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Bernhardt, Victoria L. – 1998
Data can help identify solutions to some of the biggest problems in schools. Yet few schools use data effectively. The purpose of this book is to help schools become aware of the advantages of collecting and using data (data analysis) for overall school improvement. The book begins with an overview of the current state of education and the…
Descriptors: Automation, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Interpretation
Bernhardt, Victoria L. – 2000
This guide is designed for school and district administrators and teachers who want to use data to improve their schools, for college and university instructors who teach school administrators, and for support personnel who teach graduate-level education courses. The guide explains how to define the scope of a needed database, how to ready the…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer System Design, Data Processing, Database Design
Download full textNeuroth, 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
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
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1991
The final report of the congressionally-mandated Special Study Panel on Education Indicators (SSPEI) that was transmitted to Congress as required by the Hawkins-Stafford Education Amendments of 1988 is presented. This report is divided into two sections. Part I--"Education Counts"--presents the SSPEI's overall conception of how an…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Indicators
Chadwick, Alan, Ed.; Legge, Derek, Ed. – 1984
This manual, based on two years of research in Great Britain, is intended to assist those who are involved in the education of adults. In particular, it is intended to persuade adult educators to examine the relationships between policies and practice and thereby enhance the effectiveness of educational provision. The first section of the manual…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration
