Discusses middle school student tracking. Describes a longitudinal analysis of tracking among 1,669 students. Argues that the number, stability, and size of tracks are determined independently of the student population distribution. Suggests that tracking is often based upon students' track history and prior achievement. Identifies tracking…

Schools are examined using a common sociological perspective. Relationships among key groups in school organizations are discussed from a micropolitical frame of reference. School micropolitics are considered in terms of teacher autonomy, order, time, and school administrators and the organization. Implications for future micropolitical research…

A program of research into higher education in Sweden is described. Focal areas of the research program are as follows: the role of higher education in society, the organization of higher education, the research function, and the educational function. Over 90 projects have been undertaken in 12 disciplines in the social sciences and humanities.…

Critical comments on an attempt to empirically test a conceptual scheme considered plausible and attractive but which has had little research exploration since the late 1960's reported in Kimpston and Sonnabend's proceeding article, "Public Secondary Schools: The Inter-relationships between Organizational Health and Innovativeness and between…

This report examines the impact of certain key features of schooling organizations on student outcomes with specific attention to three key concepts: expectation, evaluation, and reward. Previous research on schooling outcomes is reviewed and complemented by the presentation of a theory (based on Parsonian concepts of social action) of school…

Approaches to analyze the reform of higher education in Sweden, and particularly the organization of studies in higher education, are considered. Three starting points are as follows: examining the intentions constituting the background to the present organization of studies, considering continuing developments and attitudes toward problems; and…

With new developments taking place in planning strategies for change in schools, new schemes and tactics are needed. Minneapolis Public Schools have developed the kind of organizational plan needed to find entry points into schools, systems for data gathering, and employment roles for research specialists. The Model for Local School Evaluation,…

In a fully graded plan all children in a given grade are expected to do the same work in a year's time, while in a nongraded program each child works at the level in each subject for which he is ready. Most schools today lie somewhere along the graded-nongraded continuum. Three ways of implementing a nongraded program are (1) provide multilevel…

This publication provides a source of information and research to the people interested in and responsible for American Sponsored Overseas Schools (ASOS). The first section includes an overview of six major categories of research, namely: school setting, school institutionalization; school organization and administration, school program,…

It is the identification of the crucial variables and means of measuring them wherein lies a major problem related to the organization, administration, and the productive effectiveness of schools. The purpose of this study is to further refine a means of measuring and diagnosing dysfunctions in school systems in relationship to the variables…

This paper suggests that the traditional role of school counselor and that of the organizational specialist could be made to fit into a single job description that should be the emerging role of the counselor of tomorrow. Rather than viewing the role of organizational specialist as still another expectation, the authors see it as a natural fit…

Since evaluations have shown that organizational development is a plausible and useful vehicle for improving school climate, it needs to be extended in various ways, including (1) further scientific study of organizational development in schools; (2) more research into the processes and effects of organizational development training; and (3)…

The author examines the process and political dynamics of educational reform in greece by focusing on the Education Act of 1976 (Law 309), "On the Organization and Administration of General Education." The main concern is the reform proposals pertaining to the organization, the curriculum, and the general orientation of the school…

An analysis of three research studies which examined the movement towards comprehensive schooling in Great Britain shows that the answer to the question "has it worked" can be yes or no, depending on the selection of data and of statistical techniques. (RM)