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This report is about conceptual and methodological issues that arise when educational researchers use data from large-scale, survey research studies to investigate teacher effects on student achievement. In the report, we illustrate these issues by reporting on a series of analyses we conducted using data from Prospects: The Congressionally Mandated Study of Educational Opportunity. This large-scale, survey research effort gathered a rich store of data on instructional processes and student achievement in a large sample of U.S. elementary schools during the early 1990s as part of the federal government's evaluation of the Title I program. We use data from Prospects to estimate the "overall" size of teacher effects on student achievement and to test some specific hypotheses about why such effects occur. On the basis of these analyses, we draw some substantive conclusions about the magnitude and sources of teacher effects on student achievement and suggest some ways that survey-based research on teaching can be improved.

Articles: "Steinbeck's New Range of America and the Americans" by Daryl B. Adrian ; "Japanese Translations of Steinbeck's Work (1939-69)" by Yasuo Hashiguchi.; Reviews: "John Steinbeck. Journal of a Novel" Review by Richard Astro, "Richard E. Langford, Guy Owen, and William E. Taylor (eds.). Essays in Modern American Literature" Review by Howard Levant.; Special Announcement., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Memorial Statement: "In Memoriam: Lawrence William Jones" by Warren French.; Articles: "Steinbeck's Bittersweet Thursday" by Richard Astro, "Steinbeck's In Dubious Battle and Warren's Night Rider" by George H. Spies III.; Reviews: "Heinrich Straumann. American Literature in the Twentieth Century" Review by Robert Hemenway, "Edwin M. Moseley. Pseudonyms of Christ in the Modern Novel" Review by James K. MacDougall, "Walter B. Rideout. The Radical Novel in the United States (1900-1954)" Review by Philip J. Snyder.; Eulogy in Translation: "Christos Lambrinos. 'A Greek Eulogy: John Steinbeck'" Translation by Andreas K. Poulakidas.; "Miscellanies" by Donald L. Siefker., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Article: "East of Eden: 'Thou Mayest'" by Lester J. Marks.; Review: "David Madden (ed.). Proletarian Writers of the Thirties" Review by Reloy Garcia.; "Miscellanies" edited by Donald L. Siefker.; "Index to Volume III, Nos. 1-4 (1970)" by Donald L. Siefker., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about

Articles: "John Steinbeck and Adlai Stevenson" by Sanford E. Marovitz, "Steinbeck, Kazantazakis, and Socialism" by Andreas K. Poulakidas.; Reviews: "Peter Lisca. The Wide World of John Steinbeck" Review by James K. Bowen, "Helmut Liedloff. Steinbeck in German Translation" Review by Walter DeVolld.; Abstracts: "Abstract of an Article: D. Russell Brown. 'The Natural Man in John Steinbeck's Non-Teleological Tales'" Abstract by Bobby Smith, "Dissertation Abstract: 'The Element of Compassion in the Works of John Steinbeck' by M. R. Satyanarayana" Abstract by Satyanarayana.; Memorial Poem: "John Steinbeck" by John Ditsky.; Miscellanies., This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about