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ERIC Number: ED302881
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Aug
Pages: 42
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Report of the Paperwork Reduction Task Force.
Georgia State Dept of Education, Atlanta. Div. of Public Library Services.
This document comprises the recommendations of a 13-member Paperwork Reduction Task Force appointed by Georgia's State Superintendent of Schools, in response to concern by educators and the public that the Quality Basic Education Act (QBE) had created a substantial increase in paperwork, particularly for teachers. The task force of teachers, principals, and local system administrators collected information from interviews with department of education program personnel; paperwork surveys; and data from school superintendents, educational organizations, and teachers. After an introduction, acknowledgements, and a review of background information, specific recommendations are presented for 25 issues related to provisions of the QBE. Specific recommendations include streamlining attendance reporting by eliminating the requirement to maintain state attendance registers and reducing from three to two the number of times full-time equivalency counts are taken during the school year. Several recommendations relate to the implementation of the statewide electronic information network (GENESIS) called for by QBE. Other recommendations relate to substituting criterion-referenced for norm-referenced student testing programs; reevaluating the remedial education program; reviewing the student support team concept; and standards documentation. Appended is the following documentation: membership of the task force, list of Department of Education presenters, paperwork survey of experienced teachers, list of meetings of the task force, and a compilation of paperwork required of teachers in one Georgia K-7 elementary school. (TE)
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Georgia State Dept of Education, Atlanta. Div. of Public Library Services.
Identifiers - Location: Georgia
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Author Affiliations: N/A