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Early Childhood Data Collaborative (NJ1), 2011
State policymakers are increasingly focused on closing the achievement gap and preparing all students to succeed in school and life. However, college and career readiness begins long before students enter high school or even a classroom. Differences in children's abilities appear as early as the first year of life, and research has shown that…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, State Policy, State Standards, Early Childhood Education
Loeb, Susanna; Beteille, Tara; Perez, Maria – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (NJ3), 2008
Data-based decision making has been the mantra of the school reform movement since the late 1980s, but California does not yet have an effective system for collecting and using vital school information. California has taken a number of steps to address this shortcoming. These include the Public School Accountability Act of 1999 and Senate bills…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Information Systems, Data Collection, Accountability
Cromey, Allison; Hanson, Matthew – 2000
This study examined the general nature of school-based student assessment in a small sample (five elementary and three middle schools and one high school). It relies on descriptive analyses and the presentation of data obtained during site visits. The schools have been separated into those with well-developed student assessment systems and those…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Evaluation
Trussel, John M.; Bitner, Larry N. – Business Officer, 1996
To be useful for management decision making, the college or university's cost accounting system must capture and measure improvements. Activity-based costing (ABC), which determines more accurately the full costs of services and products, tracks improvements and should proceed alongside reengineering of institutional accounting. Guidelines are…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Decision Making, Higher Education
Katz, Martin R. – 1988
Beginning in the 1960s the interactive capabilities of computers were recognized as providing unprecedented opportunities for the development of computerized career guidance systems. Such systems offered individualized assistance in career decision making to large numbers of people at low cost. Recognizing that each user may present a unique…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Computer Uses in Education, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Hofmeister, Alan M. – 1986
The purpose of this research project was the development and initial validation of Mandate Consultant, an expert system that provides a second opinion of the appropriateness of the decision-making process used in the development of Individualized Education Programs with handicapped children. (Expert systems are a development of artificial…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Decision Making
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Meadow, Charles T.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1989
Reports on design and rationale of Online Access to Knowledge, a computer intermediary developed by Online Access to Knowledge Project to enable users with little or no training or experience in bibliographic searching to conduct their own searches. Topics covered include software design, tutorials and assistance programs, and conclusions based on…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer System Design, Decision Making, Formative Evaluation
Rath, Gustave J.; And Others – 1980
This final report focuses on the methodology and results of a feasibility study for the development of a statewide career information delivery system (CIDS) in Illinois. The study was conducted in four phases. Target Group Needs Analysis activities included more than a hundred interviews with representatives from prospective user groups, three…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning, Careers
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Gray, John; Jesson, David – Evaluation and Research in Education, 1990
More elaborate systems for managing and evaluating the performance of schools are needed than have prevailed to date in the United Kingdom. Experiences in working with schools and local education authorities indicate the necessity for radical breaks with past practices and procedures. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Indicators
Hirshon, Arnold – 1986
Based on telephone interviews with 12 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries, this report presents the underlying reasons for the libraries' decisions relating to the design and implementation of automated library systems. The survey results are summarized, a list of respondents is provided, and profiles of present and planned…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Advisory Committees, Decision Making, Equipment Evaluation
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Schwarz, Philip – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
Describes the selection of an automated library system for 11 university cluster libraries in Wisconsin, from the decision to automate and the development of a proposal request, through the selection process itself. Appendices include a chronology of events, participants in the process, a checklist of activities, and additional suggestions.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Certification, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Hofmeister, Alan M.; Ferrara, Joseph M. – 1986
The research project investigated whether expert system tools have become sophisticated enough to be applied efficiently to problems in special education. (Expert systems are a development of artificial intelligence that combines the computer's capacity for storing specialized knowledge with a general set of rules intended to replicate the…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Artificial Intelligence, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems
Moloney, Daniel P.; Grotevant, Susan M. – 1997
In response to changing management and budgetary strategies that have been driving decision making to the lowest administrative levels, institutional researchers have been attempting to identify indicators which can be used to evaluate institutional performance and progress. This paper reviews efforts to introduce departmental operational…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Decision Support Systems