There is a considerable debate about the direction and causes of change in U.S. student performance over the last 25 years.
The full regression estimates for the trend analysis are contained in Appendix s. ... 2The 1998 4th-grade state reading NAEP results show a slight gain over 1992 results that may indicate a possible slight downward bias in the 1994 test ...
Their access to weaponry is facilitated through covert transfers by governments and by legal and quasi-legal commercial dealers, outright black-market sales, and the theft or diversion of both state-owned and privately owned arms and ...
Recent greater reliance on reserve forces has made it important to understand how reserve mobilizations affect the attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors of reservists, their families, and their civilian employers.
This study exposes the unnecessary costs to African samllholders for pesticide use.
Future U.S. national security strategy is likely to be profoundly affected by the ongoing, rapid evolution of cyberspace--the global information infrastructure--and in particular by the growing dependence of the U.S. military and other ...