Recently, the momentum of competency based education (CBE) has increased sharply in Oregon, due in part to the public outcry against perceived failures in the K-12 public school program. CBE is a program for certifying student performance that requires demonstration of an acceptable level of skill in those areas deemed vital to success in…

Discusses an effective simulated program that can be integrated into almost any business and office education class. Presents four goals to be achieved: (1) understanding computer operation, (2) introduction of computer languages, (3) input data, (4) retrieving data. (JOW)

Details of threshold are provided which took school dropouts and provided instruction in computer-related jobs and placed the students in data-processing positions. Details and discussion of the program as provided indicate that the scheme was very successful and the program is viewed as applicable to other countries. (MP)

A description is given of a program for providing computer services to secondary schools throughout the Province of Manitoba. (MP)

This report describes in detail the development of courses in accounting and data processing offered to high school seniors for college credit. The appendix includes sample final exams in accounting and data processing. Cooperation among personnel from both the secondary and post-secondary levels is essential to the success of such a program. The…

This report describes the experience of the Department of Secondary Education in acquiring and applying three microcomputers: MSEA, (Micro-Computer System for Educational Applications), North Star HORIZON, and VECTOR. MSEA was designed as a central facility that would be capable of providing all types of educational computing research and service,…

Delaware's experimental project to incorporate computer technology into vocational business programs enables students to use the computer without being data processing specialists. Seven modules suitable for secondary and postsecondary programs have been produced. (MF)

A review of the data processing operations used by the Tacoma, Washington School District to process its student records is presented. The first section of the paper provides some pertinent statistics about the district's student population and its hardware, software, and computer personnel. Next, a brief review of the results of a computer-usage…

The Educational Computer User's Network at Battelle Columbus Laboratories is a cooperative computer center effort between a group of Ohio colleges, secondary schools, and a large research-oriented organization. This description of the program includes the historical background, program concept, data processing development, hardware and software,…

With electronic data processing programs emerging in many vocational-technical schools, much confusion as to the role of business education in computer education has developed. The program presently being implemented in Delaware emphasizes computer education from the user's viewpoint--an approach that is most appropriate for the business education…

The authors describe a data processing program developed at the Capital Area Career Center in Mason, Michigan, which is continually updated with current information from area employers on skills and equipment needed for employment in data processing jobs. Students work from learning activity packets for specific data processing jobs, following a…

This report describes some of the characteristics and benefits of the New York Educational Information System, a computerized pupil personnel system which is being developed to furnish schools with a comprehensive means of processing and storing pupil data for use by teachers, counselors, administrators, and educators at all levels, through the…

A performance-based articulation program in data processing was developed between a secondary and postsecondary institution. Focus was on communication between secondary and postsecondary schools related to articulation needs, development of a common data base, and the identification of career options. The project had nine objectives, among which…

The course outlines contained in this book were developed to assist business educators with the implementation of competency-based instruction in Virginia. The outlines are for courses in accounting, business data processing, clerical accounting, and recordkeeping occupations. Each outline is composed of a course description; a listing of skill…

This curricular framework for the subject area section, Business Education for Grades 9-12, is one of eight Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS) Programs of Studies. A foreword discusses Curriculum and Instruction, Use of the Program of Studies, Curriculum Change and Modification of the Program of Studies, State and Federal…