The Wisconsin System for Instructional Management (WIS SIM) was evaluated on three dimensions (functioning, utilization, and effects) and the information gathered was classified into three types--actual, perceptual, and judgmental. The test demonstrates that a system supportive of an individualized system of education can be designed, developed,…

This paper has presented a model for the evaluation of management information systems. The three levels of information considered were actual, perceptual, and attitudinal. The dimensions of evaluation discussed were function, utilization, and effects. (Author/IRT)

The authors describe the use of a computer managed instructional system to demonstrate the effectiveness of a databased program modification methodology in regular and special education. Research on both concepts is reviewed and the educational implications are considered, including allowing teachers to spend more time in instruction. (CL)

The Individualized Education Program Monitoring Analysis Plan (IEP MAP), an approach for evaluating the effectiveness and legal compliance of the IEP process for handicapped students, is presented. It is explained that the IEP MAP should help to improve communication between parents and regular and special education staff, improve consistency of…

The Center for the Study of Evaluation at the University of California, Los Angeles, collaborated with school site personnel in an attempt to build an on-going, comprehensive, school-based information system useful in instructional decision making and general school renewal. Conducted at a suburban senior high school over an 18-month period, the…

The author suggests that the advent of computers and their applications in the classroom during the last two decades have not revolutionized teaching and learning, because the emphasis has been on technological rather than on educational issues. (Author/KC)