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Download full textKugle, Cherry; Smith, Nancy – Data Quality Campaign, 2007
The Data Quality Campaign is a national, collaborative effort to encourage and support state policymakers to improve the collection, availability and use of high-quality education data and to implement state longitudinal data systems to improve student achievement. The campaign aims to provide tools and resources that will assist state development…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Longitudinal Studies, Academic Achievement, State Policy
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Direct linkvan Dyk, Liezl; Conradie, Pieter – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: This article seeks to address the interface between individual learning facilitators that use course management systems (CMS) data to support decision-making and course design and institutional infrastructure providers that are responsible for institutional business intelligence. Design/methodology/approach: The design of a data warehouse…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Action Research, Researchers, Knowledge Management
Jackson, James; Dixon, Mark R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
The present paper provides a task analysis for creating a computerized data system using a Pocket PC and Microsoft Visual Basic. With Visual Basic software and any handheld device running the Windows MOBLE operating system, this task analysis will allow behavior analysts to program and customize their own functional analysis data-collection…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Data Collection, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Computer Storage Devices
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Accounting and Information Management Div. – 1997
This is a report evaluating the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS), which is designed to track federal student financial aid (Title IV) programs and provide research and support functions such as prescreening of aid applicants for eligibility and enrollment status. The report finds that the Department of Education has made only limited…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Database Design, Databases
Triplett, Suzanne E.; And Others – 1986
Recommendations resulting from the Council of Chief State School Officers' Education Data Improvement Project are summarized. This joint effort by the states and Federal government attempts to improve the quality and timeliness of data collected, analyzed, and reported by the United States Department of Education's Center for Statistics. The goals…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education
Picus, Lawrence O. – 1990
Each year, school districts in every state are required to file various financial reporting forms with their state education agency. Although these documents are often viewed more as a nuisance than a useful planning tool, they represent a wealth of information rarely exploited to full advantage by state or local policy makers. The research…
Descriptors: Accountability, Annual Reports, Data Collection, Databases
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, Boulder, CO. – 1982
Major databases and data collection efforts related to postsecondary education are described. Database selection was limited to data that was national in scope, of broad interest, and timely (after 1972). Approximately 95 databases are covered, each of a two-page abstract that describes the subject matter and scope of the database, the data…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Data Collection, Databases, Guides
Makowski, David J.; Passmore, J. Robert – 1980
Major databases and data collection efforts related to postsecondary education are described. Database selection was limited to data that was national in scope, of broad interest, and timely (after 1970). Over 75 databases are covered, each on a two-page abstract that describes subject matter and scope of the database, the data collection method,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Data Collection, Databases, Guides
Jones, Calvin; And Others – 1983
This data file user's manual documents the procedures used to collect and process high school transcripts for a large sample of the younger cohort (1980 sophomores) in the High School and Beyond survey. The manual provides the user with the technical assistance needed to use the computer file and also discusses the following: (1) sample design for…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing
Christal, Melodie E.; Jones, Dennis P. – 1985
A set of recommendations is provided regarding data collection and reporting to support and facilitate the accreditation process in postsecondary education. The following chapters are provided: (1) introduction (types of accreditation, evaluation of standards, potential users, and the development process); (2) conceptual schema (conceptual…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Classification, College Programs, Data Collection
Powell, Marjorie – 1977
The increasing cost of data collection, increasing complexity of data analysis procedures, and limited funding for educational research require greater utilization of existing data sets for multiple purposes. At the same time, the problems associated with such access to data require the development of guidelines by the profession which will both…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Data, Data Analysis, Data Collection
American Statistical Association, Washington, DC. – 1977
One of four projects conducted by the American Statistical Association (ASA) in cooperation with the Bureau of the Census, the conference explored the most important and fruitful research and development topics within the user-oriented software domain. Its objectives were to (1) develop recommendations on mechanisms to improve access to and use of…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases
Thomas, Charles R. – 1970
This document is one of the 5 sections of the Data Element Dictionary developed as part of the WICHE Management Information Systems (MIS) Program. The elements in this section apply to both the current and historical data concerning staff. The purpose of the WICHE MIS Program is to make it possible to derive data which will be truly comparable for…
Descriptors: Data, Data Collection, Databases, Dictionaries
Thomas, Charles R. – 1970
This document is one of 5 sections of the Data Element Dictionary developed as part of the WICHE Management Information Systems (MIS) Program. The elements in this section apply to both the current and historical data concerning students. The purpose of the WICHE MIS Program is to make it possible to derive data which will be truly comparable for…
Descriptors: Data, Data Collection, Databases, Dictionaries
Thomas, Charles R. – 1970
This document is one of the 5 sections of the Data Element Dictionary developed as part of the WICHE Management Information Systems (MIS) Program. The elements in this section apply to both the current and historical data concerning finance. The purpose of the WICHE MIS Program is to make it possible to derive data which will be truly comparable…
Descriptors: Data, Data Collection, Databases, Dictionaries
