Using data from the High School and Beyond study, researchers found that guidance counseling is not equally available to all public high school students. Minority students, students from families of low socioeconomic status, and students in rural areas are less likely to have access to adequate guidance counseling. (RB)

The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher evaluation techniques from several perspectives, sources of data, and judges. The study tried to determine relationships by comparing the multiple lines of evidence in one school district. (RB)

This study extended the research done by Conrad and Blackburn (1985) on program quality in regional universities. Researchers increased the number of departments and disciplines studied. Indicates that traditional indicators of quality may be valid, but they carry a different weight at regional universities. (RB)

Suggests a between-grade-level experimental approach to investigating the effect of schooling on academic achievement. Presents a rationale for the approach and demonstrates it by estimating the effect of schooling on achievement in mathematics and reading comprehension of second graders. (RB)

This study examined how six experienced teachers got information about students' knowledge and used that information to adjust their instruction while tutoring the students in addition. Each teacher tutored five simulated students and one live student. (RB)

Study estimated the influence of college on students' academic and social self-concepts within the structure of a causal model. Separate estimations of the model were conducted for Black and for White men and for women. (RB)

Examines factors that influence Australian high school seniors' plans to attend college and their actual entry into college. Uses the Fishbein-Ajzen model of attitude-behavior relations to link intentions to continue school with the realization of those intentions. (RB)

This paper presents linguistic evidence for communication problems in everyday classroom interactions where children are dialect speakers. It also examines the problem of coding language functions for use in experiments. (RB)

Based on a three-stage model of memory coding, comparisons were made between reading ability groups on their serial recall of pictorial information. Article describes three different experiments. (RB)

In the last two decades, at least 20 economic analyses of early education intervention have been conducted and their results widely distributed. A critical review of this literature indicates that few studies provide credible evidence for the cost-effectiveness of early intervention for disadvantaged children. (TJH)

Ethnographic and survey analyses are used to assess the effects of academic stratification in secondary schools. Results indicate a need for longitudinal, quantitative research that is sensitive to actual dimensions of stratification in schools and to classroom conditions and processes that vary across levels of the hierarchy. (TJH)

This paper reviews literature relating to extracurricular participation and adolescent development. Areas covered include personal-social characteristics, academic achievement, educational aspirations and attainments, participants' roles in activities, and the environmental social context. Specific characteristics of the studies reviewed are…

Published since the mid-1960s, this review of the literature explores the historical dimensions of the Chicano educational experience in the southwest United States. Providing insights into its major themes and arguments, it is concluded that this field of professional study is still in its infancy, and possible subjects for future study are…

A historical perspective on revision in writing and a contemporary definition of revision are presented. A review of research methods for examining revision indicates that the evolving methods mirror the recent reconceptualization of revision by enabling investigation of meaningful revision activities and the revision process. (TJH)

A paper by R. E. Slavin is discussed concerning the validity and efficacy of mastery learning techniques. Slavin's pessimistic view of mastery learning, based on a selective set of studies that he examined, is countered by the proposition that much research indicates the necessity of this form of teaching to education. (TJH)