Describes the development of a data acquisition system to interpret clientele data at a college counseling center. Describes reports generated by the system. Discusses benefits of the system including time efficiency, detection of changing trends and data availability. (RC)

This manual describes procedures for collecting, recording, and reporting in a uniform, timely manner critical information necessary to the making of key management decisions for parent child centers as well as for the parent child center program. The first section describes recommended data collection and recordkeeping procedures for such…

The objectives of this volume are to present the National Data Coordinator with an overview of the document input-output relationships, explain data validation and processing procedures required to produce the Quarterly Management Reports from input documents submitted by the Parent Child Centers (PCC's), and to specify system resource…

The Parent Child Center Management Information System, the first operational MIS for a social action program relating to child welfare, consists of three interlocking components: a standard set of recordkeeping forms for the local Parent Child Center; a set of quarterly reporting forms that interface with the recordkeeping forms; and a series of…

The Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) have been widely used in junior and senior high schools since 1947. The DAT Career Planning Program is a modification of the methods of collecting, interpreting, and reporting test data from those tests in conjunction with additional information about students gathered at the time of testing. This modification…

In 1984, the Student Assessment and Response System (STARS) was developed by the Florida Junior College at Jacksonville (FJCJ) to establish a proactive student assessment system that translates data collection on student needs into counseling action. As part of the registration process, students may complete a STARS survey form, which lists…