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During their three-year research project, the authors found that most practitioners, researchers, and policymakers in the education field were not familiar with Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) or the existing research on IDAs. Therefore, in this paper the authors compiled a list of some of the references that they found useful and that they believe will help to learn more about IDAs. To begin, an IDA is a matched savings account for low-income students to save toward postsecondary education. In addition to match savings the IDA includes financial literacy education, asset-specific education, and case management.

In recent years, higher education has witnessed the entry of a new breed of postsecondary education providers. These institutions have reshaped the traditional views of the function and purpose of higher education. For-profit education institutions provide a small but rapidly growing segment of the student population with the knowledge and skills required to compete in the current job market. This annotated bibliography provides insight into many of the issues that challenge the future of the U.S. higher education system. It is based on a systematic review of the generally available literature conducted in early 2003. The literature search covered the years 1996-2003, from the recent emergence of the for-profit, degree-granting institutions to the present. General findings from the review of literature indicate that a lack of research in the area of for-profit higher education exists, accounting for the limited number of research-based articles in the area. The articles in this review are arranged alphabetically by author or issuing agency. Dissertations are listed separately, at the end of the bibliography. Each entry contains a bibliographic reference conforming to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Summaries of each entry, along with major findings or assertions, follow each bibliographic reference.

The annotated bibliography lists approximately 270 instructional materials in science for use with handicapped or normal children from kindergarten through grade 12. Listings are alphabetical by publisher and usually include item title, order number, item price, a brief description, and abbreviations which refer to type of scientific content, media format, and grade level. Charts list materials developed especially for special education by scientific content area and materials for each grade level. Materials are concerned with the following content areas: physical science, earth science, ecology, life science, general science, scientific method, and experimental science. Media format includes films, filmstrips, filmloops, overhead transparencies, cassettes, records, instructional tapes, programed materials, and texts. (DB)

The selected bibliography contains about 400 references taken from a keysort file of more than 45,000 references, compiled from commercially available data bases and published sources, relevant to gerontology. Those of questionable accuracy were checked or deleted during the verification process. Most references are in English and were selected from the years 1959-74. Earlier items or foreign titles were included if they were regarded as significant or contained unique data. In many cases the foreign titles include English abstracts in the originals. Information on the composition of the keysort file and on the availability of the references is given. Items are grouped according to the following topics and subtopics: (1) Intellectual Function, (2) Age Group Differences (General Studies and Theoretical Implications of Intellectual Development), (3) Variables Involved in Individual and Group IQ Differences (Social-Psychological Variables, Biopsychological Variables, and Pharmacological Effects), (4) Pathological States and Intelligence (General Studies and Diagnosis with IQ Tests), and (5) Cognitive Functioning and Intelligence (Cognitive Style, Learning, Memory, and Problem Solving and Creativity). (Author/MS)

The purpose of this bibliography is two fold: To review the 1970-75 literature on communication satellites with particular emphasis on social applications, experiments, and evaluation; and to provide future satellite planners and evaluators with a convenient overview of specific experiences. The review includes documents dealing with past, current, and planned applications, experiments, and evaluations of domestic and international satellite projects. Many of the sources give data on types of users, numbers of individuals involved, estimated cost per instruction hour, and program content. A section is provided wherein key words developed for each annotation are grouped by categories for reference. No attempt is made to include every published work in the annotated section, nor do the authors claim to have accessed all written material in this rapidly developing field. However, to assist the user who requires further investigation or information, a selected general bibliography is also provided. (Author/HB)

Intended to provide media staff, library personnel, and educators with a bibliographical guide to commercially-produced educational slides, this computer computer-generated listing contains over 20,000 entries. The volume is divided into three principal sections: (1) a subject guide to educational slides including a subject heading outline and an index to the subject headings, (2) an alphabetical listing of the slides, and (3) a directory of producers and distributors including separate alphabetical listings by code and name. Slides are listed in the alphabetical section individually and under series titles. Each entry includes title and subtitle, size and physical description, number of slides in set, stock or color code, brief description of the contents, audience or grade level, producer and distributor codes, and year of release. (PF)

Intended to provide the user with alphabetical access to over 9,000 nonbook educational media producer-distributor names and addresses, this volume was compiled from the computerized data base of the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM). First, an alphabetical guide to producers and distributors by name is presented containing the complete name, codes indicating whether they are producer or distributor, codes for media produced or distributed, and address. A second section contains complete listings of codes followed by the name of the company or institution. (SH)

In this second volume of the index, filmstrips are listed alphabetically from H to Z. For each entry, information is included about its size and physical description, a brief content description, series title reference when applicable, audience level, producer and distributor, year of release, and Library of Congress catalog card number. The names of producers and distributors referenced in the alphabetical listing are expanded in two sections, one listing them by code and the other by name. (PF)

Retrieved from the computerized data base at the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM), this index to 35mm educational filmstrips is intended to provide a bibliographical guide to commercially available educational filmstrips. In this first volume of the index, filmstrips are listed in alphabetical order from A to G by title as it appears on the filmstrip. For each entry, information is included about its size and physical description, a brief content description, series title reference when applicable, audience level, producer and distributor, year of release, and Library of Congress catalog card number. Also included are a subject guide, listing filmstrips by subject categories, a subject headings outline, and an index to the subject headings. (PF)

An index provides media staff, library personnel, and educators with a bibliographic guide to commercially produced educational audio tapes. This annotated computer-produced index cites over 24,000 titles, filed under approximately 200 curriculum-oriented subject and category headings. The index is divided into three principal sections: (1) subject guide, (2) alphabetical guide, and (3) directory of producers and distributors. (MC)

Research at the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM) has shown that the 8mm motion cartridge with optical and magnetic sound seems to meet the basic tenets of a prime educational criterion for an educational medium--that it be available to the learner at his convenience. This is a bibliographical source for 8mm motion cartridges, and the curriculum coverage in this index ranges from the vocational to the natural and physical sciences. Information about each of the over 22,000 entries includes title, size and physical description, length, description of the contents, series title reference when applicable, audience level, producer and distributor code, year of release, and Library of Congress catalog card number. Entries are organized into a subject guide and an alphabetical guide by title. A directory of producers and distributors is also included. (SH)

An index provides media staff, library personnel, and educators with a bibliographic guide to commercially produced educational records. The computer-produced index cites over 22,000 record titles each, with a descriptive statement, filed under a curriculum-oriented subject headings. The index is divided into three principal sections: (1) subject guide, (2) alphabetical guide, and (3) directory of producers and distributors. (MC)

The second in a two-volume set on educational overhead transparencies, this volume contains the second half of the alphabetical listing of transparencies by title. It also contains directories of producers and distributors--one alphabetical by code and one alphabetical by name. (PF)

Compiled from a computerized data base of over 12,000 entries at the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM), this index is a bibliographical guide to commercially produced educational videotapes. A first section, a subject guide to videotapes, presents entries by subject categories used in media producers' and educational institutions' catalogs. The alphabetical guide to videotapes contains the individual and series titles and includes data on size and physical description, description of the contents, series title when applicable, audience level, producer and distributor code, year of release, Library of Congress catalog card number, and broadcast quality. The directory of producers and distributors interprets the codes. (SH)

More than 18,000 films, videotapes, recordings, and multimedia presentations for teaching health and safety education, driver training, medicine and dentistry, home economics, nursing, and physical education are listed in this catalog. Catalog entries are classified alphabetically by title. Each entry provides a summary of the materials, describes the format used, running time, audience level, and the name of the producer and distributor. Titles are also listed by subject and by producer and distributor. (MG)

Numerous studies indicate that the overhead transparency is an effective means of communicating in the instructional process and is favored by both the instructor and the student because of its flexibility and interest value. This index to overhead transparencies lists over 50,000 main titles and provides information on each about its size and physical description, contents, series title when applicable, audience level, producer and distributor code, and year of release. A first section lists titles by subject, the second alphabetically. There are a subject heading outline and an index to subject headings. (PF)

Films, videotapes, transparencies, recordings, and multimedia presentations for teaching psychology are listed in this over-700-page catalog. Catalog entries are classified by subject and alphabetically by title. Subject classifications include animal, clinical, experimental, and physiological psychology, and research methodology. (MG)

Films, videotapes, transparencies, recordings, and multimedia presentations about vocational and technical subjects, including engineering education and photography, are included in this 646 page catalog. Titles are listed alphabetically, and each entry provides a short summary of the materials, describes which medium is used, the running time, audience level, production date, and the name of the producer and distributor. Titles are also classified by subject and by producer and distributor. The catalog includes materials for all audiences, from preschool children to adults. (MG)

Containing over 90,000 entries, this index to 16mm educational films was compiled by the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM) from a computerized data base. This first volume of the three-volume set provides a subject index with subject headings used in many media producers' and educational institutions' catalogs. The titles listed in the subject guide are individual film and series titles and may appear under several categories. A subject heading outline and an index to subject headings are also included. In addition, the codes used in the alphabetical listing of titles to identify producers or distributors are expanded in a directory of producers and distributors. (PF)

Containing over 90,000 entries, this index to 16mm educational films was compiled at the National Information Center for Educational Media from a computerized data base. Information about each entry, alphabetically listed by title, includes size and physical description, length, series title reference when applicable, description of the contents, audience level, producer and distributor code, year of release, and Library of Congress catalog card number. This volume is the second of a three-volume set, and it lists titles alphabetically from A to L. (PF)

The third volume in a three-volume set on 16mm educational films, this volume provides information about each entry including size and physical description, length, series title reference when applicable, description of the contents, audience level, producer and distributor code, year of release, and Library of Congress catalog card number. Entries in this volume are alphabetical by title from M to Z. (PF)

The research from a four-year project of implied orders tailored testing is summarized. The method of implied orders testing combines the principles of ordinal measurement with the concept of the Guttman scale as an ideal. The basic principle for dichotomous items is that either an item is missed and "dominates" a person or it is answered correctly and the person "dominates" the item. From the persons-by-items matrices, it is possible to compute a single ordered dimension for both persons and items. In a tailored testing context with an incomplete data matrix, it is possible to compute the implied order for the missing data. These procedures have been applied to both group and individual testing situations and to Monte Carlo and other simulations as well as to data generated by human subjects. The research includes the production of computer programs for tailored testing, contributions to test theory from an ordinal perspective, and a pattern for research on all types of tailored testing. Recommendations for additional research projects are included. (Author/CTM)

This annotated bibliography lists over 600 16mm films, videocassettes, and feature length films appropriate for gerontology programs. The films are listed alphabetically by title. The following information is provided: technical (running time, color or black and white, year of release), producer, availability, distributor, and sale/rental costs. A subject index is organized into 40 categories including advocacy, death/grief, employment, exercise, family relationships, folklore, housing, institutionalized aged, loneliness, marriage, men, rehabilitation programs, rural and urban aged, sexuality, and women. Addresses of distributors are also included. (KC)

This expanded catalog lists over 8,000 films, filmstrips, videotapes, transparencies, audiotapes, and records dealing with environmental and ecological topics. Subjects include: amphibians, botany, birth control, city planning, evolution, food chains, farming, oceanography, and sea life. Titles are listed alphabetically. Though entries are not critiqued, nearly all entries provide a brief summary of topic, audience level (kindergarten through professional), production date, medium, producer and distributor. Titles are also referenced by subject and by producer/distributor. (RE)