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Platzer, Nancy – School Administrator, 1985
Outlines the pros and cons of the National Information Utility Program, which is designed to provide current updatable courseware to schools nationwide. The information is broadcast over FM radio and television signals to facilities subscribing to the utility. (MD)
Descriptors: Computers, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Davis, E. E. (Gene); Scott, Marilynn S. – School Administrator, 1986
The Anchorage, Alaska, School District is dealing with the problem of teaching students about the "information age" through a unique program in their central library system. It was one of the first school districts in the nation to computerize its library and to provide access to computer databases to the students through telephones as…
Descriptors: Computers, Databases, Educational Television, Electronic Libraries
Kimball, Chip; Cone, Tom – School Administrator, 2002
Two school districts in Washington State are seeing fundamental shifts in the learning process by using technology as a tool to support data-centric instruction. An effective student-assessment strategy includes comprehensive information about student progress, analysis of assessment information so specific instructional strategies can be…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Databases, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Johnson, Doug – School Administrator, 2004
Schools gather, store and use an increasingly large amount of data. Keeping track of everything from bus routes to building access codes to test scores to sports equipment is done with the help of electronic database programs. Large databases designed for budgeting and student record keeping have long been an integral part of the educational…
Descriptors: Databases, Student Records, Information Systems, Accountability
White, Beverly I.; Winter, Christina – School Administrator, 2005
Wake County's participation in the statewide pilot of an electronic student information system has created many changes in the district. The new statewide system eventually will store data for all students in North Carolina in one collection of databases that will be accessible from each K-12 classroom, allowing teachers to record student grades…
Descriptors: Management Information Systems, School Districts, Statewide Planning, Student Characteristics