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In order to compare the practice of school psychology, by d9ctoral and nondoctoral practitioners, the National'School Psychology Questionnaire was sent to a nationwide, randbm*sample of pradlicing school psychologists employed in public school settings. Responses from 869 school psychologists (142 doctoral practitioners and 727 nondoctoral practitioners) were analyzed. Minimal gender differences were noted. Doctoral school psychologists tended to spend more time with junior and senior high school students and students with behavioral problems and less time with mentally retarded students. Doctoral level practitioners, compared to nondoctoral level practitioners, indicated less time in intellectual assessment and more time in personality_assOsment, parent counseling, and research. Both groups wanted. _to redbce the amount of time spent in assessMent, report writing,,and attending child study meetings and to increase A-the amount of time spent in student observation, counseling activities, pkogram*development, inservice activities, and research and consultation. Doctoral school psychologists rated their competencies in each professionafactivity at a higher level than nondoctoral School psychologists. Overall the results indicated more similarities thin differences in functioning between the two groups. (Author/BL) t