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This issue of "The Link" newsletter contains the following articles: (1) CWLA National Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice Position Paper; (2) Director's Message; (3) Interview with Ed Kelley, NACJJ Chair; (4) Research on Pathways to Desistance; and (5) The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention "Model Programs Guide." Individual articles contain figures, footnotes, and references. [For the Spring/Summer 2009 issue of "The Link," see ED507079.]

The purpose of the U.S. Department of Education's online newsletter "The Education Innovator" is to promote innovative practices in education; to offer features on promising programs and practices; to provide information on innovative research, schools, policies, and trends; and to keep readers informed of key Department priorities and activities. While this issue does not have a feature article, both the "What's New" and "Innovations in the News" sections are chock full of important announcements and insightful reports, policy and program developments both at the Department and in the field, and news articles. [For "The Education Innovator. Volume VII, No. 8," see ED506967.]

Whenever international assessments of student achievement are conducted, in which tests of subject matter knowledge are given to students around the world, the United States scores poorly. In this issue of "The Claremont Letter," the author identifies three mistakes American educators make that undermine student learning, and suggests how these problems can be corrected.

This ERIC Annual Report presents both accomplishments and historical perspectives, as 2001 marks 35 years of ERIC service in delivering educational research and information to the public. This annual report describes the developments in the database of educational literature, the growing variety of ERIC Web-based products and user services, and the distinctive focus of each of the ERIC clearinghouses and system support components. ERIC is in an evolutionary stage transitioning from a system relying on paper and microfiche to a digital network. Accomplishments in 2001 have pushed this change forward. For example, publication in paper of the monthly ERIC index, Resources in Education (RIE), was ended in December 2001. Now customers search the database electronically for new accessions to the database of education literature. To further improve quality control for accessions, a new processing technology was implemented that collectively feeds data from the ERIC Clearinghouses to the ERIC Facility, where the database is made accessible through the Internet. This report describes the improvements in editorial tools and error checking along with the anticipated advantages in processing speed. Contents include: improvements in database operations; database growth in 2001; database content; database access; document delivery; ERIC products and user services; the ERIC Clearinghouses; ERIC Support Components; and the ERIC budget. (AEF)

This journal, which provides abstracts of its articles mostly in Spanish and a few in English, contains studies (estudios) and notes (notas) about educational issues, as well as relevant book reviews (recensiones). Studies in this issue (No. 3, 2002) are: "Unprotected Time of Early Adolescence and Intergenerational Relations: A New Educational Issue" [written in English] (Pierpaolo Donati), which discusses social problems connected to the time in which young people (10-15 years) are unprotected by the socializing agencies in everyday life; "Cultura y Contracultura Educativas" [Educational Culture and Counterculture] (Tomas Melendo), which focuses on the impact of culture and counterculture on the day-to-day tasks of the education enterprise; "Conciliacion entre Fe y Cultura en la Escuela" [Conciliation between Faith and Culture in School] (Irene Maria Briones Martinez), which addresses the conflict that arose in one Italian public school when one group of persons invoked the principle of freedom of conscience to justify their refusal to participate in religious services held in school; "Una Sociedad Anestesiada: La Educacion como Alternativa para Salir de la Anestesia" [An Anesthetized Society: Education as an Alternative to Get Out of Anesthesia] (Alfredo Rodriguez Sedano; Juan Carlos Aguilera), which proposes a concept of domain that offers great advantages in facing the challenges that come with globalization; "Anai, una Forma de Publicacion en la Web" [A Better Way for Web Development] (Jesus Redrado; Luis Echarri; Concepcion Naval), which presents the strategy adopted by the University of Navarra for the creation of its Web content, the objective of which is to promote a decentralized system of Web content development; and "Some Contributions of Philosophy to Education" [written in English] (Israel Scheffler), which considers some general questions pertaining to philosophical activity in and of itself. Notes in this issue are: "Repensar la Ensenanza Universitaria desde las Tecnologias de la Informacion y la Comunicacion: Algunas Experiencias de Universidades de los Estados Unidos" [Rethinking University Teaching since Information and Communication Technologies: Some Experiences of American Universities], which describes some experiences in universities in the United States with information and communication technologies; "La Relacion Familia-Escuela" [Family-School Relationship] (Francisco Altarejos), which presents a model of home-school collaboration; "Centro Educativo y Formacion para el Voluntariado: Coordinacion Posible." [Education Center and Formation for Volunteerism: Possible Coordination] (Arantzazu Martinez-Odria), which discusses volunteerism as a new phenomenon in civil society, and the implementation of service learning education; and "Posibilidades Didacticas de las Tecnologias de la Informacion y la Comunicacion (TIC) en la Docencia Presencial" [Didactic Possibilities of Information/Communication Technologies in the Current Faculty] (Charo Reparaz; Luis Echarri; Concepcion Naval). (BT)

This document consists of 10 issues (covering January through December 2000) of the newsletter, "Community Update," which features articles on community and family involvement in education. In addition to the articles, each issue (except the Special Issue) includes a preview of the month's Satellite Town Meeting; events and information discussed in the section, "Partnership for Family Involvement in Education" (a coalition of business, community, religious, and education organizations nationwide); a short article under the section, "About Our Partners"; calendar of upcoming events; and announcements. Each issue has a theme, as follows: Arts Education (January 2001); Special Issue: Fiscal Year 2001 Budget (January 2001); Safe Schools (February/March 2001); Early Reading (April 2001); Learning with Technology (May 2001); Standards and Accountability (June/July 2001); Faith-Based and Community Partnerships (August 2001); Families Involved in Learning (September 2001); and Character Education (October 2001). Cover article topics include: Secretary of Education, Richard Riley offers an optimistic outlook on the future of education; Secretary Riley calls the 18% increase in education funding a "landmark"; a Secret Service study explores early detection in school shootings and reports a declining rate of school violence; President George W. Bush issues his blueprint for improving American education called "No Child Left Behind"; the Department of Education receives the largest increase of any domestic agency in the President's budget request; testing as a tool for closing the achievement gap; an interview with Christine Brooks, Director of Education's Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Center; and nearly $7 million is awarded to New York state to support vocational rehabilitation and school reconstruction following the terrorist attacks. (AEF)

Data quality and speed in data processing profoundly affect service provided to the Educational Resources Information Center's (ERIC's) broad audiences. With these factors in mind, a new technology infrastructure for processing records has been acquired and is scheduled for implementation. The story of how the ERIC database is being constructed is featured in this annual report, as are highlights of recent acquisitions. A review of the year 2000 includes discussion of the ERIC database growth in 2000; database content; database access; document delivery; information sharing; and system-wide improvements. The individual ERIC Clearinghouses and support components also report their accomplishments and provide lists of their best-selling publications and recent ERIC Digest titles. A description of ERIC's users services--which include reference and retrieval services, access to Internet resources, literature searches, bibliographies, identification of popular documents, and referrals to other sources of information--is provided. An ERIC system directory and an outline of the ERIC budget are also included. (AEF)

This 2000 annual report, summarizing the accomplishments of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system in 1999, begins with a section that highlights progress towards meeting goals, as well as selected statistics. The second section, comprising the bulk of the report, provides an overview of ERIC, including the ERIC database, user services, publications and products, ERIC on the Internet, special projects, outreach and training, and partnerships. Results of two surveys of ERIC customers conducted in 1999 are summarized in the third section; these surveys include an AskERIC user survey showing the types of users who contacted the AskERIC electronic question-answering service and the ERICNews survey showing the professions of subscribers to the ERICNews electronic newsletter. The next section provides an ERIC system directory, and highlights of the ERIC budget are listed in the final section. The ERIC mission, audience, and goals are highlighted on the front inside cover. (AEF)

This journal of the California Association for Counseling and Development attempts to identify the current issues of concern in the counseling field and share research to help improve the professional learning community. The articles in this issue include: "The Editor's Message" (Pat Nellor Wickwire); "The CACD President's Message" (Joseph Dear); "Career Education in the Information Age" (Kenneth B. Hoyt); "Coercive Treatment for Clients with Substance Use Disorders" (Douglas L. Polcin); "School Counselors' Use of Assessment and Its Relationship to Their Training" (Joan H. Blacher, Mildred Murray-Ward, and Gail E. Uellendahl); "Not Broken--Just Different: Helping Teachers Work with Children with Attention-Deficit Disorders" (Joan Astigarraga and Adriana G. McEachern); "The Grief Process: Helping Adolescents Cope with Grief and Loss" (Paul A. Rodriguez); "Emerging Roles of Counselors in On-Line Counseling" (Jo Ann Oravec); "Standards-Based Counseling in the Middle School" (Mary Ellen Davis); "The Passion of Writing: Becoming an Acceptable, Accepted, and Exceptional Writer" (Martin G. Brodwin); "Drama, Drawing, and Double Meanings: Addressing the Needs of Developing Counselors through Creative Work" (Rhonda McCalip); "Counseling: The Future Is Now" (Benjamin Reddish, Jr.); and "Being a Professional Counselor in a Counseling Profession" (Donald G. Hays). (Contains 119 references.) (JDM)

This 1999 annual report, summarizing the accomplishments of the Educational Resources Information System (ERIC) system in 1998, begins with a section that highlights progress towards meeting goals, as well as selected statistics. The second section, comprising the bulk of the report, provides an overview of ERIC, including the ERIC database, user services, publications and products, ERIC on the Internet, special projects, outreach and training, and partnerships. Results of four ERIC customer surveys conducted in 1998 are summarized in the third section; these surveys include an exploratory study on meeting parents' information needs, a study of ERIC database searches on the Internet, an AskERIC user survey, and a National Clearinghouse for the ESL (English as a Second Language) Literacy Education user survey. The next section provides an ERIC system directory, and highlights of the ERIC budget are listed in the fifth section. The final section looks at what is ahead for ERIC in the 21st Century. The ERIC mission, audience, and goals are highlighted on the back of the cover. (AEF)

This document includes the following papers: "The European Training Foundation's Experience in Supporting Human Resource Development in South-Eastern Europe" (Peter de Rooij); "Transition, Reconstruction and Stability in South-Eastern Europe; The Role of Vocational Education and Training" (Cesar Birzea, Peter Grootings, Tzako Panteelev, Carsten Schmidt, Marija Taseva); "Local Curriculum and Cross-curricular Themes" (Madlen Serban); "Curriculum for Democratic Society" (Simka Delevska); "Vocational Education and Training against Social Exclusion: The General Picture and Some Experiences from Slovenia" (Martina Trbanc); "Creating Islands of Integrity...SMEs [Small and Medium Enterprises] as Agents of Community Building in Central Europe" (Allan D. Bussard); "'Corporate Responsibility' and 'Business Ethics': A Case Study of the Experience of the United Kingdom and Its Relevance to South-Eastern Europe (vocational education and training)" (Rosamund Thomas); "Transforming Vocational Education and Training Institutions into Community Resource Centres" (Edmond Hoxha); "The Reconstruction of Democratic Societies through Vocational Education and Training; Civic Education within the EU Phare Vocational Education and Training Programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina" (Hajrudin Cirkic, Ilija Rajlic, Mustafa Sahinovic); and "Development of Democratic Schools in Bulgaria" (Krasimira Kraus). Appended are the workshop agenda, workshop proposals for an action framework, and a list of workshop participants. (MN)

The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national information system designed to provide users with ready access to an extensive body of education-related literature and other educational resources through its 16 subject-specific Clearinghouses, associated adjunct Clearinghouses, and support contractors. These publications consist of digests, bibliographies, state of the art reviews, and information syntheses of various types. This 28th bibliography provides citations, abstracts, and indexes for 1997. An introduction describes the ERIC system, Clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography, the availability of Clearinghouse publications, and adjunct Clearinghouses. A statistical summary by year (1968-1997) shows the number of publications included for each Clearinghouse in the series of which this bibliography is the most recent. Two hundred and forty-eight documents are listed, provided from the following Clearinghouses: (1) Adult, Career, and Vocational Education; (2) Counseling and Student Services; (3) Reading, English, and Communication; (4) Educational Management; (5) Disabilities and Gifted Education; (6) Languages and Linguistics; (7) Higher Education; (8) Information and Technology; (9) Community Colleges; (10) Elementary and Early Childhood Education; (11) Rural Education and Small Schools; (12) Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education; (13) Social Studies/Social Science Education; (14) Teaching and Teacher Education; (15) Assessment and Evaluation; and (16) Urban Education. Citations are arranged by Clearinghouse. Within each Clearinghouse section, documents are listed in accession number order. A sample citation is provided immediately preceding the citation section. Three indexes are provided: Subject, Personal Author, and Institution. A diagram of ERIC system components and a directory of ERIC components with addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and brief descriptions of the Clearinghouses' scope areas are also provided. A form for ordering microfiche or paper copy of ERIC Clearinghouse publications from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service is attached. (AEF)

The Fordham Foundation commissioned experts in each of the five core academic subjects (English, history, geography, mathematics, and science) to develop criteria for excellence and apply them to as many state standards as could be obtained. This summary report compiles the numerical scores and letter grades that each state earned in every subject. Policy makers, journalists, and concerned citizens can easily see a complete report card for their state. The report also presents some lessons from these findings. Some states did well in some subjects, but the main conclusion to be drawn from this study is that most of the states have a long way to go before their academic standards will be strong enough to bear the considerable burden now being placed on them. Their present weaknesses are great enough to be a grave threat to standards-based education reform. In every subject, the number of states receiving a "D" or an "F" outnumbered the number receiving an "A" or a "B." In English and history, only one state received an "A." When the data were aggregated, no state had an "A" average, and only Arizona, California, and Texas earned a "B" average. In every subject, at least one state published excellent standards, demonstrating that it can be done. The "Forum" section of the report contains commentaries on the standards movement by five eminent participators and observers: (1) Lynne Cheney; (2) Denis Doyle; (3) William Galston; (4) Will Marshall; and (5) Susan Traiman. One appendix contains the criteria for reviewing state standards, and the other contains the documents examined listed by state. (SLD)

This annotated bibliography provides citations, abstracts, and indexes for the 224 documents produced by the 16 Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses in 1996. These publications consist of digests, bibliographies, state of the art reviews, and information syntheses of various types. An introduction describes the ERIC system, clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography, the availability of clearinghouse publications, and adjunct clearinghouses. A statistical summary by year (1968-1996) shows the number of publications included for each clearinghouse in the series of which this bibliography is the most recent. Document resumes are provided from the following clearinghouses: (1) Adult, Career and Vocational Education; (2) Counseling and Student Services; (3) Reading, English, and Communication; (4) Educational Management; (5) Disabilities and Gifted Education; (6) Languages and Linguistics; (7) Higher Education; (8) Information and Technology; (9) Community Colleges; (10) Elementary and Early Childhood Education; (11) Rural Education and Small Schools; (12) Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education; (13) Social Studies/Social Science Education; (14) Teaching and Teacher Education; (15) Assessment and Evaluation; and (16) Urban Education. Indexes by subject, personal author, and institution are provided. A diagram of ERIC system components and a directory of ERIC components with addresses, telephone, tax, and phone numbers, and brief descriptions of the clearinghouses' scope areas is also provided. A form for ordering microfiche or paper copy of ERIC Clearinghouse publications from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service is attached. (AEF)

This annotated bibliography provides citations, abstracts, and indexes for the 267 documents produced by the 16 Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses in 1995. These publications consist of digests, bibliographies, state of the art reviews, and information syntheses of various types. An introduction describes the ERIC system, clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography;, the availability of clearinghouse publications, and adjunct clearinghouses. A statistical summary by year (1968-1994) shows the number of publications included for each clearinghouse in the series of which this bibliography is the most recent. Document resumes are provided from the following clearinghouses: (1) Adult, Career, and Vocational Education; (2) Counseling and Student Services; (3) Reading, English, and Communication; (4) Educational Management; (5) Disabilities and Gifted Education; (6) Languages and Linguistics; (7) Higher Education; (8) Information and Technology; (9) Community Colleges; (10) Elementary and Early Childhood Education; (11) Rural Education and Small Schools; (12) Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education; (13) Social Studies/Social Science Education; (14) Teaching and Teacher Education; (15) Assessment and Evaluation; and (16) Urban Education. Indexes by subject, personal author, and institution are provided. A diagram of ERIC system components and a directory of ERIC components with addresses, telephone, fax, and phone numbers, and brief descriptions of the clearinghouses' scope areas is also provided. A form for ordering microfiche or paper copy of ERIC Clearinghouse publications from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service is attached. (AEF)

The "ERIC Review" announces research results, publications, and new programs relevant to each issue's theme topic. This double issue commemorates ERIC's 30th anniversary and focuses on the dissemination and use of education information. The issue includes "A Quick Guide To ERIC" (Lynn Smarte)--a reproducible training guide for learning how to use ERIC, descriptions of the products and services available from the various components of the ERIC system, and a detachable bookmark and phone directory cards. The first article, "Issues in Dissemination: An ERIC Perspective" (Lilian G. Katz and Dianne Rothenberg), looks at the dissemination of ERIC information, including issues of optimum amount of information, optimum information redundancy, optimum conceptual size, vividness effect in presentation medium, propitiousness, and users' orientations to knowledge. Additional articles include: "What Is an Information Clearinghouse?" (Dianne Rothenberg); "What Is Teacher Research" (excerpted from an ERIC Digest by Ismat Abdal-Haqq); "Dissemination Under Renovation" (Cynthia Hearn Dorfman); "The National Education Dissemination System" (Robert Stonehill); "ERIC Highlights and Future Directions" (from the "ERIC Annual Report 1996"); "Great Moments in ERIC History"--an ERIC timeline; and "NLE: ERIC's Institutional Home"--about the National Library of Education. (SWC)

This annotated bibliography provides citations, abstracts, and indexes for 211 documents produced by the 16 Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses in 1994. These publications consist of digests, bibliographies, state of the art reviews, and information syntheses of various types. An introduction describes the ERIC system, ERIC abstract journals, ERIC clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography, the availability of clearinghouse publications, adjunct ERIC clearinghouses, and the ACCESS ERIC and AskERIC services. A statistical summary by year (1968-1994) shows the number of publications included for each clearinghouse in the series of which this bibliography is the most recent. Document resumes are provided from the following clearinghouses: (1) Adult, Career, and Vocational Education; (2) Counseling and Student Services; (3) Reading, English, and Communication; (4) Educational Management; (5) Disabilities and Gifted Education; (6) Languages and Linguistics; (7) Higher Education; (8) Information and Technology; (9) Community Colleges; (10) Elementary and Early Childhood Education; (11) Rural Education and Small Schools; (12) Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education; (13) Social Studies/Social Science Education; (14) Teaching and Teacher Education; (15) Assessment and Evaluation; and (16) Urban Education. Indexes by subject, personal author, and institution are provided. A directory of ERIC system components with addresses, telephone numbers, and brief descriptions of the clearinghouses' scope areas is also included. A form for ordering microfiche or paper copy of ERIC Clearinghouse publications from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service is attached. (AEF)

This annotated bibliography provides citations, abstracts, and indexes for the 267 documents produced by the 16 Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses in 1993. These publications consist of digests, bibliographies, state of the art reviews, and information syntheses of various types. An introduction describes the ERIC system, clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography, and the availability of clearinghouse publications. A statistical summary by year (1968-1993) shows the number of publication included for each clearinghouse in the series of which this bibliography is the most recent. Document resumes are provided from the following clearinghouses: (1) Adult, Career, and Vocational Education; (2) Counseling and Student Services; (3) Reading, English, and Communication; (4) Educational Management; (5) Disabilities and Gifted Education; (6) Languages and Linguistics; (7) Higher Education; (8) Information and Technology; (9) Community Colleges; (10) Elementary and Early Childhood Education; (11) Rural Education and Small Schools; (12) Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education; (13) Social Studies/Social Science Education; (14) Teaching and Teacher Education; (15) Assessment and Evaluation; and (16) Urban Education. Indexes by subject, personal author, and institution are provided. A directory of ERIC system components with addresses, telephone numbers, and brief descriptions of the clearinghouses' scope areas is also provided. A form for ordering microfiche or paper copy of ERIC Clearinghouse publications from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service is attached. (MES)

This annotated bibliography provides citations, abstracts, and indexes for the 275 documents produced by the 16 Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses in 1992. These publications consist of digests, bibliographies, state of the art reviews, and information syntheses of various types. An introduction describes the ERIC system, clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography, and the availability of clearinghouse publications. A statistical summary by year (1968-1992) shows the number of publication included for each clearinghouse in the series of which this bibliography is the most recent. Document resumes are provided from the following clearinghouses: (1) Adult, Career, and Vocational Education; (2) Counseling and Personnel Services; (3) Reading and Communication Skills; (4) Educational Management; (5) Handicapped and Gifted Children; (6) Language and Linguistics; (7) Higher Education; (8) Information Resources; (9) Junior Colleges; (10) Elementary and Early Childhood Education; (11) Rural Education and Small Schools; (12) Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education; (13) Social Studies/ Social Science Education; (14) Teacher Education; (15) Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation; and (16) Urban Education. Indexes by subject, personal author, and institution are provided. A directory of ERIC system components with addresses, telephone numbers, and brief descriptions of the clearinghouses' scope areas is also provided. A form for ordering microfiche or paper copy of ERIC Clearinghouse publications from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service is attached. (MES)

This festschrift in honor of Rene Jeanneret, administrator of the Center for Applied Linguistics at Neuchatel University (Switzerland), contains the following papers (all papers are written in French with two exceptions): "A Walk with Rene Jeanneret Through the Garden of Applied Linguistics"; "--Thank You.--No Thank You!"; "The Interface between Linguistics and Education" (in English); "The Potential Contribution of Artificial Intelligence and the Automatic Processing of Natural Language to a New Version of Hector"; "Why Reformulate and How to Do It?"; "Rene Jeanneret and the University for Senior Citizens in Neuchatel"; "Philological Commentary on a Page from Rabelais"; "The Obsession with Words"; "HECTOR and the Schwyzertutsch"; "The French in English: Can a Rule Be Seen in the Phonetic Evolution of Intervocalic "s" and Its Compounds [ss], [bs], et [x]?"; "But, It's Only an Example!"; "Code-Switching and Discourse Markers: Between Variation and Conversation"; "The Establishment of Verbal Concordances"; "Comparison of the Phonological Systems of Arabic and French"; "How to Exercise Indirect Free Discourse "en Production": The Contribution of the Teaching of French as a Second Language"; "Some Aspects of Human-Cat Verbal Communication"; "Syntax and Word Formation: One Type of Use of Verbal Nouns in Latin"; and "What Stimulates a Response in the Language Laboratory?" (in English). (MSE)

Ten commonly held misconceptions about the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) information system are presented together with a brief discussion of the facts for each one. These factual responses provide the following overview of the ERIC system. ERIC is a national information system that includes 16 clearinghouses and four support components. In 1991, the system acquired and indexed 30,000 new documents and journal articles, produced more than 200 publications, responded to more than 100,000 requests for information, distributed more than 17 million microfiche, and increased its formal network of ERIC Partners to more than 500 education organizations. ERIC is the world's most widely used education database, with more than 3,000 locations around the world receiving ERIC print or database products. About 900 of these maintain complete microfiche collections and provide search services for clients. It is easy to submit documents to ERIC and authors remain free to submit their work to any journal or publisher. The system has strict quality control procedures that govern the selection of documents; in 1991, approximately 32% of the documents submitted were rejected. Announcing a document in ERIC can be an effective marketing tool, as people are more apt to want an original document from the publisher than a photocopy or microfiche from ERIC. The system produces four reference and referral databases as well as the bibliographic database of ERIC documents and journal articles. ERIC is committed to reach audiences that include practitioners, policymakers, and parents, as well as researchers. Components of the ERIC system responded to more than 42,000 requests from teachers and administrators in 1991, and several recent studies show that not only is ERIC recognized by teachers and administrators, but that its products are used and appreciated. (BBM)

This annotated bibliography provides citations, abstracts, and indexes for the 262 documents produced by the 16 Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses in 1991. These publications consist of digests, bibliographies, state of the art reviews, and information syntheses of various types. An introduction describes the ERIC system, clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography, and the availability of clearinghouse publications. A statistical summary by year (1968-1991) shows the number of publications included for each clearinghouse in the series of which this bibliography is the most recent. Document resumes are provided from the following clearinghouses: (1) Adult, Career, and Vocational Education; (2) Counseling and Personnel Services; (3) Reading and Communication Skills; (4) Educational Management; (5) Handicapped and Gifted Children; (6) Language and Linguistics; (7) Higher Education; (8) Information Resources; (9) Junior Colleges; (10) Elementary and Early Childhood Education; (11) Rural Education and Small Schools; (12) Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education; (13) Social Studies/Social Science Education; (14) Teacher Education; (15) Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation; and (16) Urban Education. Indexes by subject, personal author, and institution are provided. A directory of ERIC system components with addresses, telephone numbers, and brief descriptions of the clearinghouses' scope areas is also provided. A form for ordering microfiche or paper copy of ERIC Clearinghouse publications from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service is attached. (BBM)

This annotated bibliography provides citations, abstracts, and indexes for the 355 publications produced by the 16 Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses in 1990. These publications consist of digests, bibliographies, state of the art reviews, and information syntheses of various types. An introduction describes the ERIC system, clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography, and the availability of clearinghouse publications. A statistical summary by year (1986-1990) shows the number of publications included for each clearinghouse in the series of which this bibliography is the most recent. Document resumes are provided from the following clearinghouses: (1) Adult, Career, and Vocational Education; (2) Counseling and Personnel Services; (3) Reading and Communication Skills; (4) Educational Management; (5) Handicapped and Gifted Children; (6) Languages and Linguistics; (7) Higher Education; (8) Information Resources; (9) Junior Colleges; (10) Elementary and Early Childhood Education; (11) Rural Education and Small Schools; (12) Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education; (13) Social Studies/Social Science Education; (14) Teacher Education; (15) Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation; and (16) Urban Education. Indexes by subject, author, and institution are provided. A directory of ERIC system components with addresses, telephone numbers, and brief descriptions of the clearinghouses scope areas is also provided. A form for ordering microfiche or paper copy of ERIC Clearinghouse publications from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service is attached. (MAB)

This annotated bibliography provides citations, abstracts, and indexes for the 256 publications produced by the 16 Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses in 1989. These publications consist of digests, bibliographies, state of the art reviews, and information syntheses of various types. An introduction describes the ERIC system, clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography, and the availability of clearinghouse publications. A statistical summary by year (1968-1989) shows the number of publications included for each clearinghouse in the series of which this bibliography is the most recent. Document resumes are provided from the following clearinghouses: (1) Adult, Career, and Vocational Education; (2) Counseling and Personnel Services; (3) Reading and Communication Skills; (4) Educational Management; (5) Handicapped and Gifted Children; (6) Languages and Linguistics; (7) Higher Education; (8) Information Resources; (9) Junior Colleges; (10) Elementary and Early Childhood Education; (11) Rural Education and Small Schools; (12) Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education; (13) Social Studies/Social Science Education; (14) Teacher Education; (15) Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation; and (16) Urban Education. Indexes by subject, author, and institution are provided. A directory of ERIC system components with addresses, telephone numbers, and brief descriptions of the clearinghouse scope areas is also provided. A form for ordering microfiche or paper copy of ERIC Clearinghouse publications from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service is attached. (MES)

The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national information network designed to provide users with ready access to education literature. One of the clearinghouses is the ERIC Counseling and Personnel Services Clearinghouse (CAPS). Established at The University of Michigan in 1966, CAPS was one of the original ERIC clearinghouses. Topics covered by CAPS include: the training, supervision, and continuing professional development of counseling, student services, and human services professionals; counseling theories, methods, and practices; the roles of counselors, social workers, and psychologists in all educational settings at all educational levels; career planning and development; self-esteem and self-efficacy; marriage and family counseling; and mental health services to special populations such as substance abusers, pregnant teenagers, students at risk, public offenders, etc. CAPS can help counseling professionals find the information they need, give worldwide visibility to articles and resources that counselors produce, provide counselors with high quality, low-cost resources, and introduce counselors to CAPS information tools such as CounselorQuest and Treasure Chest. (ABL)

A broad range of education-related topics are addressed in this 181-document bibliography, which presents citations and abstracts for publications produced by the 16 ERIC Clearinghouses. An introduction explains the ERIC system, clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography, and the availability of clearinghouse publications. A statistical summary by year (1968-1982) shows the number of documents included for each clearinghouse in the series of which this bibliography is the most recent. Document resumes are provided from the following clearinghouses: (1) Adult, Career, and Vocational Education; (2) Counseling and Personnel Services; (3) Reading and Communication Skills; (4) Educational Management; (5) Handicapped and Gifted Children; (6) Languages and Linguistics; (7) Higher Education; (8) Information Resources; (9) Junior Colleges; (10) Elementary and Early Childhood Education; (11) Rural Education and Small Schools; (12) Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education; (13) Social Studies/Social Science Education; (14) Teacher Education; (15) Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation; and (16) Urban Education. A complete listing of names, addresses, telephone numbers, and scope notes is provided for ERIC Clearinghouses and other network components. Information on how to obtain publications and how to order ERIC abstract journals is also included. (LMM)

Document resumes of 176 substantive publications produced by the 16 ERIC Clearinghouses and appearing in Resources in Education (RIE), are alphabetically arranged by the two-letter clearinghouse identification prefix, and within each clearinghouse group, numerically listed by accession number; an abstract is provided for each title. The 11th bibliography in the series, it reflects the scope of each clearinghouse and contains citations on adult, career, and vocational education; counseling and personnel services; reading and communication skills; educational management; handicapped and gifted children; languages and linguistics; higher education; instructional technology and library/information science; junior colleges; elementary and early childhood education; rural education and small schools; science, mathematics, and environmental education; social studies/social science education; techer education; tests, measurement, and evaluation; and urban education. Subject, author, and institution indexes to the bibliography are provided, as well as an explanatory example of each. The ERIC system and clearinghouse publications are briefly described. Addresses of the ERIC clearinghouses and information on how to obtain ERIC clearinghouse publications and order the ERIC abstract journal (RIE) are also included. (RBF)

Document resumes of 173 substantive publications, produced by the 16 ERIC clearinghouses and appearing in Resources in Education (RIE), are alphabetically arranged by the 2-letter clearinghouse identification prefix, and, within each clearinghouse group, numerically listed by accession number. An abstract is provided for each title and a sample resume entry is given. The 12th bibliography in the series, it reflects the scope of each clearinghouse and contains citations on adult, career, and vocational education; counseling and personnel services; reading and communication skills; educational management; handicapped and gifted children; languages and linguistics; higher education; information resources; junior colleges; elementary and early childhood education; rural education and small schools; science, mathematics, and environmental education; social studies/social science education; teacher education; tests, measurement, and evaluation; and urban education. Subject, author, and institution indexes to the bibliography are provided, as well as an explanatory example of each type of index entry. The ERIC system and clearinghouse publications are briefly described. Addresses of the ERIC clearinghouses and information on how to obtain ERIC clearinghouse publications and order the ERIC abstract journal (RIE) are also included. (ESR)

This annotated bibliography provides citations, abstracts, and indexes for the 284 publications produced by the 16 Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses in 1988. These publications consist of digests, bibliographies, state of the art reviews, and information syntheses of various types. An introduction describes the ERIC system, clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography, and the availability of clearinghouse publications. A statistical summary by year (1968-1988) shows the number of publications included for each clearinghouse in the series of which this bibliography is the most recent. Document resumes are provided from the following clearinghouses: (1) Adult, Career, and Vocational Education; (2) Counseling and Personnel Services; (3) Reading and Communication Skills; (4) Educational Management; (5) Handicapped and Gifted Children; (6) Languages and Linguistics; (7) Higher Education; (8) Information Resources; (9) Junior Colleges; (10) Elementary and Early Childhood Education; (11) Rural Education and Small Schools; (12) Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education; (13) Social Studies/Social Science Education; (14) Teacher Education; (15) Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation; and (16) Urban Education. Indexes by subject, author, and institution are provided. A directory of ERIC system components with addresses, telephone numbers, and brief descriptions of the clearinghouse scope areas is also provided, as well as a form for ordering microfiche or paper copy of ERIC Clearinghouse publications from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service. (MES)

A broad range of education-related topics are addressed in this annotated bibliography, which presents citations and abstracts for 117 publications produced by the 16 ERIC Clearinghouses in 1983. An introduction explains the ERIC system, clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography, and the availability of clearinghouse publications. A statistical summary by year (1968-1983) shows the number of documents included for each clearinghouse in the series of which this bibliography is the most recent. Document resumes are provided from the following clearinghouses: (1) Adult, Career, and Vocational Education; (2) Counseling and Personnel Services; (3) Reading and Communication Skills; (4) Educational Management; (5) Handicapped and Gifted Children; (6) Languages and Linguistics; (7) Higher Education; (8) Information Resources; (9) Junior Colleges; (10) Elementary and Early Childhood Education; (11) Rural Education and Small Schools; (12) Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education; (13) Social Studies/Social Science Education; (14) Teacher Education; (15) Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation; and (16) Urban Education. A listing of ERIC Digests, i.e., short user-oriented reference sheets formerly called Fact Sheets or Short Reports, is also provided. (DMC)

A broad range of education-related topics are addressed in this annotated bibliography, which presents citations and abstracts for 239 publications produced by the 16 Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses in 1987. An introduction describes the ERIC system, clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography, and the availability of clearinghouse publications. A statistical summary by year (1968-1987) shows the number of publications included for each clearinghouse in the series of which this bibliography is the most recent. Document resumes are provided from the following clearinghouses: (1) Adult, Career, and Vocational Education; (2) Counseling and Personnel Services; (3) Reading and Communication Skills; (4) Educational Management; (5) Handicapped and Gifted Children; (6) Languages and Linguistics; (7) Higher Education; (8) Information Resources; (9) Junior Colleges; (10) Elementary and Early Childhood Education; (11) Rural Education and Small Schools; (12) Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education; (13) Social Studies/Social Science Education; (14) Teacher Education; (15) Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation; and (16) Urban Education. Indexes by subject, author, and institution are provided. The 533 ERIC Digests produced by the clearinghouses through 1987 are also listed. Formerly called Fact Sheets or Short Reports, these short user-oriented reference sheets are arranged by clearinghouse. A directory of ERIC system components with addresses, telephone numbers, and brief descriptions of the clearinghouse scope areas is also provided, as well as a form for ordering microfiche or paper copy of ERIC Clearinghouse publications from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service. (CGD)

Projects, operations, and future plans are covered in this annual report for the fifth year of the Peace Corps. An introduction overviews past and future activities of the Peace Corps and its volunteers. Section 2 reviews the year 1966 and covers these topics: the new director, Jack Vaughn; countries in which new programs were begun; the Cornell/Peru Report on Peace Corps impact; Peace Corps training; long-range planning; and recruiting. A case study of the Peace Corps program in Niger is presented in the next section to describe failure that is now flourishing after four years. Section 4 is a 24-page pictorial history of the first five years of the Peace Corps. Section 5 summarizes in tables and graphs statistics on the first five years of the Peace Corps and trends for the future, including volunteer assignments by skills; origins and destinations of volunteers; regional maps with tables and graph for Africa, Latin America, North Africa/Near East/South Asia, and East Asia/Pacific; and costs. The report concludes with information on impact at home of the returning volunteer. Five personal vignettes are provided. (YLB)