Describes a research seminar required of graduate students at Queens College which focuses on educational research, statistical analysis, and library search skills. Topics covered include the use of bibliographies and review of research, periodical indexes and abstracts, and online databases. (CLB)

Reports on the national demand for higher educational standards evident in the state legislation of the past three or four years that has mandated minimum competency testing programs. States that have adopted various kinds of such legislation are listed. (JD)

Annotates such recently published sources of information as surveys of current practices and general discussions, describes the 1979 NIE (National Institute of Education) Minimum Competency Study (report to be published), and lists the addresses of organizations that collect information, develop their own tests, and publish useful studies and…

Describes the steps that a school district should follow in the first stages of implementing a minimum competency testing program: preparatory activities, defining the project, identifying existing tests, evaluating tests, developing a local test, and sharing knowledge. (Author)

Lists bibliographies under headings of adult basic education, arts, attitudes, bilingual students, drugs/tobacco, early childhood, educational assessment, environmental education, general, gifted, handicapped, health/physical education, intelligence, interests, language arts/reading, mathematics, music, organizational management, personality,…

Lists 14 articles/reports, 5 of which concern the National Teacher Examinations (NTE). (JD)

Tabulates each state's minimum competency activities, indicating who mandated the action (state legislature/state board of education), who set the standards (local/state), which areas are tested (math/language arts/other), which tests are used (local/state/commercial), and use of the data (high school graduation/grade promotion/remedial…

Describes services offered by the Educational Resources Information Center Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation (ERIC/TM) in the area of minimum competency testing; identifies the ERIC descriptors to use when searching documents on that subject; notes relevant services offered by other ERIC clearinghouses; and lists some applicable…

Discusses the problem of rising costs for serial subscriptions and declining purchasing power of education libraries, and describes three studies undertaken in a university library to obtain reliable data for recommending the continuation or cancellation of education periodical subscriptions. Eleven references are listed. (CHC)

Provides an annotated bibliography of ten recent references (1980-81) on tuition tax credits, 22 items on the background (1973-79) of tuition tax credits, and 15 general references (1979-81) on educational vouchers. (CHC)

Discusses the problems involved in locating information sources that provide evaluative reports, summaries, and/or reviews of print and nonprint materials. Guides to selection processes and to reviewing sources are reviewed, as well as tools for accessing information through manual and computerized searching, sources for media information, and for…

Discusses the need for standards in education libraries and provides lists of criteria for standards in services, collection, personnel, facilities, budget, and administration and governance to be used as a starting point. A 12-item bibliography is included. (CHC)

Reviews the history of the development of departments and schools of education, and discusses the corresponding development of education libraries with respect to the quality of library services. A 48-item bibliography is included. (CHC)

Describes the role of the private sector in educational research and lists the names, addresses, and brief descriptions of 19 organizations whose works merit attention. (CHC)

Discusses the role of regional educational research organizations, describes three regional organizations in terms of member states, research activities, and publications, and provides names and addresses for each as well as for another proposed regional education research center. (CHC)