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Download full textGiroux, Roger M. – 1975
The development of a computer-based instructional management system for the Duluth, Minnesota school system is described. The project is designed to relate observed or measured student learning in cognitive and affective areas to the costs of instructional services. Individual student data are used for the cost-effectiveness analyses supported by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
Peer reviewedJohnson, David R. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1993
This paper examines the qualities and limitations of information utilization in special education program planning and improvement; discusses the results of a federally funded transition follow-along and follow-up research and demonstration project in Minnesota; and describes methods for organizing, managing, and reporting follow-along and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Peer reviewedPicus, Lawrence O. – Journal of Education Finance, 1997
Describes school-level K-12 revenue and expenditure data collection in California, Texas, Florida, and Minnesota. Neither California nor Minnesota collects school-site fiscal data. Florida's highly advanced district and school-level data collection system has inconsistently reported standardized test scores. Texas has developed a good database to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Hansen, Thomas; And Others – 1977
In an effort to shed light on the questions surrounding the use and impact of computer-based information systems, the Special Projects Division of the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium undertook a field-based study of a computer-based information system that can process and produce information dealing with students, curriculum, personnel,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computer Science, Data Processing, Decision Making
Peer reviewedFarland, Gary – Journal of Education Finance, 1997
Stresses the need for having financial and staff data available at the school level and relates Minnesota's state department of education's experience with school-level data collection. Schools need to develop unit record data collection and integrated, relational databases. School-level data can provide answers to major questions concerning…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Resources
Baumgarten, Allan; Long, Elliot – 1982
The evaluation of Minnesota's State Department of Education Information System (SDE-IS) analyzes existing problems of this administrative data processing system and offers recommendations for improving data processing support and reducing the reporting burden on school districts. SDE-IS includes all data processing systems that serve the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Costs, Data Processing
