It is common for information about students to be transferred from one learning institution to another or to some other location. The ease with which student records can be transferred and understood often depends on their design, the efficiency of the delivery system, and how the information is handled by the receiver. The Standardization of…

A major goal of state education reforms in the 1980s was to increase the number of courses students were required to complete for graduation. This document provides quantitative transcript data from high schools enrolling mostly lower achieving students in the 1980s. At 3 points in time, random samples of approximately 25 transcripts of graduating…

The 1987 Recent College Graduates Study (RCGS) machine-readable data file, RECENT.GRADS.COMBINED.A8586, is the third of three data files produced from the study and contains information about 1985-86 bachelor's degree graduates for whom both questionnaire and transcript data were collected. The combined survey and aggregate transcript data file…

The purpose of this user's manual is to document the procedures used to collect and process postsecondary school transcripts for members of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 who had attended any postsecondary institutions since leaving high school. In addition, this manual will provide researchers with the technical…

According to a report from the University of New Mexico (UNM) 52 percent of Del Norte High School's (Albuquerque) graduates who entered UNM in the fall of 1979 were placed in at least one Basic Skills class, designed to assist beginning students whose American College Test (ACT) scores showed deficient college preparation in raising their academic…

BASED ON SPECIFIC EXPERIENCES IN THE CINCINNATI SCHOOL SYSTEM, THREE CRITERIA ARE SUGGESTED FOR A TEACHER SELECTION PROCEDURE BASED ON ORAL, RATHER THAN WRITTEN EXAMINATION. (1) REFERENCES ARE VALUABLE, BUT THEY VARY GREATLY IN QUALITY. GREATER RELIABILITY IS ACHIEVED BY REQUIRING THE REFERENCES ON SPECIFIC FORMS, WHICH CAN BE ANALYZED AND SCORED.…

The Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS) is an automated telecommunication system that has associated the 48 contiguous states and Puerto Rico to provide continuity of educational and health programs for the more than one million children of seasonal migrant workers. The purposes of MSRTS are (1) to provide rapidly appropriate public…

This detailed report presents the results of a study of the evaluation of traditional and several types of nontraditional grading systems. Questionnaires were distributed to a sample of admission and employment officers describing various grading systems. Responses were received from 44% of the graduate departments, from 76% of the undergraduate…

One practical consideration in the implementation of individualized instruction is the development of a record keeping system. It should reflect the characteristics of the instructional system it serves by (1) tracking the progress of the learner through stated objectives; (2) providing diagnostic data of proficiencies and deficiencies; (3)…

Albuquerque Technical-Vocational Institute's system for grading business courses by proficiency certification in place of the traditional A through F system is described. A certificate is developed for each course, with evaluation of student performance in each area. This system requires a greater volume of paper work and skill analysis but it is…

Looks at the arguments against keeping secret records on schoolchildren. (Editor)

This article reports a comparative study of teacher acceptance of two kinds of testing reports that were generated for Form A of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills at the fourth-grade level. (Editor)

Study presents findings to the effect that relatively inexpensive standardized tests which measure achievement in reading and mathematics below the college level may be used to predict scores on the SAT and CLEP tests. (Authors)

Discusses the emergence of the Continuing Education Unit as a standard unit of measure for participation in noncredit continuing education activities. (Author)

Discusses a new unit of measurement, the continuing education unit, developed to quantify and record noncredit continuing education activities. It is designed to provide a permanent record and method of reporting individual participation in significant continuing education activities, whether for professional, vocational or personal development.…