discuss performance indicators for schools?
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1. Graduation and retention\n2. Average freshman retention \n3. Graduation rate\n4. Faculty resources\n5. % of classes under 20 pupils\n6. % of classes over 50 pupils\n7. Student/faculty ratio\n8. & of faculty full time\n9. SAT percentile
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Most schools have pre-printed progress reports available in their main office. My middle school and high school children pick them up Friday mornings and bring them home after school on Friday. If your school does not provide one, create one yourself in Word or a similar program. Most teachers are more than happy to complete these because it shows that you care about your child's education.
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Greetings\n\nWhat has your experience been at your school?\n\nWhat have you learned?\n\nHighlights?\n\nTeachers\n\nWhat are you looking forward to, future plans\n\nWhat advice?\n\nThank yous.
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in NY state there is a rating system that you can search online I think you may be able to do it for all schools. there is a website and if you search on yahoo or google you should get some information..check out the link below first.
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www.greatschools.net\n\nthat has test scores, school performance, etc.
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Contact your school registrar. It's their job to keep a record of exam results.
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C'mon people, let's be constructive.......poor lolit is just trying to get some help!  \n\nI would suggest going from a general topic and then getting more and more specific.  So, maybe your general topic is:\n\nAcademic Achievement\n\nThen you read a few articles on the topic and see some that have looked at the relationship between academic achievement and parental involvement--but with conflicting results!  \n\nThen, you read a few articles on academic achievment and parental involvement, get an idea about what kind of research is being conducted, and maybe you see that nobody has compared the effects of parental involvement on student acheivement across races......so now we are getting more specific....race and the relationship between academic achievement parental involvement. \n\nThen, you remember that minority groups often have lower achievment than majority groups......hmmmm, now we are getting very specific......what about a study on the relationship between parental involvement and student achievement among African American or Hispanic students?  \n\nAnyway, that is just an example, but the idea is to start with a general topic---a broad area you are interested in....then get more and more specific until you arrive at your specific study!  \n\nAnother good hint is to look at the end of published studies....they often have a paragraph or two on future research directions/unanswered questions (just as you will eventually have in your thesis)---these can be really good for generating ideas.  \n\nGood luck!
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If you are relocating.... if this is to accept a job offer, many people at the place you'll be working probably have kids themselves. Ask them what they think of their children's schools.\n\nFor general online data:\n\nMost rating systems are by school rather than by district or state, because it is the administration of the individual school that makes all the difference.\n\nAlso, keep in mind that online rating sites have skewed results... only people who seek out these sites will be providing feedback. Most people wanting to give feedback have negative responses.\n\nData these sites use that are not immediate, self-initiated parent feedback are generally a year or two out of date.\n\nTry these sites:\n\nhttp://www.greatschools.net/\n\nhttp://www.schoolmatch.com/\n\nhttp://www.homefair.com/sr_home.html
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People misinterpret the school report cards all the time.  Just because a school is getting an A does not mean that they are a good school.  It just means that they are making improvements from where they were last year, along with other factors... such as testing a certain percentage of students in each student category.  Having a school improvement plan.  Drop out rate.  It's not like a student's report card where it shows that they mastered the course material.  When it comes to school report cards you can even have an awsome school fail for a year because they did great the year before and did not improve for the year that is being graded.  That's why schools don't lose funds unless they have a failing grade for several years.  Any more questions... because there is a lot more to this.
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Students want to know "what's in it for them" if they vote for you.  Whether people acknowledge it or not, people want to know whats in it for them.\n\nBut, don't make empty promises.  Instead tell them you will always present the students needs and be a voice for them back to the school adminitrators.\n\nBe "the voice of the students!"\n\n.
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Can't teach effectively without assessing student skill levels to know what to teach next. Do you mean the routine assessing of student levels done by teachers, or the NCLB/state nonsense?
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Hope this helps\nhttp://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/reporting/
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WE need help with our schools!
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Are you talking about classroom management, district policies, or government regulation?
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http://www.assessment.com/\n\nThese are very good assessments.
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We encourage the teachers we train to create performance objectives.  Performance objectives are statements that say how the students will demonstrate the knowledge they learned in that lesson.  Then, at the end of the lesson, if students can do what you want, they have the knowledge.\n\nFor example, if I want the students to know a list of vocabulary words, I can see their knowledge when they use the vocabulary in a matching activity.  My performance objective could be "By the end of class, students will be able to correctly match the 15 vocabulary words we covered today."  When the knowledge is tied to something they do with the knowledge, it's easy to see whether they have the knowledge or not.\n\nYou teach media tech, right?  So, in your class, the knowledge they will have is operating the cameras and other equipment and putting together their projects.  If they can do those things, they have successfully learned.\n\nAlso, you can have the students fill out surveys to evaluate how the class is going for them.  Sometimes I do this informally by just asking the students to write the answers to a couple of questions at the end of class.  Sometimes this is more formal, like the anonymous evaluations we do at the end of the semester.\n\nSome teachers focus more on their own teaching, thinking that the teacher makes all the difference about learning or not.  Some teachers prefer to see themselves as facilitators of student learning.  I certainly hope that my students don't depend on me for all their learning, since I want them to continue learning after my class is over!  So it's not just about being a good teacher, but whether or not you help students learn.
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I found this site that list projects, sorted by grade.\n\nYou might want to keep this in ur favorites as it seems, informative for students.\n\nIt carries a charge if you want more detailed info, but if its for ideas sake its really good.