This document outlines the objectives and procedures of a program at a New Mexico school district whose purpose is to enable school personnel to systematically monitor students' academic and disciplinary progression. The objectives of the program are to diagnose academic or disciplinary problems and prescribe remedies, to establish an oncampus…

A computer program designed to assist a psychology department in recordkeeping and providing information to the American Psychological Association is presented. Descriptive information about the computer program is also included. The program employs the Statistical Analysis System to access a database of demographic data for students entering the…

In view of the dramatic increase in the numbers of laws and lawsuits since the 1960s, teachers must become aware of the privacy considerations and potential legal problems that may arise when writing a letter of recommendation or giving a verbal reference. They should become familiar with present common law doctrine and recent legislation…

Objectives and findings of the Basic Grant Validation Study, which investigated the validity of information provided by applicants to the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) program, are described. Implications of the findings for financial aid application validation are also discussed. Seven separate studies were conducted in order to:…

This guide is designed to present and deal with the major concerns of all those responsible for evaluating, installing, and maintaining a performance-based teacher education (PBTE) program. It is also intended, in a wider sense, for all who are interested in exploring the potential of performance-based education at any level and in any subject…

"Enrollment Information System" is used to denote a procedure by which student specific data, rather than aggregated tables, will be transmitted to the Maryland State Board of Higher Education (SBHE) on computer tapes. Tapes received by SBHE contain essentially one punched card per student, permitting staff to generate more efficiently…

This publication consists of 29 articles that were published between April 1974 and June 1977 in the "Students and the Law" column of the National Association of Secondary School Principals' magazine, the "Student Advocate." In editing the articles, an attempt has been made to eliminate or update any suggestions or conclusions that may have been…

This handbook is intended to provide students and parents with a narrative summary of their rights and responsibilities in California public schools. Implications of laws and state regulations, as well as pertinent court decisions, are presented in such areas as student behavior (including discipline, corporal punishment, and dress codes),…

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (commonly known as the Buckley Amendment) grants parents of students and eligible students the right to inspect, challenge, and, to some degree, control the release of information from a student's school or college file. The act provides for denial of federal funds to institutions that do not…

This paper describes the application of a touch-tone/Synthesized Voice Output facility for the administrative inquiry of a student information data base. It contrasts the traditional audio response with the synthesized voice output and describes the principles of voice synthesizer operation and the software resources required. It also addresses…

Techniques used by large and small institutions to trace and keep track of alumni are outlined, based on data from a national survey. Additionally, two articles on recordkeeping are presented. For 19 of the 27 institutions surveyed, information is provided on: institutional data regarding alumni population, staff assigned to tracing lost alumni,…

This manual provides guidelines for implementing the instructional program in reading prescribed for the Basic Skills Project of the Phoenix, Arizona, Union High School District. The project supplements instructional efforts for students whose basic skills in reading, English/writing, and mathematics are in greatest need of improvement. The…

In a resolution, the Committee of Ministers recommended that governments of Council of Europe member states ask their countries' school authorities to use the school career and health record for children attending school abroad for a trial period and inform the Council of Europe Secretariat at the end of the trial period of their experience in…

This monograph provides a contextual statement and an introduction to some data from a study of high school students and their employment. The small amount of interpretive comment introduces the 31 tables and calls attention to specific data of particular significance. Data (presented in percentages) come from a survey of all (2056) junior and…

To assist Iowa school boards and administrators in handling student records, this revision of a 1976 publication presents model policies and rules for compliance with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Included in this guide are a model statement of school board policy…