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, . DOCONENT BEMS ED 6163 659 95 EA 011 147 AUTHOR Chismore, W. Dare; Hill, Quentin B.- 7 TITLE A Classification of Educational'Subject Batter. State Aducational-RecOrds and-tReportl_Series:_Handbook.. INSTITUTION National Center for Education Statistics OHM), - Washington, D.C. IMPORT NO '. ACES-78,112 'PUB DATE 78 , NOTE 223p.-, AVAILABLE FROM Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (Stock No. 017-0p0-01876-4; $4.00) '1EDRS PRICE BF-$0.83 HC-$11.37 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *dlassification; Codification; Education; Taxonomy ABSTRACT 4 This claisificition of educationarsubject/cpatter encompasses subjecmatter in preelementarf through poitdoctotal levels. As opposed to instructional programs, which represent the / form and style by which knowledge is transmitted (such as nursing, 4.. college preparatory, or journalism programs), educational; subject matter deals with the knowledge itself (such as English, psychology, or physical education). This classification of subjectsmatter is intended td provide a single standardized scheme for, reporting, As. recording, and exchanging data about subject matter..It will be pf use ineproviding common data about subject.litatter over longitudinal studies, between instructional levels, and In local,state,and federal data ;eporting. The classification contains 22 first-order subject-matter areas from agriculture to social sciences. Within each 'area, subject matter .is divided into second-order, third-order, and if necessary, fourth-order entries. A digit coding structure is also used to classify all .entries:Dekinitions.of.eachorder and suborder of subject matter are provided. A lengthy appendix lists other means of classifying subject matter, including difficulty, by level of instruction, by organization providing instruction, and by type of instructional grogram, An alphabetical index of all orders and suborders is also included. 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NoTioNot. 5NSTITYTE of MICA HONam. 1,101O DR MAT . v 1 4 I A -CLASSIFICATION OF EDUCATIONAL SUBJeCT MATTER monmomEll 01.01 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 01 0505 Turf Grass 010101 Agricultural Apprarsal 06 09 Other Ornamental Horticulture (Specify I 01 01 02 Agricultural Credit and Finance 01 0103 Agricultural Market PLANT SCIENCES Ag;icultura1 Organir 01 01 04 01 Plant Anatomy and Physiology 0101'06 Agricultural Supollet 02 Plant Genetics and Reproduction 01 01 06 Economic Developr 03 Plant.Insects and Control Trade 14 Plant Management and Production 01'01 07 Farm anti Ranch Ma 01 01 08 Public Policy and Ag 01 Protructucm of fuvud Crops 02 Prou)wctuon or Fwd. Other Agricultural Ec 01 01 99 3 Pcoducton of SPeC4lIv C'Ats )4 Production 01 Vegetables 0102 2 AGRICULTURAL. E Plant Nutrition Engineering and Eng Plant Pathogens and Prevention Plant or Plant Products Selection and Evalua 01 03 AGRICULTURAL T non Other Plant Sciences (Specify) 0103 Q1 Agricultural De gn tenance 01 03 02 AgoculturElect, SOIL SCIE/CES 01 03 03 Agricultural Mater Soil Chemistry 01.03 04 f Agoccolfigal Mecha Soil Classification 01 03 06 Agricultural Proces Soil Conservation and Land the ...0103 06 Agricuttural Stora Soil Fertility .191 03 07 Agricultural Transpo Saul PhySICS 01.03 08 Agricuityral Waste C4 01 Sod Texture I0103 99 Other Agricultural T n 01 Other Sod Sciences ISpecIfy) 0104 ANIMAL SCIENCES 01 FISHERIES - 01 04 01 Animal Anatomy anc 0108( Fisheries Biology 01 04 02 Animal or Animal and 0108 ( Fisheries Management Evaluation 01 08 C 1 Commercial Fushrroet 01 04'03 Animal Diseases. Pa 01 08 ( 2 Nona:M.1e Water Life 0104 04 Anima/ Genetics an (hitt 01 08 3 sport Fineries 0104 05 Animal Health and 0108 Other FitheneS ISpecifyl 104 06 Animal Management and Production. 1 04 07 Animal Nutrition It0109 FORESTRY 01 04 9.9 clther Animal Sciences (SPecdy/ 01 0901 Forest Management and Adnimistration 01 09 01,01 Forest fronolruct a bY W. Dale Chismore. ; and Quentin M.'Hill National Center for Education Statistics V a) C., it gs.. DEPARTMENT OFIlEA, LTH, EDUCATION, AND WELtAgg Joseph A. Calitanc;;:fr.,Secietary. ,. education Divipioit . , Mary F. Berg,AssistantSecre*, hr'Educatfoit . - :Ilona' Center for ducationStitist . Marie Q. Aldridge,Administrator., - . .T - .., ''''.9 / a a a , 0 / a NATIONAL LATER Hitt EDUCATION STATISTICS A:1 ...-----. , ' "The purpose'of the C ter shall by to,collect and disseirlinate statistics and other data related to.edisation in the United States and ir).ther natiot4. The Center shall... collect, collate,and,ft?nitime tt. time, reportfug,and . I complete statisticsontheonditi9ds of education in the United St4tes, conduct and publish reportsonspecialized. analyses of the mialfitiiand sigfiificance of suchstatistics,..andieview andreporton education Activities in foreign countries.;'--Section 406(b) of the General Edlication Provisions Act, as amended (20 U.S.C, I221e-1). .f. 1 6 Z ,. , l s-0 ., / *if I. 4 ., . i Tips project vas conceived add most of th: work was done in the, National Center' for Educatio Statistio;',former Division of tergovernmental Statistics and its EdticationalData Standards Itranch, headpd y Absalom Simms . .: . and Allan Lich& nberger,tespec lively, .., . % . ; , , '4 The m uscript for thehandbookwas developed byEducational ManagementServices, I' c, under contract No.. 3760008 with the National Center for Education Statistics. James p. Sherman, Ph.. served asProject . , . , c5tor and Principal Investigator.Investigat - , ,,, . .. e ,/ ; t to 1 I l U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTINGPFFICEi I WASHINGTON: 1978 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, li.S. Goiernment Britain& Of Washington, DC. 20402/ ' Stock Number 017-080-01876-4 i } '. ',0, 1 e ;II ' 1 s ' I O On July 24, 1976, tpitNationalCenter for Education Statistics (NCES) awarded a 2year contract to Eaucational ManagementServices, Inc. (EMS) of Minneapolis, Minne sou, to develop a classification of kludational subject matter. This document represents the culmination of that ?year -effort to ,produce &single comprehensive recording and reporting scheme 'that (NM serve' needs of educational' agencies and institutions , throughout the United- States.This'cliargliby NCES was folmidable. It was met through the cumulative efforts of many peOple. A 20-member National Planning Council advised.NCES and EMS on the, project ap procch, the content and forget of the document, the numerical coding and classification struabice, and the :subject-matter elements and additional dimensions. EMS requested nominations for tie CouRcil front e.variety of educational,asipciations whose trirmbere .. ,represented various levels of education, types of educational institutions, educational agencies, Consortia. and coordinating bodies. A list of candidate's was then prepared that featured a beGad!geOgraphic distribution and equal representation of major educational ,affiliations. NCES selected the 20 Council members from this list in December, 1975. Tiientlohe Ad Hoc Subject-Matter Cbmnitteet were also layoff/13d in the develop: met( vrOcess. They advised NCES and EMS on the content and structure of the docu menu, and on the definition of tubject-matter elements.-...Nominations for membership 4,the Ad. Floc Pommittewere sought from educational associations whose members .,:wereaf Miatid with gpecific sject-rnatter areas, EMS listed the nominees under one of the 22 initial&subject-matter areas in accordance with their area ofOpertise, geographic . distribution, artd repreteatafidn'py leve0a,nO type of educational agency and institution. The committee recommendationAyere then sent to NCES for selection. NCES established an eigbtmember committee in- Washington of people from the Edu cation Division and from qther_Federal agencies involved in educational Ana collec don and reporting. Tney met with EMS staff after each Planning Council meeting to discuss zhq states of the project and, the structure and form*. the Classification. Three.outside consultants weresenlisted by NCES and'EMS to lend their expertise and to provide overall advice andIssiitance through the project. Over...150 individuals, representing a varietypf organizations, agencies, and institu tions asked for and received one or more drafts Of the -Classification* Their reviews and critical comments proved to'be extremely valuable. 5 The document was produced in three successive drafts prior to submission in final t .....k,. form to NCES. The firV draft was Produced in November, 1975 followinitan eltensive i ' -- review of the'literattire and existing classification systems. Federal. State clififficat 4 I 4_ ' don 'documents and reportingforms were perused, as were those otthe United Nations (UNESCO). regional accrediting bodies, private agencies, and professional societies. * The lirst:draft wausent. to all,membersof the National Planningtouncil and the Ad Hoc Subject-Matter Comihitteit,