The ways in which parents and students can exercise their rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act are discussed in this booklet. The Act, also known as the Buckley Amendment, gives all parents and guardians of students under 18 years of age and all students who are over 18 or who attend postsecondary schools the right to see,…

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) pertains broadly to education records, though an institution can exempt its law enforcement records from FERPA coverage. The primary purpose of this report was to examine FERPA's effect on the flow of information between institutions of higher education and law enforcement agencies. Study…

This is one of a series of reports based on an ongoing reality test of systemic evaluation for instructional decision making. This feasibility study is being carried out by the Center for the Study of Evaluation with the Laboratory in School and Community Relations at a suburban Los Angeles high school (called Site A). Viewing a school as a…

School boards might wish to check their present policies on student records for compliance with the provisions of "The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974." Once parents learn about it from the media, principals could be faced with a flood of requests to see their children's records. (Author/WM)

Four major pieces of legislation enacted since 1974--Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (the "Buckley Amendment"), Amendment to the Freedom of Information Act, The National Research Act, and The Privacy Act--represent a broad scope, impacting the administration of research, funding procedures, and the very substance and techniques of…

This publication deals with the classroom use of rate sheets as aids in teaching reading decoding skills systematically and sequentially. The introduction explains the use of rate sheets in presenting a systematic arrangement of instructional cues to which children respond for a standard period of time, and it discusses the original development of…

Focusing on courses in shorthand, this guide is one of a set of four articulation guides designed for articulating between secondary and postsecondary business education courses. (The other three guides focus on courses in typewriting, accounting, and office procedures.) Each guide presents a general course description, outlines of the major units…

JOB SHEETS ARE USED IN THIS INDIVIDUAL STUDY GUIDE TO DIRECT GRADE 11 AND GRADE 12 STUDENTS IN COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN AREA VOCATIONAL OR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS. THE GUIDE WAS DEVELOPED BY A STATE COMMITTEE OF TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL COORDINATORS, SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALISTS, AND TEACHER EDUCATORS, AND HAS BEEN USED IN HIGH SCHOOL…

IQ SCORES WERE AVAILABLE FOR 97 PERCENT OF THE PUPILS ENROLLED IN GRADE 10A IN PHILADELPHIA. THE MEDIAN IQ OF PUPILS REPEATING GRADE 10A WAS 93. THE MEDIAN IQ FOR PUPILS NOT REPEATING GRADE 10A WAS 98. WHILE ONLY 37 PERCENT OF THE PUPILS WERE ENROLLED IN COLLEGE PREPARATORY CLASSES, THE COLLEGE PREPARATORY STUDENTS REPRESENTED 88 PERCENT OF THE…

This is one of a set of five handbooks compiled by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory which describes the processes for planning and operating a total Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program. Processes and material are those developed by the original EBCE model--Community Experiences in Career Education or (CE)2. The area of…

The pupil personnel accounting system developed and used by Ohio's Franklin County schools is presented. Three main areas are described: (1) the construction, use, and maintainence of the student data base; (2) input, school and center processing, and output routines involved in progress reporting, and (3) procedures for dealing with pupil class…

A SURVEY OF EVENING COLLEGE COUNSELING SERVICES IN CALIFORNIA NETTED RESPONSES FROM 59 OF THE STATE'S 73 JUNIOR COLLEGES. MAJOR EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON PROBLEMS RELATED TO (1) THE COLLEGE PROGRAM AND FACILITIES, (2) STUDENTS, AND (3) COUNSELORS. PROBLEMS CITED BY RESPONDENTS INCLUDED INADEQUATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COUNSELING AND LACK OF ADEQUATE…

The Wisconsin System for Instructional Management (WIS-SIM) is a computer managed instruction (CMI) system designed to improve instructional decision making in order to maximize the educational progress of each child while making efficient use of the available human, material, and financial resources within an organizational structure such as the…