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Download full textPenry, Edward B. – 1975
The School District of Philadelphia has had a continuously maintained computerized data system for its 270,000 pupils since 1967. This paper outlines: the general procedures and descriptions of the file; the need for establishing a pupil data-base file; the systems products and services; its value to research and evaluation as well as to the…
Descriptors: Computers, Data Processing, Databases, Decision Making
