Keyword: National Government Publication (ngp)

Chronic life situations and life change events: Content discussion

Grading the nation’s report card: A review of the National Assessment of Educational Progress

Validity of self-reports in student-based studies on minority populations : issues and concerns

Introduction and overview / Mario R. De La Rosa, Juan-Luis Recio Adrados, and Norweeta Milburn — Integrating mainstream and subcultural explanations of drug use among Puerto Rican youth / Orlando Rodriguez, Juan-Luis Recio Adrados, and Mario R. De La Rosa — Orthogonal cultural identification : theoretical links between cultural identification and substance use / E.R.… Continue reading Validity of self-reports in student-based studies on minority populations : issues and concerns

Data and research needs concerning union formation and dissolution

This paper has been written to provide a broad overview of union formation and dissolution in the United States. Our primary goal in writing the paper is to consider the current state of knowledge concerning the formation and dissolution of unions. We discuss a broad range of things that are currently understood about union formation… Continue reading Data and research needs concerning union formation and dissolution

The assessment of school effectiveness

Measurement content

Cocaine use among American adolescents and young adults

Cocaine use in America : introduction and overview / Edgar H. Adams and Nicholas J. Kozel — Cocaine use in the United States : in a blizzard or just being snowed? / Richard R. Clayton — A decade of trends in cocaine use in the household population / Herbert I. Abelson and Judith Droitcour Miller… Continue reading Cocaine use among American adolescents and young adults

Reporting and utilizing the results of a follow-up study

Introduction to the use of follow-up studies

Defining the term “polydrug use.”