These guidelines and sample forms for record keeping are intended to serve as a supplement to Oregon Graduation Requirements, Administrative Guidelines (Section 1), which was published in September 1973. The purposes of the guidelines and sample forms are to outline various record-keeping procedures and to provide sample forms that districts may…

Student transients in San Diego Unified School District occur as transfers from outside the local district, transfers from within the local district, immigrants from other countries, and dropouts. The 22,000 transient students each year create problems related to: (1) internal organization, staffing, planning, and programs to minimize educational…

This portion of the "Federal Register" states the proposed requirements of section 438 of the General Education Provisions Act. This section deals with the privacy rights of parents and students. The statute provides parents of students with access to official records directly related to the students and with an opportunity for a hearing…

Among the reasons which can be cited for the failure of students to pursue an occupational course of study are a lack of available school time, a conflict with extracurricular activities, required credits for graduation, and parental attitude toward occupational education. In an effort to skirt these conflicts three counties were selected to pilot…

A conflict exists between the rights of students to privacy and the needs of college and/or others to obtain information about them. This conflict is prevalent in social work graduate schools, and centers around the following issues: (1) what information is obtained, (2) where it is obtained, (3) where and how it is kept, (4) whom requests what…

A teaching guide for correspondence teachers in the Massachusetts public school system provides information on available tools (teaching manuals, textbooks, study guides, and office supplies); on scheduling, grading, and keeping records; on characteristics of the correspondence student; and on teaching techniques and communication with the…

Diagnosis, as applied to reading, is defined as a systematic and rational explanation of an individual's inability to make anticipated progress in learning to read. And, it is noted that diagnosis can be made at four levels: (1) identification of difficulty, (2) classification of disability, (3) determination of specific reading needs, and (4)…

The research literature on open education has reported various studies describing and qualifying the term "open" in education and in attitudes of teachers involved in such programs. To date, very few large scale endeavors to assess student achievement in open education have been completed. Studies which have been done have not shown the hoped for…

The present study was divided into four components dealing with: (a) development of a student data tape containing both intellective and non-intellective data; (b) development of a computer-based retrieval system to be used with a student data tape; (c) development of a senior survey form to be used on graduates of Illinois institutions of higher…

This report deals in detail with the characteristics of a good school records system; and with the ways to design, maintain, and use such records. It includes discussions of (1) the legal aspects of record keeping; (2) the purposes of pupil records; (3) suggested pupil record areas and items; (4) types of pupil records; (5) school staff…

A discussion of the computerized Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS) is presented. The author first describes it as a functional automated system, headquartered in the Arkansas Department of Education, which serves the record transferral needs of seasonal farm migrant children as they move throughout the contiguous 48 states.…

The Adult Students' Guide is designed to assist the busy part-time Adult Basic Education Teacher maintain a continuous evaluation of individual student's progress. The guide presents an overview of the five curriculum areas in Adult Basic Education. The contents of the guide are: (1) instructions to teachers; (2) evaluation questionnaire; (3)…

As a supplement to the principal reports, a compilation of criterion check items and diagnostic test items identified by terminal objectives is presented in this document relating to the U. S. Naval Academy Self-Paced Physics Course. Included are a progress check item bank, student terminal objective key sheets, quarterly diagnostic tests and…

The federal Buckley Amendment, enacted in 1974, guarantees the privacy of student records. Guidelines are given school districts for implementing the law. (MLF)

Discusses a number of potential security and privacy problems that are frequently found in educational information systems and presents a framework for reviewing potential risks in an educational information system and procedures for insuring that adequate countermeasure exist. (Author/IRT)