This document explains recent developments in computer science and information systems of interest to the educational manager. A brief history of computers is included, together with an examination of modern computers' capabilities. Various features of card, tape, and disk information storage systems are presented. The importance of time-sharing…

The Concordia Parish, Louisiana school system established a program of computer assisted guidance with the purpose of increasing student's kmowledge and educational resources in the following areas: educational achievement, academic potential and limitations, attitudes and values relating to the educational program, vocational and educational…

Cincinnati's school district has developed a computerized School Information System (SIS) to provide decision-makers with essential information. The system serves all 102 elementary, junior high and senior high schools in the district and currently gathers data at the school level, focusing primarily upon the instructional program dimension;…

A description of the Oregon Total Information System (OTIS) project is presented. The purpose of the three year project was to improve education and its administration by implementing and demonstrating a total information system which could provide data processing services to school districts of varying sizes over a large geographic region. The…

This final annual evaluation of project ADMIRE describes the progress made in improving educational decisionmaking in a 5-county rural-urban area by the systematic collection, organization, and reporting of data about project schools and their populations. The five sections of the report (1) describe the organization of the report and the…

A major problem identified in the current, manually kept high school attendance system is the inability to handle the large volune of daily information. This ineffectual data management is reflected by the high absentee and tardy rates. Additionally, this failure to produce current and timely reports hinders class cut reporting. This is evidenced…

This comprehensive study evaluates the ESEA Title III Regional Planning and Evaluation Agencies in the State of California. The study is prepared and reported in two volumes: One evaluating the 21 Projects to Advance Creativity in Education (PACE) Centers and the other evaluating the 10 Regional Educational Data Processing (EDP) Centers. Analysis…