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Cho, Vincent; Jimerson, Jo Beth; Wayman, Jeffrey C. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2015
Computer data systems have become a lynchpin to supporting school data use. However, successfully implementing such systems is no easy task. In this case, readers explore the ways in which "technology problems" and "people problems" can be intertwined. The case follows Dr. Molly Winters as she encounters social and…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Systems Development, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Management Information Systems
ICF International (NJ1), 2012
Early education leaders--inside and outside of government--are looking for new ways to improve quality, accountability, and efficiency across many different programs serving young children and their families, and they see investment in data systems as a pivotal part of that effort. However, it can be challenging to develop and implement effective…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Systems Development, Management Information Systems, Data
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Cobb, Chris – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2012
Most UK universities can trace their current management information systems back to significant investments made in the 1990s, largely fuelled by concerns about the millenium bug and a change from character interfaces to graphical user interfaces following the introduction of the personal computer. It was during this period that institutions also…
Descriptors: Management Information Systems, Foreign Countries, Computer Interfaces, Technology Uses in Education
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Tolley, Hilary; Shulruf, Boaz – Computers & Education, 2009
No school is an island; it is a part of a continuum or a pipeline of institutions which together form an educational pipeline through which groups of students pass. To turn a body of data into useful information for knowledge-based decision-making at any level, data must be collected, organised, analysed and reflected upon. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Database Management Systems, Information Management, Management Information Systems
Early Childhood Data Collaborative (NJ1), 2010
State policymakers are increasingly focused on closing the achievement gap and preparing all students to succeed in school and in life. However, college and career readiness begins long before students enter high school or even a classroom. Differences in children's abilities appear as early as the first year of life, and research has shown that…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Systems Building, Systems Development, Data
Kugle, Cherry; Smith, Nancy – Data Quality Campaign, 2007
The Data Quality Campaign (DQC) is a national, collaborative effort to encourage and support state policymakers to improve the collection, availability and use of high-quality education data and to implement state longitudinal data systems to improve student achievement. The campaign aims to provide tools and resources that will assist state…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies, Management Information Systems, Student Records
Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, 2007
Reliable and current data is the foundation upon which good public policymaking is built. While California collects a good deal of data on its teaching workforce, policymakers have lacked a state-level data and analysis system to provide answers to even some of the most basic questions: How many credential holders actually take jobs? In what types…
Descriptors: State Agencies, Inferences, Teacher Supply and Demand, Management Information Systems
Visscher, Adrie J. – 1993
Computer-assisted school information systems (SISs) are developed and used worldwide; however, the literature on strategies for their design and development is lacking. This paper presents the features of a fundamental approach to systems design that proved to be successful when developing SCHOLIS, a computer-assisted SIS for Dutch secondary…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Database Management Systems, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
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Krupicka, William M.; Fimian, Michael J. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1987
Using "Multimate On-File" on an IBM-PC microcomputer, a system was developed to help local and district school personnel match identified special education classroom needs with volunteer resources. The user-friendly "index card" software searches, sorts, and retrieves records and has features that can be customized to suit…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Atwood, Nancy K. – 1986
School districts have begun examining the feasibility of, and in some cases are developing and implementing automated systems for, managing and evaluating instructional programs. This paper describes and analyzes the issues and problems that emerged over the course of three projects--a large suburban school in the West, a consortium of five small…
Descriptors: Administrators, Boards of Education, Database Management Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Wu, Yi-Cheng; Hebbler, Stephen W. – 1991
The Evaluation and Assessment Laboratory at the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) has contracted with the Georgia Department of Education (GDOE) to develop a microcomputer-based data management system for use in applying evaluation standards to schools and school systems. The Comprehensive Evaluation System (CES) was implemented statewide and has…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Database Management Systems, Educational History
Frost, Jacqueline; Dalrymple, Margaret; Wang, Mindy – 1998
Institutional researchers play a key role in an environment where data warehouses are used to store and retrieve vast amounts of data. Along with the benefits of increased access for more users, improved reporting capabilities, and less reliance on centralized information, come questions of appropriate data usage, data access and security,…
Descriptors: College Planning, Computer Software, Data Collection, Database Management Systems
Milwaukee Area Technical Coll., WI. – 1988
This report and research analysis relate to the Milwaukee Area Technical College Research Project, a study undertaken to determine a curriculum to meet the information processing/management training needs of individuals entering or continuing careers in the information marketing and business data processing occupational clusters. The report of…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education