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Washington State School Directors' Association (NJ1), 2008
This guide is designed to inform school directors about the value of a data dashboard and to provide information on how districts can create a data dashboard for school directors. A data dashboard is a tool for viewing and analyzing student achievement and performance data. Key data for monitoring student achievement and directing policy level…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement, Charts, School Effectiveness
Jenny, Hans H. – Business Officer, 1997
Changes in the structure of college and university tuition discounts in the past 15 years are explained, and it is argued that most discussion of discounts are oversimplified. The case of a hypothetical small liberal arts college (data composed from eight colleges) is used to illustrate the decile discount approach to analyzing discounting trends…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, Higher Education, Income
Lapovsky, Lucie – Business Officer, 1996
Data from an ongoing study of tuition discounting at independent colleges and universities are presented, with in-depth analysis of 1995 data for 270 institutions and summary data (1990-95) for 147 institutions. Implications of the discounting trend and issues are discussed, including how to inform the public of discounts and assessing how…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, Educational Finance, Higher Education
Riley, Herbert J.; And Others – 1994
A national survey of trends in college grading practices was conducted in 1992 by gathering data from college registrars. The survey instrument, which had been field-tested, was sent to registrars at 2,302 institutions and responses were gathered from 1,601 (70 percent response rate). Among the general findings were the following: (1) 97 percent…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Academic Standards, Educational Trends, Grades (Scholastic)
Lapovsky, Lucie – Business Officer, 1997
Results of a National Association of College and University Business Officers survey concerning tuition discounting policies found that one-third of higher education's stated revenue stream consists of phantom dollars, with less than 10% of students paying published tuition. Data on freshman and other discounting rates, financial aid strategies,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, College Freshmen, Educational Finance
Olson, George H. – 1982
This report summarizes test results from all phases of the Dallas Independent School District testing program at a very global level. District achievement in 1981-82 can be viewed as a general improvement over that observed in 1980-81 which in turn marked a major improvement over preceding years. Appreciable gains were noted particularly among the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Peterson, Marvin W.; Einarson, Marne K.; Augustine, Catherine H.; Vaughan, Derek S. – 1999
This monograph, part of a series on student assessment, reports on the results of a national survey that examined institutional support for undergraduate student assessment. It provides a national profile of student assessment initiatives at comprehensive institutions and compares it to assessment practices and support patterns found in all types…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Administrator Role, College Role, College Students
Peterson, Marvin W.; Augustine, Catherine H.; Einarson, Marne K.; Vaughan, Derek S. – 1999
This monograph, part of a series on student assessment, reports on the results of a national survey that examined institutional support for undergraduate student assessment. It provides a national profile of student assessment initiatives at baccalaureate institutions and compares it to assessment practices and support patterns found in all types…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Administrator Role, Bachelors Degrees, College Role
Peterson, Marvin W.; Einarson, Marne K.; Augustine, Catherine H.; Vaughan, Derek S. – 1999
This monograph, part of a series on student assessment, reports the results of a national survey that examined institutional support for undergraduate student assessment. It provides a national profile of student assessment initiatives at doctoral and research institutions, and compares it to assessment practices and support patterns found in all…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Administrator Role, College Role, College Students
Peterson, Marvin W.; Augustine, Catherine H.; Einarson, Marne K.; Vaughan, Derek S. – 1999
This monograph, part of a series on student assessment, reports on the results of a national survey that examined institutional support for undergraduate student assessment. The study provides a national profile of student assessment initiatives at associate of arts institutions and compares it to assessment practices and support patterns found in…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Administrator Role, Associate Degrees, College Role