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National Forum on Education Statistics, 2015
When properly employed, technology may enhance and support learning opportunities available to any student, at any location, and at any time. Determining which instructional and delivery methods are best for a specific individual, group of students, community, or circumstance demands that high-quality data be available to students, parents,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Data Collection
Furlong, Michael J., Ed.; Gilman, Richard, Ed.; Huebner, Scott, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014
Understanding the factors that encourage young people to become active agents in their own learning is critical. Positive psychology is one lens that can be used to investigate the factors that facilitate a student's sense of agency and active school engagement. In the second edition of this groundbreaking handbook, the editors draw together the…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, School Psychology, Individual Characteristics, Academic Achievement
Xiang, Yun; Hauser, Carl – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to offer an analytic perspective to policy makers and educational practitioners regarding how to use longitudinal achievement data to evaluate schools. The authors further discuss the potential practical applications of their models for superintendents, researchers, and policy makers. The premise of the study is that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Policy Formation, Data Analysis
Alberta Education, 2012
Education leaders are re-examining acceptable use policies in light of the increasing use of highly mobile information technologies. While acceptable use policies were developed to manage and control behaviour, a digital citizenship policy takes a more comprehensive approach by recognizing the important role of education in preparing digital…
Descriptors: Guides, Foreign Countries, Policy Formation, School Policy

Tucker, Ben R. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1987
Explains the functions and concerns of the Office for Descriptive Cataloging Policy at the Library of Congress and describes the documentation produced by the office, especially that dealing with cataloging rules interpretation. (CLB)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Documentation, National Libraries, Policy Formation
Bowen, Christopher – Illinois Libraries, 1988
This description of the development of a discipline policy at the Downers Grove (Illinois) Public Library recounts discipline problems, the process of creating the policy, and its effects. The text of the rules of behavior and a sample page from the procedures manual, which provides practical guidelines for enforcement, are included. (MES)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, Policy Formation
Murray, John W., Ed.; Miller, Michael T., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
The number of staff members serving American higher education institutions has more than doubled in the past twenty years, as occupations in technology, development, government relations, and even athletic administration have grown as never before in the history of the academy. As the number, variety, and importance of these positions have grown,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Policy Formation, Private Colleges, Democracy

Heslep, Robert D. – Educational Theory, 1987
The concept of educational policy is analyzed to make clear that any educational policy contains sources of controversy by virtue of its conceptual components. This article examines factors of educational policy and presents guidelines for its formulation, adoption, and implementation. (MT) policy. (MT)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Conflict, Educational Administration, Educational Policy

Riggs, Donald E. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Presents a model which merges the concepts of entrepreneurship with those of strategic planning to create a library management system. Each step of the process, including needs assessment and policy formation, strategy choice and implementation, and evaluation, is described in detail. (CLB)
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Library Administration, Library Planning
Kaplan, George R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
Examines presidential attitudes toward education and speculates on how a second Reagan term or a Mondale presidency would affect education. (MD)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Government Role

Jensen, Donald N.; Griffin, Thomas M. – Journal of Law and Education, 1984
Analyzes decisions of the California appellate courts and of the United States Supreme Court, made from 1858 to 1980, concerning education (with respect to educational policymaking). Suggests the New Federalism may cause major changes in the role of the courts in education. (MD)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Legislation, Policy Formation
Estabrook, Leigh – Library Journal, 1987
Notes that draft proposal for voluntary public library accreditation prepared by ad hoc committee is now ready for consideration by professional community. This article defines accreditation and proposes possible goals to provide a framework for discussing the pros and cons of establishing a Commission for the Accreditation of Public Libraries.…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Library Role, Library Standards
Ryan, R. J. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1985
Two case studies of educational decision making are used to test the utility of some current theories of the policy-formation process; a framework for the application of these theories is proposed; and the merits of applying existing theories before seeking new paradigms are stressed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Decision Making, Educational Policy, Higher Education
Sager, Carol – American School Board Journal, 1989
Presents a blueprint for developing a consistent drug-and-alcohol-use policy that has been used nationwide by school systems to fit their own local circumstances. (MLF)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Policy Formation, Prevention

Shapiro, Jonathan Z.; McPherson, R. Bruce – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1987
Introduces the use of problem-finding models to analyze public policy, an approach allowing researchers to study how perceptions of policy problems influence the policy-making process. This study uses problem-finding to analyze 20 years (1964-84) of state boards of education desegregation policy in Illinois. Includes 17 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Policy Formation, Public Policy, School Desegregation