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Publications

Elementary/ Secondary

America's Teachers: Profile of a Profession

is a pocket brochure including teacher demographics, preparation, experience, salaries, why teachers go into the teaching profession and why they leave teaching. Includes an order blank for the book and videotape. Free from OERI; #NCES 93-025a.

Blue Ribbon Schools-Outstanding Practices in Geography and History Education

describes geography and history curricular frameworks and guidelines for elementary and secondary schools and includes profiles of eight recognized schools for each subject. $3 from GPO; #065-000-00622-7.

Educational Partnerships-

A Guide to Developing Educational Partnerships offers practical steps to help anyone who wishes to start a partnership and avoid as many frustrations as possible. $4.25 from GPO; #065-000-00619-7. Project Abstracts describes the 30 funded projects, the legislation and history, and the evaluation project. Free from OERI; #PIP 93-1117. Synthesis of Existing Knowledge and Practice in the Field of Educational Partnerships discusses the history, context, and types of educational partnerships; gives examples of partnerships from simple to complex; and points out ways of evaluating partnership programs. Free from OERI; #PIP 93-1102.

Educational Reforms and Students At Risk: A Review of the Current State of the Art

describes what has been learned over the past few decades about children at risk, analyzes current strategies designed to improve student and school performance, and proposes ways of achieving academic excellence with high reliability. $11 from GPO, #065-000-00616-2.

Education Consumer Guides-

The Comer School Development Program contains information on what the program is, how it started, its goals and principles, and how it works. Free from OERI; #OR 93-3012. Mentoring describes what it is, why mentoring programs are so popular, how they work, and why they are needed, and gives some examples of mentoring programs. Free from OERI; #OR 93-3059. Student Portfolios: Administrative Uses (Free from OERI; #OR 93-3107) and Student Portfolios: Classroom Uses (Free from OERI; #OR 93-3013) describe portfolios, why students should try them, how they work, how they can be used in the classroom, what research shows, the drawbacks, and who is working in this area. Success for All gives an overview of the program. Free from OERI; #OR 93-3011.

Education Research Reports-

Parents' Literacy and Their Children's Success in School examines recent research and program developments designed to improve the education of children by improving the literacy skills of their parents (particularly their mothers) who did not graduate from high school. Free from OERI; #OR 93-3081. What Do Student Grades Mean? Differences Across Schools includes a wide variety of information on a sample of 8th grade students across the nation. Free from OERI; #OR 94-3401.

Helping Your Child Be Healthy and Fit

contains activities for children aged 4-11. With the help of parents, children will learn how to eat, exercise, sleep, control stress, and be responsible for personal cleanliness and reducing the risk of disease. 50¢ from CIC; #489Z.

High School Seniors Look to the Future, 1972 and 1992

offers a 20-year comparison of seniors' plans for further education, the kinds of jobs they expect, and the things they consider to be important in life. Free from OERI; #NCES 93-473.

Issue Briefs-

Dropping Out of School: 1982 and 1992 is a study of the dropout population and explains the dropout experiences between the sophomore and senior years of two groups of students a decade apart. Free from OERI; #NCES 93-901. Public and Private School Principals: Are There Too Few Women? contains information about the percentage of public and private school women who are principals and teachers.Free from OERI; #NCES 94-192.

Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program

is a brochure on this program that funds grants, provides leadership, and sponsors a national research center on the education of gifted and talented students. Free from OERI; #PIP 93-1205.

National Excellence: A Case for Developing America's Talent

discusses the changes in educating the gifted and talented and describes the quiet crisis that continues in how top students are educated. $3 from GPO; 065-000-00603-1.

Parent and Student Perceptions of the Learning Environment at School

describes the way parents and children see their schools. Free from OERI; #NCES 93-281.

Promising Practices in Mathematics & Science Education and Mathematics, Science & Technology Education Programs That Work

These publications contain descriptive lists of programs from the Regional Educational Laboratories and National Diffusion Network with innovative ideas for elementary and secondary teachers. $21 for the two from GPO; #065-000-00627-8.

Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and Agencies in the United States and Outlying Areas: School Year 1991-92

includes data about students, schools, classes, and districts by state and territory. Free from OERI; #NCES 93-328.

Public School Kindergarten Teachers' Views on Children's Readiness for School

contains information that teachers were asked to provide on the characteristics of their classes and teaching practices. $7.50 from GPO; #065- 000-00596-4.

Reaching the Goals: Goal 2-High School Completion

presents research on high school dropouts and high school completion. $2.75 from GPO; #065-000-00613-8.

Readiness for Kindergarten: Parent and Teacher Beliefs

contains information collected on parent and teacher beliefs about characteristics important to a child's readiness for kindergarten. Free from OERI; #NCES 93-257.

School Engagement & Students At Risk

examines the role of engagement or involvement in school as it relates to student achievement. $7.50 from GPO; #065-000-00595-6.

Star Schools Program

is a brochure explaining the program and how to get more information. Free from OERI; #PIP 93-1119.

Sticking Together II-Strengthening Linkages and the Transition Between Early Childhood Education and Early Elementary School

summarizes participants' speeches, small group deliberations, and roundtable discussions from the second National Policy Forum. $3.25 from GPO; #065-000-00612-0.

Toward Quality In Education: The Leader's Odyssey

is a resource for educators engaged in the pursuit of quality and excellence in education, with ideas on how TQM can be integrated into schools. $6.50 from GPO; #065-000-00605-7.

Transforming Ideas for Teaching and Learning To Read

contains ten ideas for teaching and learning to read. Single copies free from OERI; #OR 93-3046. Packs of 25 are $31 from GPO; #065-000-00620- 1.

Postsecondary

Basic Student Charges at Postsecondary Institutions: Academic Year 1992-93

lists the typical tuition, required fees, and room and board charges for academic year 1992-93 at nearly 5,000 4-year, 2-year, and public less-than-2-year postsecondary institutions in the United States and its outlying areas. $11 from GPO; #065-000-00625-1.

Characteristics of the Nation's Postsecondary Institutions: Academic Year 1992-93

is an E.D. Tabs that contains six tables of summary data on postsecondary institutions located in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, including 4-year, 2-year, and less-than-2-year institutions, both academic and those with occupational and vocational programs. Free from OERI; #NCES 93-476.

Degrees in Science and Mathematics: National Trends and State-By-State Data

provides a compilation of recent statistical information on science and mathematics degrees in the United States. It also describes the larger environment of employment of individuals with science and mathematics degrees, and provides some information on non-U.S. citizens receiving degrees in these areas. $9 from GPO; #065-000-00607-3.

Higher Education Salary Expenditures by Expenditure Function, FY 1988-1991

is a brief look at the characteristics of salary expenditures by institutional sector. Free from OERI; #NCES 93-397.

Library Grants 1993

Adult Literacy. Free from OERI:#LP 94-4022. College Library Technology and Cooperation. Free from OERI; #LP 94-4001. Library Services for Indian Tribes. Free from OERI; #LP 94-4013.

Persistence and Attainment in Postsecondary Education for Beginning Academic Year 1989-90 Students as of Spring 1992

is an E.D. Tabs with seven tables and background information on students attending all types of postsecondary institutions. Free from OERI; #NCES 94-477.

Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty on 9- and 10-Month and 11- and 12-Month Contracts in Institutions of Higher Education, 1981-82 Through 1991-92

presents the results of data on salaries of full-time instructional faculty collected through HEGIS from 1981-82 through 1985-86 and IPEDS for academic years 1987-88, '89-90, and '90-91. Free from OERI; #NCES 93-110.

Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty on 9- and 10-Month Contracts in Institutions of Higher Education, 1982-83 Through 1992-93

presents the results of data on salaries of full-time instructional faculty collected through HEGIS from 1982-83 through 1985-86 and IPEDS for academic years 1987-88, '89-90, '90-91, and '91-92. Free from OERI; #NCES 93- 475.

Miscellaneous

Advances in Education Research

provides reprints of articles that are the best available research-based information about every level of education. Free from OERI; #OR 93-3108.

Arts Education Research Agenda for the Future

(see article). $3.25 from GPO; #065-000-00629-4.

Building a Capacity for Systemic Reform

is a brochure reporting on the efforts of a US Department of Education and National Science Foundation task group on systemic reform. Free from OERI; #PIP 93-1505.

Education in States and Nations

(see article). $9 from GPO; #065-000-00621-9.

Federal Support for Education: Fiscal Years 1980 to 1993

provides a comprehensive picture of total federal financial support for education since fiscal year 1980. $3.25 from GPO; #065-000-00626-0.

A Guide to the International Interpretation of U.S. Education Program Data: CIP, IPEDS, CCD, and ISCED

contains a detailed discussion of the correspondence between U.S. education program databases and classification systems and the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED). $21 from GPO; #065-000-00609- 0.

Issues In Education: Teacher Training Abroad: New Realities

describes teacher preparation systems and recent developments in England and Wales, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Free from OERI; #OR 93-3072.

Learning from Public Library Literacy Programs

reports on the characteristics of selected public libraries into which adult literacy programs have become relatively integrated. Free from OERI; #LP 93-4020.

Library Career Training Program: Abstracts of Funded Projects 1992.

is a synthesis of materials contained in the successful applications for fellowships grants in FY 1992. Free from OERI; #LP 93- 4821.

Library Literacy Program: Analysis of Funded Projects 1992

analyzes the fiscal year 1992 projects and discusses major developments in the Library Literacy Program. Free from OERI; #LP 93-4015.

The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972: Annotated Bibliography of Studies, 1980-1992

examines the vocational activities, plans, aspirations, and attitudes of NLS participants after leaving high school along with the relationship of these activities to past educational experiences and background characteristics. Free from OERI; #OR 93-3156.

New Teachers in the Job Market, 1991 Update

summarizes findings from the Recent College Graduates Study, with a focus on the number, characteristics, labor force, and teaching status of newly qualified teachers. $6 from GPO; #065-000-00602-2.

Projections of Education Statistics to 2004

provides information on projected enrollment at all education levels; numbers of high school graduates, earned degrees conferred, and classroom teachers; and expenditures of public elementary and secondary schools as well as institutions of higher education at the national level. $13 from GPO; #065-000-00608-1.

School Change Models and Processes: A Review and Synthesis of Research and Practice

synthesizes the 30-year history of educational change in order to identify differing perspectives, strategies, and ultimately, useful principles. $4 from GPO; #065-000-00614-6.

Using Technology to Support Education Reform

describes the framework for incorporating technology into school reform. $7 from GPO; #065-000-00604-9.

Youth Indicators, 1993

(see article). $11 from GPO; #065-000-00611-1.

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