A method for determining a school district's ranking of its educational goals, making use of board of education, administration, faculty, and community attitudes toward local needs, is outlined in this document. Written for use in Pennsylvania districts, the manual is designed to serve in conjunction with the state's Educational Quality Assessment…

Since the first edition of "Schools and Data", the No Child Left Behind Act has swept the country, and data-based decision making is no longer an option for educators. Today's educational climate makes it imperative for all schools to collect data and use statistical analysis to help create clear goals and recognize strategies for…

This guide is essentially designed as a teaching aid for those who would inform planners, officials of educational ministries, school administrators, principals, and teachers about educational outcome measurements. In outline and graphic form, the guide presents topics for discussion in a seminar dealing with the application of outcome…