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Griffiths, C. – 1994
The Annual Performance Report submitted by each state to the Office of Vocational and Adult Education was used to monitor what states have developed and how and to what extent states have implemented their accountability system. The following findings of this analysis are synthesized in this report: (1) 32 states require evaluation of all programs…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization
Sell, Dan – 1994
This paper discusses the building of a hypermedia-based reference station at the Wright Laboratory Technical Library, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Following this, the paper focuses on an electronic user survey from which data is collected and analysis is made. The survey data is used in a rapid prototyping approach, which is defined as…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Hypermedia, Information Dissemination
Song, Qiang; Hebbler, Stephen W. – 1991
The Comprehensive Evaluation System (CES), a comprehensive computer program system designed for the implementation of statewide standards for all schools and school systems in Georgia, is described. The system, mandated by state reform legislation, was conceived as a set of standards ranging from legal adherence through standards of excellent…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Computer Software Development, Databases, Educational Change
Gallagher, James J.; Shields, Mary J. – 1990
This report suggests components for a comprehensive statewide inservice training program for personnel involved in implementing the Part H program of Public Law 99-457. These components include: (1) establishment of an inservice program as a requirement for each state participating in Part H; (2) promotion of a statewide comprehensive system of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Burton, Elizabeth; Linn, Robert L. – 1993
Currently in the United States there is considerable interest in developing a system of examinations that is substantially different from the large-scale testing programs presently in use in this country. These new exams would involve a different form of assessment than current tests and would also enable greater local control over the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Dorr-Bremme, Donald W. – 1986
The Center for the Study of Evaluation at the University of California, Los Angeles, collaborated with school site personnel in an attempt to build an on-going, comprehensive, school-based information system useful in instructional decision making and general school renewal. Conducted at a suburban senior high school over an 18-month period, the…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Data Collection, Demography, High Schools
Neuroth, Joann; And Others – 1992
Most administrators agree that school improvement and change are needed. Disagreement among administrators arises over how the improvements should be made. Total Quality Management (TQM) is a powerful tool in bringing about change and should be considered as an effective alternative in improvement efforts. The TQM approach is designed to address…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1991
The developmental strategies adopted by Latin American and Caribbean societies need to acknowledge the key role that education plays and address the challenge of changing production patterns on equitable terms. This document is closely related with the final report of the third session of the Intergovernmental Regional Committee for the Major…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Facilities, Educational Strategies, Educational Trends
Streatfield, David; Thompson, Sue – 1983
A 1983 survey conducted in England and Wales by the Education Management Information Exchange and the Society of Education Officers Industry Committee examined the widespread administrative use of computers and related technology in Local Education Authorities (LEA's). This report summarizes responses from 95 of the 108 LEA's in the survey area.…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Barnholdt, B.; Hojer-Pedersen, N. – 1983
This report on the Automated Library Information Control System (ALIS) of the National Technological Library of Denmark focuses on the circulation control functions of the integrated, distributed processing system, which also functions as an online catalog for a bibliographic database of approximately 120,000 records with library location codes.…
Descriptors: Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Library Automation
Carey, John; Siegeltuch, Mark – 1982
This report presents the findings of research conducted at 10 public sites during the Alternate Media Center/WETA-TV teletext trial in Washington, D.C., from June 1981 to July 1982, in which two different services were tested using Telidon technology. The first, which is characterized as a small electronic newspaper, placed more emphasis on timely…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Costs, Field Studies, Information Networks
Vaughan, Anthony, Comp. – 1987
Compiled for the benefit of library, archive, and information science schools for use in their information services and systems management courses, this reader is not meant to replace the already existing standard textbooks on this subject, but to provide a more international perspective than textbooks written with the information services of one…
Descriptors: Archives, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design, Developing Nations
Hofmeister, Alan M. – 1986
The purpose of this research project was the development and initial validation of Mandate Consultant, an expert system that provides a second opinion of the appropriateness of the decision-making process used in the development of Individualized Education Programs with handicapped children. (Expert systems are a development of artificial…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Decision Making
Finlayson, Jean, Ed. – Coombe Lodge Report, 1989
This collection of papers addresses key questions facing college managers and others choosing, introducing, and living with big, complex computer-based systems. "What Use the User Requirement?" (Tony Coles) stresses the importance of an information strategy driven by corporate objectives, not technology. "Process of Selecting a…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer System Design, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
Schmuck, Richard A. – 1987
When school psychologists adopt an organization development perspective they are acting on a cluster of related concepts: (1) that because schools are social organizations, school effectiveness depends on the school's organizational culture; (2) that attempts to institute educational reforms only work when the reforms and the school culture mesh;…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Change
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