We study the effectiveness of teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) in Washington State, which has one of the largest populations of National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) in the nation. Based on value-added models in math and reading, we find that NBPTS certified teachers are about 0.01-0.05…

Poor academic performance during childhood predicts later adverse outcomes, and could be targeted for improvement if detected early. This study used population-based record linkage to examine the association between early life risk factors and academic achievement at two different stages of development using two different cohorts: a kindergarten…

Carol Harrison is the registrar at the College of Southern Maryland, and back in the days of paper, she used to have a problem: keeping track of students' records, especially as they moved from one department to another, and through one process or system after another. It wasn't that the records disappeared; they were just, well, occasionally hard…

This article details the adventures of locating old school records and the necessity of preserving them both for historical educational interest and for practical purposes such as documentation of peoples' ages. (JA)

With expressed needs for privilege communication in education continuing to manifest themselves through the consideration and passage of legislation, this article reconsiders prevailing legal and ethical limits to confidentiality, with particular reference to the APGA Ethical Standards of 1961. (Author)

The Dade County (Florida) school system saved building space and money with a records management program for student and administrative records and with a modern microfilm electronic filing system. (Author/MLF)

THE CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS ADOPTED A UNIFORM TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN OF MIGRATORY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLING MIGRANT CHILDREN MUST COMPLETE A STANDARDIZED FORM FOR EACH MIGRANT CHILD AND FORWARD IT WITH THE PUPIL WHEN HE WITHDRAWS FROM SCHOOL. A COPY ALSO MUST BE FORWARDED TO THE STATE…

AT WORCESTER JUNIOR COLLEGE, MASSACHUSETTS, USE OF A MANUALLY OPERATED PUNCHED CARD SYSTEM HAS RESULTED IN (1) SIMPLIFIED REGISTRATION PROCEDURES, (2) QUICK ANALYSIS OF CONFLICTS AND PROBLEMS IN CLASS SCHEDULING, (3) READY ACCESS TO STATISTICAL INFORMATION, (4) DIRECTORY INFORMATION IN A WIDE RANGE OF CLASSIFICATIONS, (5) EASY VERIFICATION OF…

The establishment and maintenance of a successful placement program necessitates the establishment of a smooth flowing record-keeping system. The materials comprising the document were prepared as a supplementary handout for a career placement workshop; they are forms and materials used by one community college and are offered as samples. The…

For journal availability, see EC 092 078. Suggestions are given for clarifying 20 behavioral descriptions (such as bizarre behavior and poor attention span) for use in student records. (CL)

Because of the large quantities of data that are involved, the computer is the most logical tool to consider in the resolution of the confusion of course numbering systems at higher education institutions. (Author/PG)

Reprinted here, with permission of the Russell Sage Foundation, selected excerpts from Guidelines for the Collection, Maintenance, and Dissemination of Pupil Records, published in 1970. The document is the report of a work conference, convened by tehe Foundation in May 1969. (Author)