Includes index.

1. Systems concepts and practices in education -- 2. The Concept of total systems in education -- 3. Ten values of the utilization of computers in education -- 4. Electronic data processing as a tool for research in education -- 5. A national educational information system -- 6. An automated statewide information system -- 7. The concept of regional educational data processing centers -- 8. A case for regional educational data centers -- 9. Administrative organization for educational data processing -- 10. The Iowa educational information center and the Cardpac system of educational accounting -- 11. Automated pupil accounting procedures - disk and tape approach -- 12. Pupil scheduling - a disk approach -- 13. Computer sectioning and class scheduling for a university -- 14. An examination of a file structure for personnel and payroll -- 15. Test scoring and related reports at the elementary level -- 16. High school business dp curriculum development -- 17. Teaching a graduate level university course in methods of computer-assisted instruction -- 18. Description of a plato program to teach computer programming.

The aim of this book is to present to school administrators, educators, and student in colleges of education, an overview of where we stand today in planning and implementing automated systems for both administrative and instructional application.