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Kory, Ross – School Business Affairs, 1991
A survey of America's 244 largest school districts, with responses from 215, showed that 28 percent are actively procuring at least 1 of 3 major administrative information systems: financial, human resources, or student information. Describes the installation and use of a new information infrastructure in a Maryland school district. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Software Selection, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Database Management Systems
Data Quality Campaign, 2010
This report presents survey results of the 10 State Actions including status of all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. These State Actions include: (1) Link P-20/workforce data systems; (2) Create stable, sustained support for robust state longitudinal data systems; (3) Develop governance structures to guide data collection,…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Governance, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Harrison, John G. – 1988
This report addresses the technical and legal issues attendant to the implementation of a comprehensive student information system in California. It documents the legislative origins of the study and the conditions of state-level information systems within California and other states. It then describes the legal issues arising from the collection,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Compliance (Legal), Database Design, Database Management Systems
Armstrong, Jane; Bergner, Terry; Smith, Nancy – Data Quality Campaign, 2008
States have made dramatic progress in the past few years in implementing longitudinal data systems (LDS) to improve student achievement. These systems collect and house student educational data that make it easy for policymakers and practitioners to access and use it for reporting, policymaking and decision making. So much has happened in states…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Longitudinal Studies, Management Information Systems, Program Implementation
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1987
This report documents the findings of an evaluation of the effectiveness of the information resources management aspects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-511) which went into effect on April 1, 1981. (This law was enacted as a result of concerns that the government must improve its collection, use, and dissemination of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Role, Costs, Data Processing
Baumgarten, Allan; Long, Elliot – 1982
The evaluation of Minnesota's State Department of Education Information System (SDE-IS) analyzes existing problems of this administrative data processing system and offers recommendations for improving data processing support and reducing the reporting burden on school districts. SDE-IS includes all data processing systems that serve the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Costs, Data Processing