in 4381 California children with autism. Increased risk factors were observed for males, multiple births, and children born to black mothers. Risk increased as maternal age and maternal education increased. Children of immigrant mothers had…

The United States has a long record of ambivalence toward recent immigrants. Nowhere is this love-hate relationship more evident than in the public school systems of high-immigration states like California, where pro- and anti-immigration advocates have waged a long-running battle over "bilingual" education versus "English…

A group of low-performing schools received additional state funds to improve achievement as part of California's Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program (II/USP). A mixed-method evaluation was conducted to determine whether II/USP schools outperformed similar non-II/USP schools, how teachers and administrators understood resources…

THE PRIME CRITERION OF SUCCESS OF A NURSING PROGRAM IS OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF GRADUATES. AS AN INTERMEDIATE STEP, THE AUTHOR INVESTIGATED THE RELATIONSHIP OF CERTAIN PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS (AGE, SEX, MARITAL STATUS, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS, FATHER'S AND MOTHER'S EDUCATION, AND SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ABILITY TEST…

THE PURPOSE WAS TO OBTAIN EVALUATIVE DATA FROM BOYS AND GIRLS ENROLLED IN SCHOOL DISTRICT'S EXTENDED DAY PROGRAM FOR ACADEMICALLY ABLE AND TALENTED PUPILS, AND FROM THEIR PARENTS, AND TO MAKE COMPARISONS BETWEEN PUPILS' AND PARENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE EXPERIENCE. TWO OPINIONNAIRES WERE DEVELOPED FOR PUPILS AND PARENTS. THEY WERE ADMINISTERED TO…

A survey instrument was designed and mailed to all 101 California community colleges in order to gather information on their cooperative work experience programs. In all, 88 schools responded. This document presents a statistical summary of survey responses which establishes: the employment status and salary range of program directors; program…

Since 1983, the California Postsecondary Education Commission has conducted six studies of university eligibility of public high school graduates. The purpose of these studies is to estimate the percentage of California public high school graduates who meet the admission requirements of the California State University (CSU) and the University of…

This paper explores auto-photography as a form of research practice in the area of identity and self-esteem research. It allows researchers to capture and articulate the ways identity guides human action and thought. It involves the generation and examination of the static images that participants themselves believe best represent them.…

With the goal of improving the reliability and validity of tests of English as a foreign language, in particular with respect to the question of whether to allow notetaking on EFL/ESL computer-based listening comprehension tests, the present study examined the effects on ESL listening comprehension of notetaking (allowed or disallowed) in relation…

This publication provides data on day faculty teaching loads in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) for fall 1973 and fall 1974, and compares this data to statewide statistics. The overall LACCD teaching load in fall 1974 was 532 weekly student contact hours per full-time faculty member, compared to 531 for large community colleges…

Conducted under the auspices of the City of Los Angeles, East/Northeast Model Cities Program, and the cooperation of the Los Angeles Unified School District and Occidental College, this report covers the testing of 158 participants (principals, coordinators, and teachers from East Los Angeles elementary schools) in a program of in-service…

The five States represented include Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas, and California. For each State the data are presented in terms of the changes occurring in State aid/pupil, the changes in local revenues/pupil, and the changes in local school property tax rates. A final column lists the change in total taxable property for schools, 1972-73…

Little has been done to understand how student demographics shape school employment practices. Using statistical data on Black, Hispanic, and Anglo teachers employed in California public schools, this study concludes that minority student growth rates, interacting with school segregation, are significant predictors of minority teacher employment…