Decision-Oriented Educational Research

I Background.- 1 Educational Research and Educational Systems.- 2 The Pittsburgh Experience.- II Generalizations About Decision-Oriented Educational Research.- 3 Client Orientation.- 4 The Importance of Being Methodologically Eclectic.- 5 Monitoring Indicators and Tailoring Practice.- 6 Computer-Based Information Systems.- 7 Program Documentation.- 8 Understanding Achievement Test Results.- 9 Utilization and the Role of the Dissemination Process.- 10 Summary, Conclusions, and Implications.- III The Case Histories.- Case History 1 Elementary School Achievement Study.- Case History 2 Achievement Implications of Grade Reorganization.- Case History 3 Evaluation of Project Pass.- Case History 4 A District-Wide Needs Assessment.- Case History 5 Documenting the Development of a School Improvement Program.- Case History 6 Title I Program for Secondary Students.- Case History 7 Middle-School Needs Assessment.- Case History 8 Computer-Based Information Systems.- Case History 9 Documenting the Development of a Secondary Teacher Center.- Case History 10 The Use of Achievement Test Results in Personnel Evaluation.- Case History 11 Selection of a New Reading Program.- References.