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Since its inception in 1988, the Board on International Comparative Studies in Education (BICSE) has monitored U.S. participation in those cross national comparative studies in education that are funded by its sponsors, the National Science Foundation and the National Center for Education Statistics. This set of international study descriptions represents a status report on 17 projects presented to BICSE at various times in 1994. Reports were prepared by the projects themselves and are presented without evaluation or editing. The following are described: (1) "Case Studies of U.S. Innovations in Mathematics, Science, and Technology in an International Context" (National Center for Improving Science Education and other agencies); (2) "Civics Education Study" (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement); (3) "Comparative Study of Teacher Training and Professional Development Practices in APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation) Members" (Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation Ministerial); (4) "Computers in Education Study" (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement [IEA]); (5) "Cross-national Studies of Adult Understanding of Science" (Chicago Academy of Sciences); (6) "Education Indicators Project (INES)" (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development); (7) "International Adult Literacy Study" (Statistics Canada); (8) "International Assessment of Educational Progress" (Educational Testing Service); (9) "International Comparative Study of Mathematics and Science Tests" (National Center for Improving Science Education); (10) "International Study of Teachers' Attitudes toward Reform and Teacher Preparation for Implementing Reform" (George Washington University Institute for Curriculum Standards and Technology); (11) "Language Education Study" (IEA); (12) "New Standards Project (benchmark activities)" (Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh and National Center on Education and the Economy); (13) "Preprimary Project" (IEA); (14) "Reading Literacy Study" (IEA); (15) "Study on Performance Standards in Education" (U.S. Department of Education); (16) "Survey of Mathematics and Science Opportunity" (Michigan State University); and (17) "Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) (including special U.S. TIMSS activities)" (IEA). (SLD)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert