Since third party access seems to resist effective control, it may be necessary to restrict the contents of student records to the barest minimum. With the least amount of information being kept, the practice of sharing will be reduced and so will the potential harm to students. (Author)

Discusses the subject of student records and how they reflect the school's failure to perceive children as individuals. Recounts experiences in investigating schools for the author's own child which resulted in the founding of an alternative school. Mentions influences of records kept on a child's life, beginning with information not commonly…

The author offers twelve suggestions for making student psychological reports timely, meaningful, and useful. (MB)

Describes ways of using spreadsheets to maintain gradebooks, including use of weighted scores to calculate a student's running average and potential for use in preparing report cards. Several spreadsheet programs currently available are reviewed, and their advantages and disadvantages for educators are indicated. (MBR)

The article presents an easy-to-use procedure for documenting critical classroom occurrences with handicapped children. Based on continuous recording and anecdotal report principles, the procedure includes a legend and a recording chart. Its use is illustrated in three classroom settings. (CL)

The article describes a way of preparing progress reports for special education students through the use of a computer. An example illustrates the approach that identifies a gifted student's special needs and her class accomplishments. (CL)

Sixty students files were rated by 60 school psychologists and 60 elementary teachers of the behaviorally disordered. Traditional types of data (academic and intellectual measures) were rated as being available and of highest quality, whereas behaviorally oriented data (e.g., actual behavior data) were available, but of lowest quality. (Author/CL)

Discusses database management systems for special needs student information management. Considers data access policies, implementation, software selection criteria, and special needs related uses. (SK)

Boston College is the largest university in the U.S. to have a single computer to handle both student and administrative needs. (Author)

The author outlines some of the problems, reviews pertinent court cases, and advises school districts to formulate reasonable regulations on pupil record keeping. (Editor)

Teachers should begin to evaluate student achievement and weakness before the start of the school year in order to more fully evaluate pupil growth within the classroom. (AN)

Describes how Ohio University devised computer forms that would coordinate the requirements of the university, minimize the problems of students in completing the forms, and meet the specifications of its data processing equipment. (JF)

Materials for Jefferson County (Kentucky) schools are stored in a records center and archive. The major activities of the center are processing records, responding to research requests, microfilming, and destroying records. The facility provides space and cost savings, a means of efficient retrieval, and permanent storage of historical records.…