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Tompkins, John F. – 1983
The Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District Chapter I Mathematics Program served 1,110 students in grades 2-8. Chapter I Math students in grades two through six achieved gains on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills from pre to posttesting. Scores on these tests are reported using a metric known as the Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE). The…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attitude Measures, Budgets, Compensatory Education
Sophomore Cohort Postsecondary Education Transcript Study. High School and Beyond. Technical Report.
Download full textKnight, Shirley; And Others – 1988
Procedures are described that were used to collect and process postsecondary school transcripts for a subsample of members of the younger (i.e. 1980 sophomore) cohort of the High School and Beyond study who attended postsecondary institutions at any time after leaving high school. Five chapters are as follows: (1) introduction (the National Center…
Descriptors: Academic Records, College Bound Students, Computer Uses in Education, Data Analysis
Gutmann, Babette; And Others – 1988
This report examines federal, state, and local databases containing information on migrant workers and their children, identifies their common characteristics, and assesses their potential utility to inform educational policy analysis. General criteria used to evaluate each database's strengths and weaknesses include standardization, reliability,…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Sullivan, Kathryn – 1988
The popularity of DIALOG database searching causes problems when requestors do not understand how the service operates or how to fill out a search request. This report describes the implementation of a computer-aided instructional (CAI) program, which was developed using the UTAH PILOT programming language, to convey basic information about DIALOG…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Bibliographic Databases, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Brandhorst, Ted, Ed. – 1989
The result of a comprehensive search for writings about the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) published between 1985 and 1988, this annotated bibliography lists 107 documents and journal articles about ERIC that were entered in the ERIC database during that period. The 1964-1978 edition cited 269 items. The 1979-1984 edition cited…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Clearinghouses, Comparative Analysis, Databases
Galloway, James W. – 1988
This study reports and compares patron usage rates from January 1987 to May 1988 for three separate ERIC database systems at the library at Texas Woman's University (TWU): (1) online searches of the ERIC file through the mainframe computers of DIALOG Information Services (DIALOG ERIC), which are offered in the library reference department by…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Costs
Phillips, Dennis – 1988
Intended to provide a basic overview of the facilities and resources of the library on the Allentown Campus of Pennsylvania State University, this student workbook is designed to familiarize students with what is available to them in the library; to introduce them to skills likely to be used in varying degrees throughout life, regardless of what…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Sources
Online, Inc., Weston, CT. – 1988
Reprints of 20 articles pertaining to the topics of end-users and public access appear in this volume, which is one in a series of volumes of reprints from "ONLINE" and "DATABASE" magazines. Edited for information professionals who use electronically distributed databases, these articles address such topics as: (1) managing a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation
Cousineau, Marie-Josee, Comp. – 1986
Designed to assist terminologists, translators, librarians, and documentalists by promoting resource-sharing, networking, and cooperation in the transfer and dissemination of international terminological data, this directory lists information resources and reference services available from 60 libraries and documentation centers around the world.…
Descriptors: Databases, Directories, Documentation, Global Approach
Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg. – 1985
This curriculum guide is intended for any librarian in Pennsylvania committed to teaching online searching and looking for guidelines to integrate the skill into the full academic curriculum. The publication will enable school librarians to assist students in developing the skills that will enable them to search and retrieve information from…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Databases, Educational Strategies
Kedney, R. – 1984
The management of course registration by Wirral Education Authority in England is discussed, along with the relationship of course size and student retention. After providing background information on the control of course size, standards set by Wirral are specified. Data on initial registrations and attendance levels as measured three or four…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Class Size, College Attendance, Databases
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This oversight hearing was held to review the status of the 21-year-old Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) program, which is administered by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) in the U.S. Department of Education, and to hear administration proposals for the redesign of the ERIC system. This report of the hearing…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Clearinghouses, Educational Change
Gorman, Kathleen – 1987
This System and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) flyer/kit is based on two research efforts: a 1986 SPEC survey on the collection and use of management statistics related to reference services, and a 1987 supplemental survey on qualitative measures of reference services. A brief introduction describes the survey and discusses the evaluation of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Databases, Evaluation Methods
Ball, A.; And Others – 1980
This report presents eight papers prepared for a workshop held in June 1980, which was planned to exchange ideas and experiences about, and arrive at a better understanding of, the technological issues that have an impact on videotex systems and their use. Papers emphasize alternative architectures for present and future videotex systems; database…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Cable Television, Charts, Databases
Loadman, William; And Others – 1983
The Ohio State University School of Education has developed a plan and established a data base to provide information to respond to anticipated accreditation visits. A format was designed to determine the breadth and depth of all standards by comparing and contrasting National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standards with…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Databases, Documentation
