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Eisenberg, Michael – 1984
Curriculum administration and evaluation require specific information on such curriculum components as content, time, teaching methodology, materials, evaluation, and scheduling. Without such information, planning, coordination, resources allocation, and other decision-making activities are severely handicapped. Furthermore, evaluation of the…
Descriptors: Administration, Automation, Computer Software, Curriculum Evaluation
Goldfine, Alan H., Ed. – 1982
This workshop investigated how managers can evaluate, select, and effectively use information resource management (IRM) tools, especially data dictionary systems (DDS). An executive summary, which provides a definition of IRM as developed by workshop participants, precedes the keynote address, "Data: The Raw Material of a Paper Factory,"…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Information Needs, Information Services
Gray, Peter J. – 1984
This guide discusses four types of microcomputer-based communication programs that could prove useful to evaluators: (1) the direct communication of information generated by one computer to another computer; (2) using the microcomputer as a terminal to a mainframe computer to input, direct the analysis of, and/or output data using a statistical…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Data Processing, Databases
Keating, Jean C. – 1993
This paper reports on the implementation of the first two parts of an integrated data base designed to replace the fragmented surveys and data files of Virginia's institutions of higher education. The two parts being examined involve the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) Student Data Base and the Institutional Information…
Descriptors: College Admission, Data Collection, Data Processing, Database Design
Novak, Carl D.; Burnett, J. Thomas – 1986
This report (1) describes a Nebraska school district's implementation of a central data processing capability and (2) summarizes study findings researched in cooperation with International Business Machines (IBM). In the mid-seventies, the district hired data processing personnel and introduced microcomputers into buildings; lack of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing, Elementary Secondary Education
Hirsch, Kenneth William; Kimbrough, Kenneth Laslie – 1983
A study was conducted in September 1981 of factors which influence the process of communication between clients and staff at six high-capacity computer facilities in the Sacramento, California, metropolitan area. These included two large government organizations, a medium-sized corporation, two bibliographic database settings, and a computer…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Data Processing, Human Relations
Lenning, Oscar T.; And Others – 1979
A guide to acquiring information needed about postsecondary education outcomes is presented for campus and state-level officials. Attention is directed to: over 200 outcome measures or indicators; standard definitions of each outcome measure; data sources and procedures to acquire data for each outcome measure; and suggestions concerning the…
Descriptors: Classification, College Attendance, College Graduates, Cultural Enrichment
Rosenfeld, Pilar N. – 1985
This investigation of the use of database management systems (DBMS) in a research environment used the Rand Corporation as a case study. After a general introduction in section 1, eight sections present the major components of the study. Section 2 contains an overview of DBMS terminology and concepts, followed in section 3 by a general dsecription…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Case Studies, Computer Software, Data Collection
Deboeck, Guido; Ng, Ronald – 1980
The paper presents results of discussions during an 8-day workshop (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 1979) on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of East Asian and Pacific rural development projects. Major workshop themes identified are managerial, technical, and institutional aspects of monitoring. The introduction discusses previous World Bank…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Change Agents, Consultants
Deboeck, Guido; Kinsey, Bill – 1980
The study summarizes discussions and conclusions of the Regional Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation of Rural Development Projects in East Africa (Nairobi, Kenya, April 1979), whose purpose was to share lessons learned from field experiences in managing information for rural development. An initial section summarizes information in papers…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Agents, Data Analysis, Data Collection