STUDIES RECEIVED BY THE CLEARINGHOUSE DEALING WITH STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE RESEARCH BASED ON STUDENT QUESTIONNAIRES, ON STUDENT RECORDS, AND ON REVIEWS OF LITERATURE. DATA ARE REPORTED BOTH GRAPHICALLY AND IN TABULAR FORM, ACCOMPANIED IN MOST CASES BY NARRATIVE COMMENT. GREATER FREQUENCY IS NOTED IN UTILIZATION OF TOTAL STUDENT POPULATIONS…

AN EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENCES AMONG EIGHTH GRADE BOYS AND GIRLS IN REGARD TO THEIR LEVEL OF EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATION AND THEIR ADJUSTMENT IN THE SCHOOL SITUATION WAS PRESENTED. THE STUDENTS STUDIED ATTENDED SEVEN DIFFERENT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. FOUR OF THE SCHOOLS WERE PREDOMINANTLY COMPOSED OF CHILDREN FROM MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES, AND THREE, OF…

Presented is a design for a data recording sheet which is claimed to be flexible, simple, time-saving , and convenient for classroom teachers to use. It is explained that scoring indicates criterion level, number and pattern of correct and incorrect responses, and a linear graph of the student's ongoing performance. (CL)

The Educational Passport is a service that is being developed at the Educational Testing Service for students or other individuals in order to facilitate their entry to school or college or employment. The Passport is an accumulative record that the individual prepares and owns and uses. At the Educational Testing Service, photographed documents…

This report presents an examination of data systems in education, and provides a framework through which such data systems can provide the basis for a powerful information bank to aid educational decisions. (Author)

This document is a collection of 12 forms that have been designed to aid school personnel in the processing of standardized achievement tests. The forms adapt to any typical achievement test whether the scale is a classroom or a large school organization. These forms are essentially a visual aid to interpretation. For the pupil there are two forms…

A feedback system for reporting individual pupil variables; classroom, school, and districtwide summaries was designed. The system utilized optically scanned forms which produced input files for report production. The system was designed so that the numbers and types of variables were fixed, but that the content of the variables was completely…

The two concepts of individualized instruction in reading, prescriptive individualized instruction (IPI) and the individualized reading program (IRP), differ in the nature of their structures. The IPI program involves a progressive sequence of learning tasks which are accomplished at an individual's own rate. The IRP involves exploration and…

This monograph is concerned with the uses to which an individualized student information system could be put for obtaining valuable insights into the progress of a variety of students through the educational system. In chapter 1, the concepts and terminology required for an understanding of transition matrixes are introduced, and a mathematical…

This presentation discusses information that resulted from a conference on school record keeping. Several of the principles recommended by the conference report are: (1) no information should be collected about students without the informed consent of parents and, in some cases, the student; (2) only the highly stable information collected should…

Should parents be allowed to see the records that teachers keep on their children? Or do the professionals have the sole right to control access to such information? Teacher opinion is divided on this controversial issue and this is a report on the subject. (Editor/RK)

Presents a review of the high school science and mathematics records of 507 freshmen at the University of Washington in Fall 1976 and their participation in college level science and mathematics courses. (SL)

Because the EPSDT (Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment) program produces multiple records from many providers, privacy and confidentiality are difficult to maintain. (CL)

This article summarizes and discusses various provisions of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 designed to regulate content of and to permit family access to student's school records. The author states that basic inequities have been remedied, and that the questions that remain concern mainly details of interpretation…

The author discusses the three major areas in which a proprietary school must function properly in order to be successful: (1) Recruiting, with appropriate entrance tests before student admission; (2) educational program, with courses to train students in skills needed by business; and (3) job placement, the school's best form of advertising. (MF)