There are no simple answers to the absentee problem, but the technical guides included in this document may provide a better understanding of the problem. These guides may be useful in determining the causes and indicating the ways in which a reduction in absenteeism may be achieved. Topics covered include a definition of absenteeism; a method of…

This document describes the computerized procedures developed and utilized by Montgomery College (Maryland) to maintain records related to student academic progress. The new system was fully operable by fall 1972. Systems development included: (1) the conversion of past student records to a permanent grade history file; (2) the development of a…

The Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS) was designed to permit schools to share the accumulated understanding of many prior schools about the migrant child and his needs. This shared migrant student information frees a school to focus its energy on serving a child's needs instead of using it to identify those needs. If the MSRTS is to…

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is specifically designed to help educationally deprived children. It was amended in 1966 to include the children of migratory agricultural workers. Today more than 235,000 migrant children receive educational and special supplementary services under Title I. This booklet is designed to…

Approved by the Academic Council, the Academic Senate, and the Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, this document was prepared by the Faculty Committee on Student Affairs after an extensive review and study of the University's rules and structures relating to academic freedom for students. In an attempt to formulate an operational…

The document attempts to consolidate and summarize the literature which documents the development and initial use of the continuing education unit (CEU). The first section discusses the need for legitimization of an individual's participation in noncredit programs. Section 2 presents a brief history of the CEU, and the third section interprets the…

This monograph presents three papers which examine policy questions and the conflict inherent in safeguarding individual rights to privacy and the management of pupil records. The first paper discusses the Russell Sage Document that outlines guidelines for the collection, maintenance, and dissemination of pupil records. To reduce the legal…

The Montgomery County, Maryland Public Schools, working with Operations Research, Incorporated, developed a Pupil Master File (PLMF). PLMF is one of the several applications included within the Pupil Subsystem of the district's overall computerized School Information System. The PLMF is designed to provide: 1) a master file which enables users to…

Activities to date are summarized for the California Education Information System (CEIS), a data processing service which provides county and regional offices with a series of automated applications capable of meeting the majority of standard pupil and business information processing requirements. The following components are included: an outline…

This report provides technical information on an on-line student registration system developed by Montgomery College. Part I, Systems Development, describes the background, objectives and benefits, system design, and reports generated by the system. Part II, Operating Instructions, describes input forms, registration system functions, file…

Examines the relationship between identified disruptive students enrolled in the Educational Support Program and data recorded on their guidance cumulative folders to justify early childhood intervention as a means of prevention. Disruptive students tended to have lower IQ scores, come from large families, and be from minority groups. (Author)

The text of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, which concerns students' school records is provided. This is followed by: appended regulations and amendments; a section on school records of handicapped children; the Massachusetts regulations on implementation of the Act; and examples of consent and data forms relating to…

Describes the computerization of student academic records for a science course with multisection laboratories. (SL)

A study found that variables significant in predicting minority students with academic difficulty include science grade-point average, Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) reading subtest score, and number of course withdrawals. For majority students, they include MCAT biology subtest score and number of incompletes taken in courses. (MSE)