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OERI Bulletin - Fall 1999

Publications

Following is a selected list of new publications from OERI. See How to Order for ordering information.

Elementary/Secondary

Early Childhood: Where Learning Begins, Geography
provides ideas for ways that parents can help their young children learn geopgrahpy. Free from ED Pubs. $5.50 from GPO; #065-000-01215-4.

Early Childhood: Where Learning Begins, Mathematics
provides ways that parents can help their young children learn mathematics. Free from ED Pubs. $4.50 from GPO; #065-000-01255-3.

Helping Your Child Learn Math (revised)
provides activities, resources, and other ideas for ways that parents can help their child learn mathematics. Free, while supplies last, from ED Pubs.

Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 1998
(See page 3.) Free, while supplies last, from ED Pubs.

Status of Education Reform in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: Teachers' Perspectives
provides nationally representative data on teachers' understanding of standards-based education reforms and identifies information and assistance needed by teachers. $8.00 from GPO; #065-000-01220-1.

Teacher Quality: A Report on the Preparation and Qualifications of Public School Teachers
provides a national profile of the current state of teacher preparation and qualifications for full-time public school teachers, as well as several indicators of their work environment. $22.00 from GPO; #065-000-01225-1.

The NAEP 1997 Arts Report Card: Eigth Grade Findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress
is the first arts assessment in more than 10 years. It presents results of the NAEP assessment in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts. $19.00 from GPO; #065-000-1219-7.

Postsecondary

American Indians and Alaska Natives in Postsecondary Education
is a sourcebook containing data on American Indians and Alaska Natives involved in all facets of postsecondary education. Includes demographic characteristics, access and enrollment in higher education, financial aid, and tribally controlled colleges. $33 from GPO; #065-000-01202-2.

Answers in the Tool Box: Academic Intensity, Attendance Patterns, and Bachelor's Degree Attainment
examines factors that contribute most to long-term bachelor's degree completion of students who attend 4-year colleges. Free, while supplies last, from ED Pubs. $12 from GPO; #065-000-0245-6.

Degrees and Other Awards Conferred by Degree-Granting Institutions: 1995-96
provides summaries of degrees and other awards conferred by degree-granting institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. $8.50 from GPO #065-000-01205-7.

Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty on 9- and 10-Month Contracts 1996-97
presents detailed tabulations for academic year 1996-97 and comparisons with previous years of the number and average salaries of full-time instructional faculty on 9- and 10-month contracts. Free, while supplies last, from ED Pubs.

Miscellaneous

Catalog of School Reform Models: First Edition
provides reform-minded educators with succinct and informative descriptions of 26 entire school reform models along with 18 skill-based and content-based models. Free, while supplies last, by calling 202-219-2235; online at http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/compreform/resource.html.

Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities
provides a summary of existing research data and policy-relevant analyses that focuses on charter schools and students with disabilities. Free, while supplies last, from ED Pubs.

Competence Without Credentials
presents commissioned papers on computer-based learning and its implications for employers and traditional postsecondary institutions. Free, while supplies last, from ED Pubs. $9 from GPO; #065-000-01228-6.

The Condition of Education 1998
consists of 60 statistical indicators on preschool, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education. Also contains 10 new indicators covering such areas as Internet access in public and private schools, trends in student borrowing, and community service participation of students in grades 6-12. $25 from GPO; #065-000-01196-4.

Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools
(See page 3.) Free, while supplies last, from ED Pubs.

Education Statistics Quarterly
(See page 6.) Free, while supplies last, from ED Pubs.

An Educators Guide to Evaluating the Use of Technology in Schools and Classrooms
(See page 6.) Free, while supplies last, from ED Pubs.

School-Based and School-Linked Program for Pregnant and Parenting Teens and Their Children
synthesizes the proceedings from a conference on issues related to parenting teens. $6.50 from GPO; #065-000-1241-3.

Students at the Center: A National Teleconference on School Reform and Selected Readings
offers an opportunity to hear teachers, principals, and research experts engaged in comprehensive reform in schools around the country share their ideas about what has worked for them. $23 from GPO; #065-000-01160-3.

How to Order

Check the acronym at the end of the publication description to determine where to send your order (and your check when ordering from GPO).

Include the complete title and order number for each publication you order. The order number begins with "#" at the end of each publication description. If you want publications from different offices, you must place separate orders.

The publications listed are available from GPO, Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. Order Desk: 202-512-1800. You may fax credit card orders to 202-512-2250.

OERI, phone toll-free to 1-877-4ED-PUBS.

OERI does not have publications for sale, so DO NOT send money or checks, or order GPO publications from this office. OERI provides single copies--on a first-come, first,served basis--of only those publications listed as being free from ED Pubs. Most OERI publications can be found online at http://www.ed.gov/pubs/.

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