Using "Multimate On-File" on an IBM-PC microcomputer, a system was developed to help local and district school personnel match identified special education classroom needs with volunteer resources. The user-friendly "index card" software searches, sorts, and retrieves records and has features that can be customized to suit…

School districts have begun examining the feasibility of, and in some cases are developing and implementing automated systems for, managing and evaluating instructional programs. This paper describes and analyzes the issues and problems that emerged over the course of three projects--a large suburban school in the West, a consortium of five small…

The Evaluation and Assessment Laboratory at the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) has contracted with the Georgia Department of Education (GDOE) to develop a microcomputer-based data management system for use in applying evaluation standards to schools and school systems. The Comprehensive Evaluation System (CES) was implemented statewide and has…