Videotapes can provide useful records for insurance purposes when schools suffer fire or other calamitous damage. This article describes the production, editing, and storage of videotaped records of the contents of school rooms that contain specialized equipment or materials. (PGD)

Describes a recent study conducted in seven data-processing departments within five different companies that addressed the desirability of maintaining some of the more significant human resources information. Survey results indicated that past assignments and job experience with the company, training sessions attended, and projected training…

Describes a research project which resulted in publication, "The Julian Tribe," and showed how lost Micmac tribal heritage was reconstructed from church, census, county, provincial, and federal records when no tribal printed or secondary accounts or oral tradition remained. (NEC)

Examines effectiveness of self-recordings as the only intervention component within the self-control paradigm for increasing on-task behavior of four behaviorally handicapped students (10-12 years old). Results indicated that more of the intervals were scored on-task when self-recording was in effect than during baseline. Follow-up data indicated…

The paper illustrates practical and cost-effective ways students can share responsibility in delivering instruction, preparing materials, assessing progress, recordkeeping, and improving motivation. (CL)

Evaluates the use of computerized cash registers in school lunch programs. They provide accurate records on food items sold (listing them by categories), can save time, and may perform many other sophisticated functions that improve efficiency and accountability. (MD)

Reports results of a survey of 125 local education authorities in Britain, including standardization of forms and purposes of keeping records on children under five in nursery and primary schools. (SK)

The importance of maintaining and improving college alumni records is discussed. Three types of information needed about alumni are identified: identifiers and locators, qualifiers, and specifiers. (MLW)

Integration of language/communication objectives across the preschool day involves 6 steps: (1) determining language/communication objectives of students, (2) determining most appropriate model for integrating each language/communication objective, (3) determining settings for integration, (4) assigning staff responsibilities, (5) developing and…

Good records of a vocational agriculture program should be divided into three areas: a tentative schedule of summer activities, a daily diary of actual happenings, and a thorough summary report. Listed are eight reasons for the importance of this record system. (Author/MS)

Imagine a literacy-centered classroom where reading and writing are no longer viewed as school skills, but as life skills--a classroom where students voluntarily and spontaneously engage in discussions about their reading and writing. This book offers personal evidence of the workshop approach as it applies to a balanced language arts program for…

This report summarizes efforts by the state of New York to ensure the accuracy and integrity of data reported by school districts. The Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) has taken the lead in reviewing these data, focusing on the uses of attendance and enrollment data and making recommendations for improvement in state systems and local…

This document presents the proceedings of a December 2001 policy forum of the National Association of State Directors of Special Education on describing and documenting school discipline. Included are summaries of the following presentations: "Opening Remarks" (Lou Danielson); "OSEP Data on School Discipline" (Elaine Carlson and Judy Holt);…

To prepare instructional materials for training specialized accounting clerks, teachers must visit offices and make task analyses of these jobs utilizing the systems approach. Described are models developed for training these types of accounting clerks: computer control clerks, coupon clerks, internal auditing clerks, and statement clerks. (SC)

This paper describes one child care agency's use of a management information system to provide data swiftly, accurately, and in a usable form. (ST)