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Peer reviewedOda, Dorothy S.; Quick, Mary Jane – Journal of School Health, 1977
New legislation gives parents the right to examine the school health records of their children. A new standard form for problem health questions relieves the school authorities of possible conflict with parents by careful wording of the problem under formal listings of subjective observation, objective observation, assessment of problem, and plan…
Descriptors: Confidential Records, Data Collection, Health Services, Parent School Relationship
Wennergren, Bertil – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1977
Individual privacy, suggests a Swedish judge, must be protected by restricting the kinds of personal data collected and the uses to which it will be put, and by preventing erroneous information to be used. An issue is whether personal data in education files can be used in conjunction with data in other files. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: College Students, Confidential Records, Confidentiality, Data Collection
Knight, Lucy – American Education, 1977
It's been federal law since November 1974 yet many school administrators are not aware of its requirements, and most parents do not know their rights under its provisions. (Editor)
Descriptors: Administrators, Federal Legislation, Legal Responsibility, Parent School Relationship
Peer reviewedTufts, Robert B., Ed. – College and University, 1987
An editorial and condensed account of hearings and recommendations of the U.S. House of Representatives concerning "diploma mills" and mail-order degrees and credentials is given. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cheating, College Administration, Credentials, Degrees (Academic)
Peer reviewedBickers, Doyle – College and University, 1987
The potential that exists for expanding services and automating routine procedures via the microcomputer has been greatly increased by the advances in database managers. A database manager is described as a collection of programs that perform many data manipulation functions that would have required elaborate programming work in the past. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Admission, Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Databases
White, Warren J.; Wigle, Stanley E. – Learning Disabilities Research, 1986
The investigation examined changes that took place in aptitude and achievement discrepancies of 293 learning disabled subjects by means of retrospective examination of school records and application of a T-score discrepancy formula. Four subgroups with different patterns of aptitude-achievement discrepancy were identified. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMarcum, David – NASSP Bulletin, 1987
Describes an assistant principal's successful effort to computerize scheduling and grade reporting in his school. Outlines some of the problems experienced during the transition and the rewards that have resulted. (MD)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedWithers, Graeme – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1986
Seven basic types or styles of profile reports are described in detail. Various attributes of profiles are presented, which are common to many extant profiles. Three sets of warnings are offered about the nature, content, and limitations of profiles in general. (LMO)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Profiles, Recordkeeping
Peer reviewedBroadfoot, Patricia – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1987
Notes the proliferation of various pupil profiling schemes as a means of providing additional information about students' knowledge, skills, and personality. Examines the assumptions underlying their use, focusing on the affective curriculum as the impetus for their development. (JDH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHerlihy, Myra T.; Herlihy, John G. – Social Education, 1976
Presents two examples of report cards designed to support the implementation of social studies programs. The authors claim that both cards illustrate an effort to underscore skills, attitudes, and other teaching-learning conditions in addition to information. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Achievement, Elementary Education, Grades (Scholastic), Grading
Download full textEwell, Peter T.; Schild, Paula R.; Paulson, Karen – 2003
A major problem in measuring student success in postsecondary education is the difficulty in tracking students' progress as they transfer from one institution to another. National studies have shown that more than half of students attend more than one institution in their pursuit of a bachelor's degree. This study examined existing state-level…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Databases, Enrollment
SERVE Center for Continuous Improvement at UNCG, 2006
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, reauthorized as Title X, Part C, of the No Child Left Behind Act, requires schools to enroll homeless students immediately, even if they do not have the documents normally required for enrollment such as school records, medical records, proof of residency, or others. Unfortunately for many homeless…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disadvantaged Youth, School Counselors, Homeless People
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, Cardiff. – 2001
This report is intended to help institutions review their arrangements for student administration through comparisons with generally recognized good practice and with specific developments and experience in the sector. This study from which the information on good practices was derived was conducted through visits to 11 pilot institutions to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Students, Educational Administration, Educational Practices
Tourangeau, Karen; Brick, Mike; Le, Thanh; Wan, Siu; Weant, Margaret; Nord, Christine; Vaden-Kiernan, Nancy; Hagedorn, Mary; Bissett, Elizabeth; Dulaney, Richard; Fowler, Jean; Pollack, Judith; Rock, Donald; Weiss, Michael J.; Atkins-Burnett, Sally; Hausken, Elvira Germino; West, Jerry; Rathbun, Amy; Walston, Jill – National Center for Education Statistics, 2004
This document highlights key information needed to work with the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) data and points the reader to the appropriate sections of the User's Manual so that they can get started quickly. To read more about any particular topic, the reader should go to the indicated section of the…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 3, Student Records, Kindergarten
Kendig, William L. – College Management, 1974
Focuses on the development of a viable student data information control system within a university environment that divides student data into at least 3 categories: general information, academic information, and financial information. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Academic Records, Data Collection, Educational Administration, Higher Education
