Despite advances in common factor analysis, a review of 89 studies published in four selected journals between 1963 and 1976 indicated that behavioral scientists preferred principal components analysis, followed by varimax or orthogonal rotation. Resultant row sums of squares of factor matrices from principal component analyses of real data sets…

The nineteenth annual edition of the report provides a record of state tax appropriations for the 1977-78 fiscal year. Data are arrayed in charts by state, with some analysis provided. Figures are given for operating expense appropriations of individual institutions, and often for individual programs of the institutions. A chart showing two- and…

A study was undertaken of transfer students in postsecondary institutions, based on data from the base year and first and second followups of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Its specific objectives were to: (1) obtain national estimates of the number and proportion of students in the categories of four-year to…

The study of non-college-attending, male high school graduates examines vocational, general, and college preparatory high school curricula and certain post-school training opportunities to uncover differences in their effectiveness, either alone or in conjunction with post-school programs, in preparing youth for careers. Based on data from the…

The report is concerned with the feasibility of matching people and jobs as proposed by the Theory of Work Adjustment; according to the third proposition of this theory, satisfaction is a function of the correspondence between the reinforcer system of the work environment and the individual's needs, with certain qualification. In the study, the…

The Admission Testing Program Summaries prepared by the College Entrance Examination Board are reviewed and compared. The summaries are a set of 21 tables reporting Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores, Achievement Test scores, and other data about students who took the SAT in national administrations. The fluctuations of the average SAT scores…

This bibliography contains a listing of source material from books, papers, articles, and theses produced during 1968-1973 on topics pertinent to elementary education. Sources consulted in the preparation of this compilation include the: "Bibliographie du Quebec,""British Education Index" (The Library Association), the "Canadian Education Index"…

This paper proposes two modifications of the Lorenz technique for measuring inequalities in financing education. One is to order expenditures (and tax rates) by district fiscal ability before calculating the cumulative percentages. It is possible, as a result, to get a Lorenz curve that crosses the diagonal line, which gives some useful insights.…

Earlier reports from the GUME project (Goteborg, UndervisningsMetod i Engelska-Gothenburg/ Teaching/Methods/English) have shown that different methods of teaching English produce no significant differences in learning effects. In the present study, a direct continuation of earlier ones, modifications in design, teaching strategies, etc., were made…

A study was made to ascertain how large a sample is needed to make media effectiveness decisions which are generalizable to the total educable mentally handicapped (EMH) population. The method employed in the study involved pretesting and posttesting a sample of 70 primary and intermediate EMH children on the content of a filmstrip. Statistical…

This study was designed to explore one method of intervening in the process of a conventional academic classroom to affect student attitude and improve the learning climate. Two college freshman composition classes of 22 students each provided the subjects for the study. Each class was taught by the same instructor for three hours a week; one…

The investigation examined the relationship among role conflict, role ambiguity, and motivation to work of teacher-negotiators. The theoretical rationale for the study was formulated from the finding of Walton and McKersie, Deutsch, Vidmar and McGrath, and Blum concerning the negotiator's conflict with his adversary, his dependence on his…

The attitudes of State legislative education committee chairmen concerning possible changes in the financing and governance of education were surveyed. The chairmen provided comments on the deficiencies in federal, State, and local revenue sources; discussed problems of governance; gave their opinions on educational innovations and program…

In 6 follow-up studies, hypotheses and questions regarding the effects of the Durham Education Improvement Program (EIP) were investigated. Grades of graduates were examined by analysis of variance and Wilcoxon matched-pair signed-ranks tests. I. Q. distributions at exit were fitted to the test norms. Tentative measures of hypothesized…

This volume, an analysis of international trends in student exchange programs, is presented in two parts. Part One contains the actual analysis, supplemented by an annex of tables which summarize world and regional trends. Part Two contains "country tables" for 151 countries and territories in which students abroad are presented according to (a)…