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Johnson, F. Craig; Christal, Melodie E. – Association for Institutional Research, 1985
The way that a college can transform its periodic self-study process into an ongoing program is addressed, with a focus on the contribution of the institutional research office. Also considered are data elements that self-studies most often require and the way that data elements relate to judgments and interpretations made through the self-study.…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Programs, Educational Resources, Evaluation Methods
Wilson, Patricia J.; Blake, Martha – Streamlined Seminar, 1993
A national survey of 1,000 principals and 1,000 school media specialists indicates that principals have very little knowledge about what really happens in the school library media center. Ten statements are presented to enable readers to test their own knowledge about library media centers. The responses make it clear that principals have had…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Job Skills
Lumsden, Linda S. – OSSC Bulletin, 1992
One reason all 50 states have passed laws requiring school personnel to report suspected child abuse is that the school may be the primary setting in which children interact on a regular basis with nonfamily members. Because teachers interact with children on a daily basis, they are particularly well positioned to spot unusual behaviors in…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Board of Education Policy, Child Abuse, Court Litigation
Burrello, Leonard C., Ed.; Wright, Pamela, T., Ed. – Principal Letters: Practices for Inclusive Schools, 1993
This paper describes a pilot project at a Janesville (Wisconsin) elementary school, which uses a cooperative teaching approach to integrate all special education and at-risk students, including students with behavioral problems, into general education settings. Key program components include teaming, collaboration, cooperative learning, joint…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Behavior Problems, Disabilities, Elementary Education
Holdaway, Edward A.; And Others – CSSHE Professional File, 1991
From 1980 to 1991, the University of Alberta undertook systematic reviews of all its academic and support units mostly for program improvement purposes, but also to acquire information for planning and budget decisions. This report responds to a 1988 request to examine the University's 1980-1988 experience with program reviews and to recommend…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Outcomes Assessment, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment
Lake, Sara – 1983
Developed by Japanese corporations to improve productivity and product quality, quality circles (QC's) are small, voluntary groups of workers who share common job responsibilities and who meet regularly to generate solutions to problems. Features of QC's that are applicable to schools are examined in the nine articles summarized in this annotated…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
National Center on Educational Restructuring and Inclusion Bulletin, 1995
This report summarizes findings of a study to identify key factors of inclusive education practices, as identified by school districts implementing such practices. The study involved contacting chief state education officers for state-level information and identification of local school districts conducting inclusive education programs and then…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education