Fund accounting, currently used by many colleges and universities to report their economic performance, may obscure rather than clarify the facts for institutional constituencies. Global accounts are more thorough and descriptive of the institution's financial status, and can be used in conjunction with traditional accounting. (MSE)

This paper reviews several approaches used by special education teachers in collecting and maintaining pupil performance data. Techniques using work samples, graphs and charts, and audio or videotapes are discussed. A three-stage data maintenance system is outlined, and blank forms for recording student data are included for reproduction and use.…

This article presents the Seizure Observation Form for documenting objective information concerning seizure activity in the classroom and presents guidelines for seizure observation, consisting of questions to direct educators' observations of a seizure. Types of seizures and necessary safety procedures are discussed. (JDD)

Technological advances can be very helpful in managing college development functions, including organizing information on prospective individual and group donors, managing development staff, and precise and complex recordkeeping. Continued user demands promise to spur development of further program management techniques and tools. (MSE)

Interviews with 12 senior administrators (8 college, 2 business, 2 hospital) who kept a journal for a year or more revealed 3 major journal-keeping functions: sorting through administrative chaos; generating solutions to problems; and documenting the past by recording details of decisions, personal data, responses to situations. Implications for…

The most recent tax law creates stiffer rules forcing donors to document their charitable gifts in exchange for offering charities relief from the 1986 Alternative Minimum Tax law. For colleges and universities, who already follow relatively stringent receipt rules, the new regulation is a free and valuable benefit. (MSE)

The dental profession can contribute to effective computer-based decision support through developing data standards and a comprehensive computerized patient record system that can be integrated with evolving health care decision support networks. (DB)

Discusses a record-keeping system for school counselors. Examines objectives in maintaining such a system, such as documenting various counseling contacts, the content of one such system, and the evolution of forms used for gathering information. Provides an evaluation and includes the benefits derived from such a system. (RJM)

To avoid California schools' experience with Occupational Safety and Health Administration fines, principals should comply with safety regulations, establish quick-response procedures, take care of chemicals, prepare site personnel for state OSHA visits, inform safety personnel about procedures for appealing citations, keep good records, and work…

All students have privacy rights. Principals must understand the legal guarantees of confidentiality of records, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's intent and alignment with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act regarding disabled students' records, and disclosure of information in educational records, particularly to…

Discusses the use of anecdotal records to document young children's school behavior and accomplishments. Considers the use of informal records to capture daily events and formal records to document milestone behaviors. (JPB)

Documents the development of a system of assessment in physical education that is practical for implementation in a large, urban school system, focusing on: conditions affecting student assessment and record keeping; course-related assessment; and documenting the assessment process. The paper emphasizes that assessment of progress toward standards…

Examined implementation of the "Looking After Children" (LAC) materials in 12 local authorities in England. Found that only 10 of 757 case files contained no LAC documentation. Standards of completion varied among local authorities, different forms, area offices, and groups of children. Completion was better for children admitted to the…

This 1967 paper examines the importance of keeping student health records, proposing that modern data processing methods be used to keep those records more efficiently. The paper describes how efficiently a computer could keep such information and makes a brief cost-benefit analysis of computerizing student health records. (SM)

New guidelines to provide more flexibility and certainty in meeting federal time distribution recordkeeping requirements for U.S. Department of Education programs are outlined in this document. Directed to state, local and Indian tribal governments, the new guidelines are expected to avoid audit appeals and disputes, freeing teachers and…