A survey of 47 Pennsylvania school districts examined the traits of deference and authoritarianism among educators and investigated the relationship between these two psychological qualities and school administrative promotion. Questionnaires returned by 493 school administrators and teachers measured each respondent's degrees of authoritarianism…

A survey was taken to elicit participants' perceptions of the quality of inservice courses in Pennsylvania. The 610 respondents represented a wide variety of school districts and inservice programs and were made up primarily of teachers, although nurses and administrators responded as well. The responses indicated very strongly that inservice…

THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF PENNSYLVANIA JOINED IN THEIR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE EDUCATION OF GIFTED PUPILS. A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS SENT TO EACH DISTRICT. FROM THE REPLIES, SEVERAL GENERALIZATIONS WERE MADE REGARDING GIFTED PROGRAMS IN THE STATE. IN SELECTING PUPILS FOR THESE PROGRAMS, THE GENERAL PRACTICE IS TO CONSIDER GROUP INTELLIGENCE SCORES, INDIVIDUAL…

A project was conducted to examine vocational education curriculum materials developed through state and federally funded projects to determine principles and methods used and to examine strengths and weaknesses of each. A survey instrument was disseminated to all Pennsylvania schools with vocational programs. Consultants were utilized to develop…

This report focuses on a study of law-related education in high school social studies programs in five states--California, Georgia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Teachers and administrators from 78 high schools were interviewed. Part 1 of the report explains law-related education and deals with respondents' reports of the status of…

Industrial arts programs in Pennsylvania public schools are distributed throughout all levels. Senior high programs are present in 96 percent of the school districts; junior high, 86 percent; adult classes, 22 percent; middle schools, 15 percent; and elementary schools, 2 percent. Instruction is offered in industrial materials (wood, metals, and…

This publication discusses the difficulties of calculating reliable income estimates for particular groups of people and presents a methodology for overcoming those obstacles. Basically, the procedure involves setting up cumulative distributions of housing values, rental values, and family incomes for each census tract. Average housing values and…

All Pennsylvania high schools, vocational-technical schools, community colleges, and 2-year extensions of Pennsylvania University were studied to determine what data processing content was being taught in the schools and to assess whether a need existed to train teachers of data processing or to improve the training of those now involved in…

This study of facilities constructed from 1965 through 1969 attempted to determine how to effect economy and efficiency of function in future school buildings; and to determine whether State Board of Education regulations were viewed as underrestrictive, reasonable, or overrestrictive; whether educational specifications were developed and used by…

Resulting from a survey of Pennsylvania's predominately rural 25-district Region C (Fayette, Greene, and Washington counties), this report presents findings related to each district in terms of general information (e.g., per-pupil costs), special personnel (e.g., curriculum coordinators), programs (e.g., adult education), instructional practices…

This questionnaire is used in the Educational Quality Assessment Program in the State of Pennsylvania. It includes checklists for the following kinds of information from teachers: locale, stability, college, mother's education, father's occupation, attitudes relating to professional recognition, career interests, salary, length of service, and…

This survey of the faculty at Harcum Junior College (Pennsylvania) gives some insight into their values, their perceptions of the college environment, and their unique role within that environment. These characteristics are compared with data collected on faculty and students at three diverse California community colleges. Some of the traits…

In July 1990, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania adopted the Instructional Support Team initiative to identify those students who experience academic, behavioral, social-emotional, and/or communication difficulties, and to provide the needed support to help them succeed. A study evaluated the effectiveness of middle school Instructional Support…

Telephone surveys of 844 residents in 42 rural Pennsylvania counties established baseline data on rural opinions about 14 public policy issues. Concerning government spending, respondents felt that too little was spent on job creation, aging issues, child care, education, health services, and farming and agriculture; funding was about right for…

The relationships within the Pennsylvania postsecondary education system are examined with a focus on planning for resource and enrollment decline, the relationship between private colleges and state government, and the state-level structure for enrollment and resource decision making. (MLW)