Computer assisted school administration and management: the state of the art in seven nations

In this last article in this special issue of the Journal of Research on Computing in Education, the state of the art of computer assisted school administration (CASA) is synthesized, based on the preceding articles about administrative computing in Australia, England, Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, The Netherlands, and the United States. First, the findings of the “country-specific” articles are summarized with respect to the framework presented in the first article of this issue. Next, the elements of the framework are reviewed, and some general conclusions are subsequently presented concerning the current status of CASA worldwide.