The multidimensional approach to student evaluation at the University of Tennessee and the demand for current accurate reports about the progress of prospective physicians has made computerization of student evaluations mandatory. (Author/PG)

Administrators are scurrying to keep up with changes brought about by the Buckley Amendment that opens confidential student records. (Author/MLF)

At Florida Technological University, an official student transcript system was developed using computer assistance. The record files consist of three sections: a student record file, a transfer record file, and a master class schedule. (Author/PG)

The paper is the fifth of a series of working papers developed by a project which conducted a cooperative study of existing student study team (SST) processes in nine California special education local plan areas. The working papers augment the final report by providing detailed descriptions of the methods used and the preliminary findings. This…

A central computer stores the current scholastic and medical histories of more than 400,000 migrant children; Youngstown State University in Ohio registers students by computer; and a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) program in Wisconsin helps people learn prerequisite knowledge for a trade or occupation. (MLF)

Presents suggestions for alternatives to standardized testing. The means for alternative methods of evaluation are easily accessible if educational resources are organized for that purpose. (Author/IRT)

A law which provides parents and students access to students' education records may have the effect of greatly diminishing the amount of research that can be conducted involving the use of data on school students. (Author/AM)

A plan for a long term tracking system for handicapped children (birth to 5 years old) in Illinois is considered. The plan, based on agreements among five state agencies, could be used in a variety of ways, including for direct client care, statistical recordkeeping, and service evaluation. Advantages of an interactive system are identified, and…

This document is designed to assist Oregon school districts to develop and implement student record policies in accordance with state and federal legislation. The first section provides guidelines for maintenance and control of and access to student records. Section two provides a model policy statement for school boards to consider when adopting…

A record-keeping system based on Piagetian process categories plus guidelines for keeping records are provided as a practical starting point for teachers and students in training who are working in Piagetian preschool programs. Reasons for keeping individual records, the characteristics of good records, assumptions of the cognitively oriented…

QUESTION-TYPE JOB OR ASSIGNMENT SHEETS IN THIS GUIDE DIRECT THE STUDENT'S RELATED STUDY IN COOPERATIVE TRAINING PROGRAMS. THE MATERIAL WAS DEVELOPED BY TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL COORDINATORS, SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALISTS, AND TEACHER EDUCATORS. IT WAS TESTED BY USE IN HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. THE 61 JOB SHEETS ARE KEYED TO THREE RELATED REFERENCE BOOKS, BUT…

A CLASSIFICATION PLAN FOR MAINTAINING CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS WAS CONSTRUCTED TO HELP THE COUNSELOR SAVE TIME AND STILL HAVE A USABLE RECORD OF HIS SESSIONS AND, WHEN ALL RECORDS ARE ANALYZED AND SUMMARIZED, TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TYPES OF PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY STUDENTS. THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR CLASSIFICATION CATEGORIES CONSISTED OF (1) TWO…

In this institute, the participants were trained to use peripheral computer related equipment. They were taught Fortran programming skills so they might write and redimension statistical formulary programs, and they were trained to assemble data so they might access computers via both card and punched-tape input. The objectives of the Institute…