Explains how it is that the fruits of educational research and analysis, so insistently sought by Washington policy-makers, are so inefficiently used. Change will not occur in the manner originally envisioned: where a clear research result will quickly convert a set of coolly rational policy-makers. (Author/IRT)

This paper summarizes recent experience of large-scale, nationally representative longitudinal youth transition studies in the United States. Two study series are considered. First is the longitudinal youth cohorts of the U.S. Department of Labors Bureau of Labor Statistics, the National Longitudinal Youth Study, with cohorts that started in 1979…

This kit helps communities use research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to make local prevention and treatment programs more effective. The kit describes some of NIDA's research on the nature of addiction and the anatomy of the brain's response to drugs. Suggestions are given for putting the NIDA principles of prevention to work,…

To ensure that its studies are relevant to policy making, the National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy (NBETPP) follows certain guidelines. These are discussed in the hope that they will make the work of NBETPP more understandable and useful. The first guideline is that to be policy relevant, research must take account of the…

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how a quantitative literature review or research synthesis can be used to aggregate information in the item response theory literature to address specific research questions. The research questions focused on the magnitude of the contribution of the number of items and number of examinees to the accuracy…

To assist the practice-oriented field of vocational rehabilitation, the Research Rehabilitation Research Institute has developed an outreach technique to further the utilization of completed research through making its consumers and its programs an integral part of the research process. (Author/CM)

A discussion of seven areas in physical education where change is essential. (Editors)

The research results of educational psychology, economics of education, and general didactics can in many ways be applied to the training problems of working life. (Author)

Teachers must keep abreast of new developments and implement those which will enhance educational opportunities for the students they teach. (Author/JS)

The role of the change agent in the process of shortening the gap between what is known by researchers and what is used by practitioners in helping the disabled. (MU)

The author advocates that schools should develop and follow specific instructional objectives based on research findings. (AN)

A brief description of four of the major expedients that are being employed by doctoral candidates in counselling as they try to deal with problems in their research are presented. The result is a scarcity of findings having little consequence for either theory or practice. (Author/CG)

Discusses the formulation of a global strategy for the eradication of adult illiteracy. The strategy must involve the definition and discussion of options available to policy makers and the promotion of research that clarifies policy choices and planning decisions. (JOW)