This collection of essays discusses some of the general concerns and issues related to tracking the flow of community college students through higher education. The chapters in the volume include: (1) "Tracking Systems and Student Flow," by Trudy H. Bers; (2) "Beyond the College: State Policy Impact on Student Tracking Systems," by Ann Kieffer Bragg; (3) "Keeping Your Admissions Office on Track: A Community College Perspective," by Alison Rutter Barrett; (4) "A Tracking Scheme for Basic Skills Intake Assessment," by Richard A. Voorhees and Sharon Hart; (5) "Computerized Tracking System for Underprepared Students," by Pat Smittle, Michael R. LaVallee, Jr., and William E. Carman; (6) "Tracking and Monitoring Students in Special Groups," by Melvin L. Gay and Costas S. Boukouvalas; (7) "Tracking Students in Community Colleges: The Unreported Challenges," by Trudy H. Bers and Alan M. Rubin; (8) "Student Intentions, Follow-up Studies, and Student Tracking," by Michael R. Stevenson, R. Dan Walleri, and Saundra M. Japely; (9) "LONESTAR: Texas's Voluntary Tracking and Developmental Education Evaluation System," by Stanley I. Adelman, Peter T. Ewell, and John R. Grable; (10) "Computers and Student Flow/Tracking Systems," by Judith W. Leslie; and (11) "Trends and Issues: Student Tracking Systems at Community Colleges," by Jim Palmer. (ALB).

Presents a model for ensuring quality teaching that balances the necessity of research-based data with the equally vital need to understand the strengths and weaknesses of individual students.

The International Handbook of Research on Teachers and Teaching provides a fresh look at the ever changing nature of the teaching profession throughout the world. This collection of over 70 articles addresses a wide range of issues relevant for understanding the present educational climate in which the accountability of teachers and the standardized testing of students have become dominant.

The Further Education (FE) sector in the United Kingdom has devoted time, energy, and resources in recent years to the development and improvement of information systems known as management-information systems. This report presents the findings of a research project on the use of management-information systems in student tracking. The project was established and funded by the Further Education Development Agency (FEDA) and the Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) in response to demand from colleges in the FE sector. The project sought to develop a model that colleges could use when specifying software to track students' progress. The model accounts for student mobility, prior learning, credit accumulation and transfer, and records of achievement. The report also offers recommendations for sector institutions, the FEFC, software suppliers, and FEDA. Proposals for the next phase of the project are outlined. The research reflects the move from gathering global information about student populations toward gathering information about and for individuals. Ten figures are included. Appendices contain a list of project team members, case studies, a bibliography of 15 references, and a glossary. (LMI)