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Carey, Kevin – Education Canada, 2009
Almost nobody, it seems, disputes the importance of effective teachers--including teachers themselves. However, principals actually do none of the things they do when they value something as highly as most people say they value good teachers. By looking at scores on year-end standardized tests by teachers, principals think they have a pretty good…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Standardized Tests, Teacher Surveys, Educational Change
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. – 2003
This report is intended to stimulate inquiry into the achievement of special groups of students in Alberta schools and model reporting to the public on these students, a traditionally weak area of school board Annual Education Results reports. The data in the report provide provincial level comparisons to data that may be compiled by school…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Administration, Foreign Countries, Limited English Speaking
Sheehan, Bernard S.; Newsted, Peter R. – 1984
Computer-based support services needed by individual planners/managers in small academic units (deans' and department heads' offices) within a larger higher education environment should provide the capability to interact easily and inexpensively with powerful information systems which allow the planner to integrate data from several sources, test…
Descriptors: Deans, Department Heads, Educational Planning, Educational Research
Canale, Michael; And Others – 1985
A report on a two-year study of the use of microcomputers in language arts programs in Ontario provides information on the following topics: background and orientation of the study; project goals and methods; summary of needs and recommendations from the first year of the study; results from the second year; and general recommendations. The study…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Courseware
Wright, P.; Valbonesi, P. – 1985
This report comprises a detailed evaluation of two minicomputer-based school information management systems for use at the senior high school level: (1) Prompt Automated Scheduling System (PASS) by Mid-American Corporation and locally developed software, which runs on an IBM minicomputer, and (2) Student Administration System (SAS) by SIERRA…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Data Processing, Databases
Humphreys, Edward H.; And Others – 1986
This report presents results of research conducted in 1982 on the management of student information in Ontario. Amendments in 1982 to the Education Act, referred to as "Bill 82," mandated maintenance of student information and documentation of certain decision-making processes. The study examines the bill's legal implications and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Confidential Records, Decision Making, Disclosure