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Data-Driven Decision-Making: Mission Accomplished
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Weinstock, Jeff – T.H.E. Journal, 2009
When the author and his colleagues last left Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Texas' Plano Independent School District in April 2008, both school districts were immersed in the long and labored advance toward becoming a fully matured data-driven operation, one that uses sophisticated technologies to gather data, sort and interpret it, and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Data, Program Implementation, School Districts
Web-Based Academic Support Services: Guidelines for Extensibility
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McCracken, Holly – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2005
Using the experience of the University of Illinois at Springfield's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the as a foundation for discussion, this paper addresses the provision of student support services to distant students within the context of development and expansion. Specific issues for consideration include: integrating student support…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, Web Based Instruction, Guidelines, Distance Education
Accountability: Who Builds the System That Works?
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Howard, Eugene R. – 1974
It is possible for a district to develop a system of accountability that defines appropriate roles for lay citizens, pupils, teachers, administrators, and the board of education. It is not necessary for accountability to be imposed from the State level through mandates requiring Statewide assessments, competency-based teacher certification plans,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Designing a State Level Information Systems.
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Furman, James M. – 1975
The kind of data useful to a statewide planning agency is considered, with focus on Illinois, and attention is directed to the use of these data once generated, including resulting problems. Illinois is currently engaged in the conceptual design of a computerized management information system that will contain as a subset the State Level…
Descriptors: College Planning, Data Collection, Databases, Enrollment Projections
Illinois Multifarious, Student-Based Management-Oriented Information Project. Final Report.
Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. Div. of Adult Vocational and Technical Education. – 1976
Pursuant to developing an interactive system for planning and managing vocational education programs, the project focused on methods of obtaining student supply and manpower demand information. The goal was to operationalize a student data base that would facilitate planning and regulatory requirements of the Illinois Department of Adult,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Data Collection, Databases, Employment Projections
Continuation of the Illinois Multifarious, Student-Based Management-Oriented Information Project. Final Report.
Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. Div. of Adult Vocational and Technical Education. – 1978
Reported here is the completed phase 2 of a program designed to develop a comprehensive integrated system that will produce information for planning and administrating Illinois vocational education programs. Phase 2 project activities were intended to further develop and refine the Illinois Vocational Management Information System (MIS) and to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Programs, Conventional Instruction, Cost Effectiveness