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Fowler-Finn, Thomas – ERS Spectrum, 2001
Describes cooperative efforts by 15 urban school districts with minority enrollments of 35-90 percent to study reasons for and solutions to academic achievement gap of minority students by using data from the Network for Equity in Student Achievement in partnership with the Education Research Service. (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Databases, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Clay, Katherine – Phi Delta Kappan, 1982
Outlines the expansion since 1966 in the size, accessibility, and utilization of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), a national, computerized educational database. Describes four typical cases in which ERIC searches proved useful to clients of the San Mateo (California) Educational Resources Center, an agency offering ERIC search…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Research, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
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Rosenau, Fred S. – Educational Leadership, 1980
Federal money supports many agencies intended to provide information to educators, but because the services are not coordinated, few people use them. A brief summary is provided of some of the educational information resources, along with the titles of some handbooks. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Databases, Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Ortiz, Rafael – Active Learner: A Foxfire Journal for Teachers, 1999
The TeachNet Project expands the successful mentoring model developed by IMPACT-II, The Teachers Network. Project components include identifying teachers to serve as trainers, awarding grants, and developing an online database of innovative activities. The TeachNet Web site offers access to a database of curriculum resources and interactive…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education
Andrews, Patrice K. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1987
Describes a computerized database for children's radio and television, which contains detailed information and evaluations of children's programs and public service announcements currently on the air or available on cassette. Information on access to the system, subscriber and search costs, and a contact for further information are provided. (CLB)
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Databases, Educational Radio, Educational Television
Hull, William L. – 1978
The Resource and Referral Service (RRS), is a central services contractor to the Research and Development Exchange (RDx), which facilitates the flow of outputs from Research and Development (R&D) based organizations, specializing in fast responses to questions from states transmitted by the Regional Exchanges on R&D in education, testing,…
Descriptors: Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Barker, Bruce O.; Taylor, David R. – 1993
Technological developments of the past decade have increased the potential of distance learning and telecommunications to help rural schools overcome disadvantages of remoteness, geographic isolation, lack of specialized staff, and limited program offerings. Classroom-focused distance learning is distance insensitive and involves transmission of a…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Distance Education, Electronic Mail
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1984
The guide describes the mission, objective, and function of the Migrant Education Resources List and Information Network (MERLIN) and defines the scopes of interest currently identified as national priorities in migrant education. MERLIN is a federally funded project designed to improve interstate and intrastate coordination of migrant education…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Databases, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Inserra, Albert F. – 1982
To meet information needs of teachers and administrators, the Nassau County Board of Cooperative Educational Services in New York State entered into an agreement with the Educational Services Group of Bibliographic Retrieval Services (BRS) which provides access to 30 national databases, and also created a "private" file or database…
Descriptors: Administrators, Costs, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1989
This digest offers basic information about resources, available to users of personal computers, in the area of professional development in special education. Two types of resources are described: those that can be purchased on computer diskettes and those made available by linking personal computers through electronic telephone networks. Resources…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Deck, Dennis; Coe, Merilyn – 1985
Designed for educational evaluators, this paper discusses reasons for the growing concern with linking or interfacing computers for information sharing; compares three major approaches to linking; and discusses the implications of each. An initial overview presents three linking applications in educational evaluation: (1) linking microcomputers…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Truett, Carol – Computing Teacher, 1994
Discusses school librarians' use of telecommunications to provide access to electronic resources and information databases outside the school library. Examples are given of services provided through the Internet, including electronic mail, file transfer protocol, Gopher, Wide Area Information Server, and World Wide Web. (five references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, File Transfer Protocol
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McClintock, Mary – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Describes the Oregon School Library Information System (OSLIS) project to provide access to online educational resources. An information literacy framework designed to promote a leadership role for school librarians as information experts is provided in addition to the instructional gateway for accessing selected databases. There are also two…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Bank, Adrianne; Williams, Richard C. – 1985
The 1984-85 proposal for the Management of Instructional Information Systems project indicates that a project objective was "to create arrangements through which interested individuals in districts and schools can have low cost access to both research based and field based knowledge." This document (1) provides a rationale for creating a…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cooperative Programs, Databases, Educational Assessment
Mojkowski, Charles – 1982
This paper reports on an evaluation of the first 6 months of operation for two new services developed by Bibliographic Retrieval Services (BRS): the School Practices Information Network (SPIN), a computer-supported network of educational information providers at all organizational levels, and the School Practices Information File (SPIF), an online…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Practices, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
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