| The purpose of the study was to examine the level of use, level of satisfaction and the degree of implementation of administrative computing by middle school principals in Georgia. The areas of administrative computing included discipline, student information, student assessment, scheduling, co/extra curricular activities, personnel files, inventories, public relations, and financial records. These administrative computing areas were analyzed using the demographic characteristics of sex, race, age, years of administrative experience, school enrollment, highest degree earned, the location of a computer in the principal's office, the personal ownership of a computer, and the principal's knowledge level of the use of computers for the nine administrative task areas.; The population of this study consisted of 173 middle school principals in Georgia whose schools were receiving the 13% Middle School Incentive Grant. The Administrative Computing Survey (ACS) was used to collect the data regarding the characteristics of the principals; the level of use of computers; the level of satisfaction with the current computer applications; and the principals perceived personal level of knowledge of computer applications. Open-ended questions were asked as to whether a needs assessment and a plan of implementation were completed before the current computer applications were put into place; what computer programs were currently being used; and what changes or improvements would they make in the current applications in their school.; Ten null hypotheses were tested using the data collected on the ACS. ANOVA, t test and chi-square were used to test for statistically significant differences at the.05 level.; Statistical significance was found in the level of use, satisfaction, and knowledge in several administrative task areas based on the variables of the sex of the principal, the ownership of a computer, having a computer in the principal's office, the completion of a needs assessment and the completion of a plan of implementation. No statistical significance was found based on the variables of race, highest degree, age, years of administrative experience, or school enrollment.; The overall conclusion from this study was that there were no statistically significant differences for the selected variables regarding the level of use, satisfaction, or knowledge of administrative computer applications in Georgia middle schools. |
