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Data Quality Campaign, 2012
While states have made tremendous progress building the capacity to collect longitudinal data, developing the systems and practices to tap into P-20W data remains a nascent effort in most states. This primer aims to provide policymakers with information and recommendations to propel states' progress toward using P-20W data to prepare…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Knowledge Economy, State Policy, Information Systems
Jacso, Peter; Lancaster, F. W. – 1999
This book is intended to help librarians and others to produce databases of better value and quality, especially if they have had little previous experience in database construction. Drawing upon almost 40 years of experience in the field of information retrieval, this book emphasizes basic principles and approaches rather than in-depth and…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Database Design
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Crall, James J. – Journal of Dental Education, 1991
The paper addresses the potential of informatics to patient care quality assurance curricula, focusing on (1) terminology and developments related to quality of care evaluations; (2) criticisms of traditional approaches; (3) limitations of existing data sources for quality assurance in dentistry; and (4) quality assurance considerations in…
Descriptors: Automation, Data Analysis, Database Design, Databases
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Monteith, Brian D. – Journal of Dental Education, 1991
Three principles of classification are stressed in the development of electronic dental patient records and clinical databases: (1) the classification must have a suitable organizing principle; (2) use must be made of standard terminology; and (3) there must be standard operational criteria. (DB)
Descriptors: Automation, Classification, Database Design, Dentistry
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King, Guy Q. – Journal of Geography, 1991
Discusses the geographic information system (GIS), a database that permits the integration, management, and analysis of diverse geographical information. Reports that the GIS has brought gains in cartography and remote sensing but also has brought problems. Identifies the need to balance instruction in technical developments and mainstream…
Descriptors: Cartography, Curriculum Development, Databases, Geography Instruction
Zaporozhetz, Laurene E. – 1982
Computerized literature searching allows the educator to become familiar with resources that help develop individual teaching styles and methods, enhance awareness of pupil needs, explain educational research and evaluation, and describe curriculum materials. This document introduces the fundamentals of computerized literature searching. The…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Retrieval
Joplin, Alan L. – 1980
The information needed for informed decision making and planning by institutions of higher education can be made available through the establishment of carefully constructed databases. This handbook outlines the characteristics of databases, the needs databases meet, the key factors around which they must be organized, the advantages they offer,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases, Decision Making
Malouf, David B.; Pilato, Virginia H. – 1991
This report discusses a project to develop, test, and disseminate the SNAP (Smart Needs Assessment Program) system for needs assessment and inservice training of regular educators to work with students with disabilities. The SNAP system is an expert system that defines the training needs of individual teachers and links these needs with training…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Database Design, Databases
Spurgin, Judy Barrett – 1985
Since electronic networking via microcomputers is fast becoming one of the most popular communications mediums of this decade, this manual is designed to help educators use personal computers as communication devices. The purpose of the document is to acquaint the reader with: (1) the many available communications options on electronic networks;…
Descriptors: Administrators, Communications, Computer Networks, Databases
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Library Development and Services. – 1980
This guide is intended to aid Maryland educators in using Project LIFE (Library Information Functional Exchange), an information retrieval system designed to strengthen the resource base of the State Media Services Center, to support school library personnel by providing access to pertinent information which is not available in local resources,…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Facilities Improvement, Information Centers, Information Sources
Clay, Katherine; Long, Susan – 1979
This compilation of miscellaneous information about the San Mateo Educational Resources Center (SMERC) was designed as a reference tool for SMERC linking agents, i.e., SMERC-trained personnel responsible for explaining their center's information services to subscribing agencies. It contains SMERC subscription information: listings of resources and…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Guides, Information Networks
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Fox, Herbert; Griffin, Richard – 1977
Prepared to introduce the user to advanced scientific and technical information services and systems (STI/SS), this guide emphasizes computer searches, helping the user to set the bounds of his or her problem, to define the way the literature is stored in the computer, and to develop an improved problem statement with which to enter the computer.…
Descriptors: Databases, Indexes, Information Centers, Information Retrieval
Laird, Nicola R. – School Media Quarterly, 1977
Describes three career education data bases and systems as examples of what is available to the school media specialist involved in the structure of time, space, and resources to create a program of instruction geared to the personalized needs of students and teachers. (Author/CMV)
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Databases, Guides
Raker, Brenda – School Planning and Management, 1997
A complete school district technology-integration plan includes student information and business information. To avoid entering the same data numerous times, the plan should include student information, financial information, human resources, and specialized applications, thus interfacing core student and business information. (MLF)
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Systems, Public Schools
Rethemeyer, R. Karl – 1994
This document provides information on two services established on the Internet by the National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL): electronic mail (e-mail) communication with NCAL and a Gopher server that makes it possible to access and download information, documents, and software relevant to adult literacy. A recent "NCAL Connections" article,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Databases, Educational Research
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