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Burns, Shelley, Ed.; Wang, Xiaolei, Ed.; Henning, Alexandra, Ed. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
Since its inception, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has been committed to the practice of documenting its statistical methods for its customers and of seeking to avoid misinterpretation of its published data. The reason for this policy is to assure customers that proper statistical standards and techniques have been observed,…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Data Processing, Statistical Data, Data Collection
Sawyer, David E. – American School Board Journal, 1988
School districts should have a plan to reduce potential losses in the event of a data processing disaster. Describes the plan devised for the Fairfax County (Virginia) school system. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Data Processing, Elementary Secondary Education
Trotter, Andrew – American School Board Journal, 1993
Some school districts are privatizing data-processing operations. In addition to commercial firms, local county or city governments can be contracted to run districts' computer operations. Advantages cited include more computing power for the money, personnel savings, and helping school districts concentrate on educating children. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Data Processing, Elementary Secondary Education, Local Area Networks
Troob, Charles; Ryzewic, Susan Remmer – 1982
The New York City Public School System has mandated an Integrated Student Data System (ISDS). This integrated system will include data already maintained in independent computerized files, as well as data that have not been computerized in any systematic way. This paper explores general issues about data accuracy for a system that covers all the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Confidentiality, Data Processing, Databases