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Whitfield, Christina; Armstrong, John; Weeden, Dustin – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2019
Since 2010, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) has periodically administered the "Strong Foundations" survey, which documents the content, structure, and effective use of state postsecondary student unit record systems (PSURSs). This report highlights the results of the fourth administration of the survey,…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Information Systems, Student Records, Data Collection
Armstrong, John; Whitfield, Christina – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2016
This report addresses two key questions about postsecondary student unit record data systems (PSURSs): (1) What data are collected by various parties; and (2) how do these entities use the data to inform policy decisions? This 2016 report is both a follow-up and a redesign of two previous "Strong Foundations" reports by SHEEO (2010 and…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Information Systems, Student Records, Data Collection
National Center for Education Statistics (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1978
This document contains results of a study conducted to explore what states were doing or had done in the development or utilization of occupational information. Of particular interest in this study was the identification of methods, approaches or projects which are related to the developing or utilizing of occupational information and which are…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Information Dissemination, Information Services, Information Systems
Hood, Paul D. – 1979
This report describes the conceptual framework of a study examining the feasibility of developing, on a nationwide basis, a system of statistical indicators of educational knowledge outputs, dissemination structures, and knowledge utilization settings and outcomes, along with their contextual indicators. Using the notion of social indicators to…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Feasibility Studies, Federal Programs, Information Dissemination
Duckett, Jasmin M. – 1989
The Maryland study of the Career Information Delivery System (CIDS) was conducted to review computerized information delivery systems. The study also sought to assess the Information Network for Occupational Resources (INFORM) system, in terms of user satisfaction. The review process started in September 1988, at which time 320 current INFORM…
Descriptors: Career Education, Delivery Systems, Information Networks, Information Services
Oregon Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, Salem. – 1980
The Oregon Network is an approach to developing an occupational information system that is an interconnected set of persons, programs, and systems established for the purpose of developing, delivering, and using occupational information. This guide describes that network for potential users. The four sections of the guide define the network,…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Planning, Delivery Systems, Information Dissemination
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. Assessment and Evaluation Program. – 1985
This report comprises edited versions of the presentations from the 17 participants in a conference under the sponsoreship of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. The conference was designed to enable policy-makers, educators, and business people to share perspectives on the most effective methods for identifying and collecting data that…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Databases, Decision Making
NTS Research Corp., Durham, NC. – 1978
This document presents the research proposal and supporting documents for a study to evaluate the process of developing a comprehensive dissemination capacity in State Education Agencies (SEAs) and to assess the impact of the capacity building activities in the states, addressing two questions: Is dissemination capacity being built and, if so,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Systems
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1994
This report is intended as a guide for local comprehensive integrated school-linked services sites and software vendors in developing and implementing case management information systems for the exchange and management of client data. The report is also intended to influence new development and future revisions of data systems, databases, and…
Descriptors: Case Records, Computer Software, Confidentiality, Data Collection
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Ahumada, Martin M. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1993
Discusses the importance of databases and information systems in efforts to examine the interinstitutional transfer of credits, courses, curricula, and students. Highlights the achievements of selected states and institutions in developing systems to monitor student flow and academic performance and to evaluate and enhance transfer/articulation…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Databases, Information Needs
Hood, Paul D.; Blackwell, Laird R. – 1979
This report describes and analyzes statistical indicators of educational knowledge production and dissemination capability, presenting data at both the state and regional levels of aggregation. Three factors underlie 12 statistical indicators: a document production and access factor, a human-based linkage and exemplary practices factor, and a…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Analysis, Educational Resources, Federal Programs
Herlig, Richard – 1973
To develop a client-centered information system to support the adoption of innovative instructional practices in Kansas classrooms, a pilot project was organized in 12 districts. Among the objectives were: to establish instructional linkages in a wide range of subject areas; to establish a system that would be generalizable to the rest of Kansas…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Attitude Change, Change Agents, Diffusion
Magisos, Joel H. – 1971
Designed to obtain information useful in developing state information dissemination systems, this study sought to determine the information gathering practices and needs of vocational educators and administrators. Insight into these practices and needs was accomplished through a questionnaire survey completed by 3,229 vocational-technical…
Descriptors: Administrators, Counselors, Educational Researchers, Information Dissemination
Lee, Arthur M.; Tower, C. O. – 1974
The information needed by Congress and the U. S. Office of Education about vocational education and manpower training is discussed in terms of course information, student and trainee information, and professional personnel information. The data base consists of 38 nonaggregate data elements, and these are listed and described. The availability of…
Descriptors: Automation, Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases
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Lowe, Timothy J.; Lucas, Judith A.; Castle, Nicholas G.; Robinson, Joanne P.; Crystal, Stephen – Gerontologist, 2003
Purpose: We report the results of a survey of state initiatives that measure resident satisfaction in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, and we describe several model programs for legislators and public administrators contemplating the initiation of their own state programs. Design and Methods: Data on state initiatives and programs…
Descriptors: State Programs, Quality of Life, Older Adults, Information Systems
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