A QUESTIONNAIRE MEASURING ENROLLMENT OF POTENTIAL CLIENTS AND ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT GUIDANCE WAS SENT TO 50 CITIES. INFORMATION WAS RETURNED FROM 30 CITIES, AND INCLUDED DATA ON ADMINISTRATION, PUBLICITY, FINANCING, COUNSELING, TESTING, AND RECORDS. RESPONSES INDICATED COUNSELING SERVICES HAD BEEN OPERATING FOR A MEDIAN OF 10 YEARS…

This pamphlet is designed to acquaint Chicago public school students and their parents with their rights regarding student records. Topics briefly addressed include: (1) what kinds of records parents and students are allowed to see; (2) the school's rights to keep certain records private and to destroy records; (3) who else may see a student's…

This manual is a compilation of information from the Government Code, the Education Code, and the Administrative Code, Title 5, of the State of California. It is designed as a reliable source of information to enable the Long Beach Community College District to develop an effective system of forms control and limit the number of documents…

Instructional Management System (IMS) information cycles from participating schools to the Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) for processing, returning again to the school in the form of summarized reports of pupil data. One segment of this cycle is managed by the IMS pupil data base processing program. The program generates reports from…

A computerized information retrieval system has been designed to support the secondary school counseling effort. The system, entitled Total Guidance Information Support System (TGISS), runs on an IBM System/360 Model 65 facility and uses the IBM 2848 Display Control Unit. The software consists of an interactive communications program developed in…

Education is the process of changing the behavior patterns of people. Educational objectives represent the kinds of behavior alterations that an educational institution wishes to bring about in its students. Administrators must be trained in the technique of organizing instruction that most successfully advances the educational goals of the…

The California Education Information System (CEIS) was developed to provide integrated information processing for educators at every level of operation. The objectives of CEIS are to make available through a state-wide system for local district use, complete, current and reliable information about education at the local and state level. CEIS…

The national goals and the migrant sections of Title I of Public Law 89-750, Public Law 90-247, and Public Law 91-230 are described in this handbook and guidelines for migrant education. Washington State regulations and the national guidelines pertaining to migrant education are also described. An overview and administrative responsibilities list…

Counselors should collect personal, familial, and attitudinal information on minority students through individual interviews, to supplement or substitute for achievement data from standardized tests. (SJL)

The Registrar at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, reviewed the student records system, a data base structure using IBM's IMS package. Over 13 interviews were conducted to determine use of the system, problems, and suggestions. An estimated $50,000 could be saved annually by adoption of recommendations. (SW)

This inquiry attempts to identify and examine some educational consequences of legal intervention in the schooling process. This examination is not intended as a defense of the status quo; it is intended to challenge the practice of casting educational problems into legal form. (Author/AM)

A survey of 328 educators to determine trends in administrative computing shows that most administrators have microcomputers, and the most popular use of computers is for keeping student records. Hardware and peripheral equipment currently used and being considered for purchase are described, and budget information is also presented. (LRW)

One community college responded to the problem of high risk students with the development of a guided studies program, in which developmental studies students' progress is monitored carefully, and a student intentions reporting system helps students fulfill their educational objectives. (MSE)

The nature and source of problems in distributing access to student data, the strategies adopted for dealing with them, five successful applications implemented by the Office of the Registrar in cooperation with the Information Center, and lessons learned from these projects are described. (Author/MLW)