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includes a brief discussion of the major issues about beginning reading, a summary of some current research-based recommendations, evaluation criteria for beginning reading instructional programs, cost analysis of programs evaluated, and conclusions and cautions about selecting and designing effective reading instructional programs. $7.50 from GPO; #065-000-00575-1.
Can Students Do Mathematical Problem Solving?
presents findings from the NAEP 1992 mathematics assessment on students' abilities to construct their own responses to questions. $15 from GPO, #065-000-00593-0.
Education Consumer Guide: Success for All
looks at this school-based achievement-oriented program for disadvantaged students in pre-K through grade 5. Free from OERI; #OR 93-3011.
Educating Young Children Prenatally Exposed to Drugs and At Risk
presents findings of an inquiry into both what is known and unknown about educating children prenatally exposed to drugs. $6 from GPO; #065-000-00583-3.
Helping Your Child Learn Responsible Behavior
offers activities parents and children can do together to help children develop the habits to respect others and do what is right in their everyday lives. 50› from CIC, Item 488Z.
Issue Briefs:
Current Elementary and Secondary Expenditures--1990s and Beyond focuses on projections for current expenditures in public elementary and secondary schools. Free from OERI; NCES 93-458. Dropping Out of School: 1982 & 1992 presents 10-year comparative statistics for dropout rates between 10th and 12th grades. Free from OERI; NCES 93-901. School Enrollment Expected to Surpass Historic All-Time High looks at elementary and secondary enrollment from fall 1978 to fall 2003. Free from OERI; NCES 93-459.
Modeling Teacher Supply and Demand, with Commentary
summarizes important issues related to teacher supply and demand and presents descriptive statistics on aspects of supply and demand addressed by the Schools and Staffing Survey and the Teacher Followup Survey. $6.50 from GPO; #065-000-00577-8.
NAEP 1992 Reading Report Card for the Nation and the States.
$20 from GPO; #065-000-00597-2.
NAEP 1992 Reading Report Card Executive Summary.
$3 from GPO; #065-000-00598-1.
National Excellence: The Case for Developing America's Talent.
Call GPO order desk for price; #065-000-00603-1.
Public Elementary and Secondary State Aggregate Data, by State for School Years 1991-92 and 1990-91
presents nonfiscal information on public schools for the 1991-92 school year and finance data for the 1990-91 school year (fiscal year 1991). $5 from GPO; #065-000-00587-5.
Schools and Staffing in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1990-91
provides a comprehensive portrait of public and private schools and staffing in the US, including data on schools, school districts, principals, and teachers. $14 from GPO; #065-000-00581-6.
Schools and Staffing in the United States: Selected Data for Public and Private Schools, 1990-91
offers data on public and private schools, school administrators and teachers. $6.50 from GPO; #065-000-00576-0.
1990-91 Schools and Staffing Survey: Sample Design and Estimation
describes technical procedures used for the various samples. Free from OERI; NCES 93-449.
Selected Tables on Teacher Supply and Demand: 1987-88 and 1988-89
includes patterns in the sources of supply, the demand for teachers in terms of various indicators of shortage and surplus, and a focus on teacher attrition. $5 from GPO; #065-000-00578-6.
Teacher Supply in The United States: Sources of Newly Hired Teachers in Public and Private Schools
analyzes data from the 1987-88 Schools and Staffing Survey. $3.50 from GPO; #065-000-00586-7.
Toward a New Science of Instruction
describes projects undertaken at the National Research Center on Student Learning from 1985 to 1990 that examine reasoning and learning processes in mathematics, science, social science, and the comprehension of texts. $5.50 from GPO, #065-000-00589-1.
Transforming Ideas for Teaching and Learning Mathematics.
Single copies are free from OERI, OR 93-3044; $25 for 25 copies from GPO; #065-000-00574-3.
Transforming Ideas for Teaching and Learning Science.
Single copies are free from OERI, OR 93-3045; $25 for 25 copies from GPO; #065-000-00599-9.
briefly looks at who cheats, official responses, and recommendations. Free from OERI; OR 93-3082.
Changes in Undergraduate Financial Aid
describes the changes in characteristics of undergraduates between 1986-87 and 1989-90, and how they are financing their education. $11 from GPO; #065-000-00592-1.
Financing Undergraduate Education: 1990
focuses particularly on those students who receive financial aid and how they use the aid to meet the costs of attendance. $9 from GPO; #065-000-00571-9
Network Directory: The Network of Colleges and Universities Committed to the Elimination of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
lists institutions that are establishing and enforcing policies to promote the prevention of drug use and alcohol abuse. Free from OERI; FIRST 93-7005.
examines who the consumers of adult education are and why they take courses. Free from OERI; NCES 93-451.
Adult Literacy in America.
$12 from GPO; #065-000-00588-3.
Assessing Literacy: The Framework for the National Adult Literacy Survey (previously released) is the basis upon which the National Adult Literacy Survey was developed. $2.25 from GPO; #065-000-00548-4.
Condition of Education, 1993
consists of 60 statistical indicators on preschool, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education. Many indicators are related to the National Education Goals. $32 from GPO; #065-000-00532-8.
Reaching the Goals: Goal 5, Adult Literacy and Lifelong Learning.
$2.75 from GPO, #065-000-00582-4.
includes complete contents (tables, figures, and text) of the 1992 Digest of Education Statistics, 1992 Condition of Education, 120 Years of Education Statistics, 1991 Youth Indicators, and Historical Trends: State Education Facts, 1969 to 1989, along with a glossary and guide to sources from the Digest and Condition. Users can search using keywords, table of contents, or free text, or a saved search for frequently used tables. This new version can be used on a LAN and tables can be sent to a PostScript printer. The program is designed for an IBM-compatible PC with DOS 3.1 or higher, 640k of memory, and a hard disk drive with at least 5.5 megabytes of free space. Disks are high density, 5.25". $15 from GPO; #065-000-00569-7.
Dropouts in the United States, 1992 provides information on the percent of students who dropped out of school over the year from 1991 to 1992, the percentage of those 16 through 24 who are not in school and who have not completed high school, and the percentage of the specific 1992 12th grade cohort who had dropped out. $12 from GPO; #065-000-00594-8.
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Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) Educational Information Branch 555 New Jersey Avenue N.W. Washington, DC 20208-5641 Government Printing Office (GP0) Superintendent of Documents P.O. Box 371954 Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. Order Desk: 202-783-3238 Consumer Information Center, (CIC) R. Woods, Pueblo, CO 81009Include the complete title and order number for each publication you order. The order number is the series of numbers listed at the end of the publication description. If you want publications from different offices, you must place separate orders.