ERIC Number: ED281293
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Dec
Pages: 56
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Management Information, 1986. Series: 1986-87. Report No. 17.
Sacramento City Unified School District, CA.
This report analyzes surveys and studies using a management information system developed in 1985-86 by the Sacramento (California) school district. Objectives were to facilitate policy decisions and to provide a database for assessment of student achievement, district progress, and the district's long-range plan. The report is presented in nine sections. Section 1 discusses objectives, steering committee, studies and surveys, data use, and report organization. Six goal areas serve as topics of the long-range plan and are research indicators of effective schools: student achievement, learning environment, staff and student morale, community partnership, facilities, and management programs. Section 2 describes how studies were conducted. Data on the six topics were gathered by surveys of students, staff, parents, businesses, community, facilities, and finances. Sections 3 through 8 present information from the topical studies. Summary statements precede each section. Section 9 offers conclusions and recommendations. Findings include the following observations: academic achievement, while like that of similar schools, is below state averages; most students like school and give high marks to the instructional program; parents rate schools highly and believe that the academic program is effective; and the quantity of homework needs further study. An appendix lists researchers of each study. (CJH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Board of Education Policy, Data Interpretation, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Long Range Planning, Management Information Systems, Parent School Relationship, Research Utilization, School Business Relationship, School Community Relationship, School Effectiveness, School Involvement, School Personnel, Student Needs, Student School Relationship, Surveys
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Sacramento City Unified School District, CA.
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