This paper views the formulation of national education policy from a systems perspective; the principal foci of the inquiry are the origination of ideas and their movement onto the agenda for action. (Author/JM)

The sense of unity, of community, is lost because we have gone far beyond the human scale in which the individual can contain the social will and the social will can be an instrument ofpersonal fulfilment. Decision-makers need to move toward multi-purpose planning embracing the full spectrum of human needs. (Author)

Complete but concise picture of the California Education Information System, how it developed, its current status, its basic features, and a description of its contents. Covers design, developmental history, business subsystem, pupil subsystem, and a summary. (Author)

The essential components of an ideal facility for computer-assisted musical composition and research are briefly described. More detailed consideration is given to the central role of a graphical display unit in such a system. (Author)

Illustrates how fuel selection in large school systems can be based on life cycle costs for fuel and buildings as a total energy/cost package. Cites an example of how such cost data can be used to institute changes in school district fuel use. (Author/DN)

Article describes a systems approach for producing instructional media materials. The process presented in this article was used in the development of five multi-media units in career awareness.

The typical grants management process is analyzed into components and each component is discussed with a view to alternative ways of designing the component. An evaluation model is presented in which administrators may appraise the desirability of actual or planned grants management approaches. (Author/DN)

Authors state that research and the systems approach are effective in mutually exclusive ways, differentially applicable in educational problem-solving, and thus complementary, suggesting that each can be studied using the methodology of the other. (Author)

An examination of the current state of the art of relating the systems approach to the teaching of reading. Both theoretical and practical aspects are considered. (Author)

A whole system of behavioral control surrounds the curriculum material which presumes to control student and teacher behavior at all times. (Author)

Author looks at programed learning and analyzes why he believes it has not been as sucessful an educational tool as many educators predicted. (HB)

Data from two studies at Gladstone High School in California support the assumption that daily writing and daily correction and grading based exclusively on mechanics do improve a student's ability to write more correctly by eliminating common errors. (Author)

Discusses the attributes of the behavior system and a model that suggests the feasibility of the development of a new and required analytic capability for systems of human behavior. (Author/RK)

Describes a systems model for designing environmental education programs in schools. Four major phases are identified which suggest planning experiences for environmental awareness, knowledge, and action. (PS)