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Reinicke, Bryan A. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2012
Systems analysis and design (SAD) classes are required in both Information Systems and Accounting programs, but these audiences have very different needs for these skills. This article will review the requirements for SAD within each of these disciplines and compare and contrast the different requirements for teaching systems analysis and design…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Systems Analysis, Design, Accounting
Troy, Talbot – Wake County Public School System, 2011
A comprehensive assessment system is one in which three types of assessments: summative, benchmark, and formative assessments are routinely administered to all students in K-12 classrooms. The first part of this report summarizes the research on comprehensive assessment systems and provides clarity in terms of how each individual assessment type…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Comprehensive Programs, Testing Programs, Summative Evaluation
McGuinn, Patrick – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2015
In a 2012 paper for the Center for American Progress, "The State of Evaluation Reform," Patrick McGuinn (Drew University) identified the opportunities and challenges facing education agencies in Race to the Top (RTTT) grant-winning states as they prepared for the implementation of new teacher evaluation systems. The 2012 study undertook…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Teacher Evaluation, Beginning Teachers, Program Implementation
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Gorr, William; Hossler, Don – New Directions for Higher Education, 2006
The importance and attention given to information systems are relatively new phenomena in the history of higher education. This chapter documents the ascendancy of information systems in the scheme of institutional priorities and considers the strengths and weaknesses associated with vended and homegrown systems.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Systems, Systems Development, Management Systems
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Jost, Karen Lee; Schneberger, Scott L. – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1994
Compares educational technology and information systems (IS) and relates the histories of their adoption. Explains IS adoption paradigms, models and frameworks, and suggests similarities and differences between IS adoption/implementation and educational change; and discusses educational change and what can be learned from IS adoption models.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Educational Development
Witt, Catherine L.; Wager, Walter – Educational Technology, 1994
Compares the analysis, design, development, and evaluation of electronic performance support tools and systems to a traditional instructional systems design model. Topics discussed include indeterminate outcomes; rapid prototyping; front end analysis; intervention strategies; sequencing; user control; media selection; formative evaluation; and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Formative Evaluation, Instructional Design, Learner Controlled Instruction
Webb, Terry D. – American Libraries, 1987
Comparison of the use in libraries of open systems--a configuration of software and hardware components from separate vendors linked by interfaces--and integrated systems considers selection of services; reliability; relationships with vendors; time needed to implement systems; and overall effectiveness of both approaches. (CLB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Library Automation, Man Machine Systems, Online Systems
Richey, R. Wayne – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1979
The feasibility of replacing existing central processing units with a single computer facility is discussed. An analysis of the computing facilities for the Iowa state universities is presented and supports the retention of decentralized facilities. Efficiency, costs, and operating considerations are examined. (SF)
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Computer Science, Computers
Burton, Elizabeth; Linn, Robert L. – 1993
Currently in the United States there is considerable interest in developing a system of examinations that is substantially different from the large-scale testing programs presently in use in this country. These new exams would involve a different form of assessment than current tests and would also enable greater local control over the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment