To help business teachers who would like to improve or expand their offerings in data processing, Minnesota developed curriculum guidelines for a potential three-semester data processing program at the high school level. This article discusses Minnesota's approach for identifying course content, basic assumptions for curriculum guidelines, and…

Pretests and dictation achievement tests were administered to 1,317 first-year shorthand students and 120 second-year students learning Century 21, Forkner, or Gregg shorthand in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area high schools. Forkner shorthand students achieved a higher accuracy and transcription rate during the first year of instruction. Thus, it is…