Minnesota School Report Card

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Minnesota School Report Card

• 2004-2005

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Why a School Report Card?

• MS 120B.36 requires report cards for each school
  including the following components
• objective criteria based on levels of student
  performance
• four to six performance designations
• identification of high and low performing schools
• information on
• student academic performance
• school safety
• staff characteristics
• a value-added growth component by the 2006-07
  school year

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MS 120B.36 continued

• Additional report card requirements
• annual updates
• posted to the web
• each schools designation clearly stated
• available at the beginning of the school year

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How was the report card created?

• The report card was created with on-going input
  from stakeholder groups including
• MESPA
• Education Minnesota
• AMSD
• MASA
• MASSP
• MSBA
• School Districts including
• Edina, St. Paul, Pequot Lakes, Forest Lake, Grand
  Rapids, Bloomington, Byron, St. Croix Education
  District, Hutchenson

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Are report cards the same for all schools?

• In school year 2003-04 the information on the
  report card is specific to the level of each
  school
• High School
• Alternative High School
• Junior High
• Elementary School

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State Report Card

• School Profile
• MCA Academic Achievement
• Advanced Academic Opportunities
• School Safety
• Student Participation
• School Staff Characteristics
• District Staffing
• Report to Taxpayers

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School Profile

• Each schools report card contains a school
  profile that includes
• Information regarding ethnic and demographic
  groups
• Enrollment information
• General information about the school

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Stars for MCA Academic Achievement

• Schools earn stars for
• 1 star for not making AYP for two or more years
• 2 stars for not making AYP during the current
  year
• 3 stars for making AYP
• 4 or 5 stars for high achievement on the MCAs OR
  high achievement compared to comparable schools
• Data corrections done through AYP correction
  process

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Academic Stars for top student performance

• Additional stars for high MCA achievement
• 10 or fewer students scoring in level 1 on the
  MCAs
• 30 or more students scoring in level 4 on the
  MCAs
• Additional stars for high MCA achievement
  compared to comparable schools
• schools with similar numbers of free and reduced
  price lunch
• schools of similar size

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Academic Achievement Information

• AYP information for participation, proficiency,
  attendance or graduation
• MCA test scores across years
• BST scores for middle schools
• Information on student mobility

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Stars for Advanced Academic Opportunities

• School provides academic opportunities
  appropriate for the school
• High school AP, IB, high level math etc.
• ALCs college prep, BST improvement, etc.
• Middle School- honors courses etc.
• Elementary academic enrichment
• Data provided by each school through Report Card
  Center on MDE web site. See each report card for
  exact details on this section.

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Stars for Safe Schools

• Schools that work to provide a safe and healthy
  learning environment are awarded one star for
  each of the following
• Crisis Management Policy
• Harassment Policy
• Dangerous Weapons Policy
• Alcohol/Drug Education Policy
• Anti-Violence/Anti-Bulling Programs

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Safety Information

• Additional information is provided about school
  safety including
• Serious incidents involving Discipline
• Firearms, other weapons, illicit drugs, physical
  assault, sexual assault
• Number of incidents reported
• Actions taken by the school
• Suspension, expulsion, other, referrals to law
  enforcement

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Stars for High School Student Participation

• High Schools with high rates of attendance and
  graduation and low dropout rates will be more
  successful educating students.
• High Schools may earn up to five stars in a forth
  category for meeting
• state attendance targets
• school attendance targets
• state graduation targets
• school graduation targets
• dropout rate targets

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Student Participation Information

• Since attendance is a key to success for students
  at all levels this information is also provided
  for elementary and junior high schools.

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Information About Staff Characteristics

• Additional facts about staff at each school are
  provided including
• school staffing
• licensure
• staff preparation and experience
• professional development
• teacher salary information
• administrator salary information

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Information about the Taxpayers Report

• Additional information about district finances is
  included on each report card
• General Fund revenue per student by source
• General fund expenditure/student by program
• District Revenue and Expenditure Totals by Fund
• School District Property Taxes, 2002
• Trends Over Time

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Information About Student Enrollment

• Information about enrollment and student mobility
  including
• Open enrollment eligibility of the school
• Number of students who open enroll
• Number of students new to the district
• Number of students not new to the district

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Data Collection for School Report Cards

• Most of the data on the report cards comes from
  state data collection sources AYP, MARSS, STARR
  and Financial Data
• Schools will supply additional data about
  opportunities offered at their sites
• 12- 17 yes/no questions in a web based collection
• MDE Website
• Data and Reports- Data Submissions- Report Card
  Center
• Collection begins May 24 and is open through June
  30.