The Dade County (Florida) school system saved building space and money with a records management program for student and administrative records and with a modern microfilm electronic filing system. (Author/MLF)

Outlines the alternatives to standardized tests that one school uses in charting student progress and in notifying parents of that progress. (IRT)

Describes how student activism has prompted a number of colleges to begin phasing out their use of Social Security numbers in databases. (EV)

Describes the Student Developmental Transcript, a formal written record that documents learning useful in employment gained beyond the classroom through involvement in the cocurricular life of the institution. Describes cocurricular life as consisting of clubs, organizations, part-time employment, and other experiences outside confines of academic…

The increased number of government-mandated and private contractual information security requirements in recent years has caused higher education security professionals to view information security as another aspect of regulatory or contractual compliance. The existence of fines, penalties, or loss (including bad publicity) has also increased the…

Ghana is witnessing an increasing number of 2nd generation street children (SGSC) living in the street of Accra, the capital city as a result of many factors including teenage pregnancy among street girls, ethnic conflicts and rural-urban migration. Street presents enormous risks to street children; they are excluded from safe-family environment,…

In this article, the author discusses attempts by schools to navigate stepped-up federal efforts to curb illegal immigration, protection of student privacy, and the safety of students during enforcement operations. In Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico, for example, school personnel are barred from putting information about a child's immigration…

The process of collecting student background information from parents using nationally agreed definitions of student background characteristics began in 2005. The original edition of this manual, titled "Data Implementation Manual for Enrolments for the 2005 and 2006 School Years," was prepared to assist schools and systems in modifying…

Many who have been in physical education for years may remember a world where technology was non-existent. The only teaching tools available to physical educators were athletic equipment and a gymnasium. However, the world during the past two decades has changed rapidly. The growth and development of technology has vastly expanded the…

The annual collection and publication by the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (SFC) of college performance indicators has focused attention on what these indicators actually tell and whether they provide a fully comprehensive and meaningful story of what college learners achieve. Since 2005 HMIE has overtly made more holistic…

This chapter describes the relationship between federal student privacy laws and state privacy laws, and identifies the changes in the federal law over the last ten years affecting disclosure to parents of college students. Recent litigation on health emergencies is outlined and the limited rights of college students not yet eighteen years of age…

In 1991, Michigan's Technical Planning Subgroup of the Resource Group on National Education Goal 2 (high school completion) recommended the development of a voluntary state/local student record system and compilation of a compendium of current state practices and current plans for state/local system development. Governor Carroll Campbell, Jr.…

As part of a thorough review of Illinois state and federal school regulations, this report analyzes the disclosure provisions of school records laws in Illinois and establishes their features and purposes. The Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act (1976) and the Illinois School Student Records Act (1976) are examined on five criteria: (1) if…