SARCS Explained
Since November 1988, state law has required all public schools receiving state funding to prepare and distribute a SARC (School Accountability Report Card). A similar requirement is also contained in the federal “No Child Left Behind” Act (NCLB). The purpose of the report card is to provide parents and the community with important information about each public school. State law requires that the SARC contain; demographic data; school safety and climate for learning information; academic data; school completion rates; class sizes; teacher and staff information; curriculum and instruction descriptions; postsecondary preparation information; and fiscal and expenditure data. In addition, NCLB requires that SARCs contain reports concerning the “Adequate Yearly Progress” of students in achieving state academic achievement standards; Title 1 Program Improvement; graduation rates at the secondary level; and, the extent to which “highly qualified” teachers are teaching core academic subjects. In addition to online posting, SARCs are available at each school site in a printed format.
Both state and federal law require all public schools to prepare and distribute a School Accountability Report Card (SARC) to provide parents and the community with important information about each public school including demographic data; test results; class sizes; teacher and staff information; curriculum and instruction descriptions; parent involvement opportunities, “adequate yearly progress” of students in achieving state academic achievement standards; Title 1 Program Improvement, graduation rates at the secondary level; and , the extent to which “highly qualified” teachers are teaching core academic subjects.
SARCs are always published on year following the data gathering. Therefore, SARCs published in 2017-18 are now available for the 2016-17 school year. SARCs are posted at http://www.nvusd.k12.ca.us/
Los dos leyes federales y estatales exigen que todas las escuelas públicas preparen y distribuyan una tarjeta de informe de rendición de cuentas de escuela (SARC) para proporcionar a los padres y la conumidad con información importante acerca de cada escuela pública incluyendo datos demográficos; resultados de exámenes; alumnos por clase; maestro y la información del personal; descripciones de currículo e instrucción, oportunidades de participación de padres, “progresos adecuados anuales” de estudiantes en alcanzar niveles de logro académico de Estado, Titulo 1 programa mejoramiento; tasas de graduación en la enseñanza secundaria; y, en la medida de “altamente calificados” maestros que enseñan asignaturas básicas.
SARC se publican siempre un año después de la recolección de datos. Por lo tanto, SARC son publicados en 2017-18 están ahora disponibles para el año escolar 2016-17. SARC se registran en http://www.nvusd.k12.ca.us/
