The Educational Data Services Department of the Palo Alto Unified School District is responsible for implementing data processing needs to improve the quality of education in Palo Alto, California. Information from the schools enters the Department data library to be scanned, coded, and corrected prior to IBM 1620 computer input. Operating 17…

A STUDY OF THE POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES IN THIS MULTICAMPUS DISTRICT SHOWED THAT USES COULD BE DIVIDED INTO THREE CLASSES--(1) ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES, INCLUDING DECISION MAKING, PROCESSING, COMMUNICATING, AND SUMMARIZING, (2) DIRECT AND INDIRECT SERVICES TO FACULTY MEMBERS, AND (3) INSTRUCTION. TO…

Functions of the Center for Computer Sciences and Technology (CCST), a national center for computer research and development for the United States government, are described. CCST provides computer and related services to the National Bureau of Standards of which it is a part and to other government agencies on a cost-reimbursable basis. The Office…

If computers are to be used creatively in education, they should be made available to administrators, teachers, and students. Educational Data Processing (EDP) is a means to this end. Small and poor systems can join in cooperative county, state or regional computer systems efforts such as the New England Educational Data Systems (NEEDS) in whose…