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Technology Tip Number 119
Your Local School Report Card

Accountability is the word that's usually used to explain why online report cards on schools and school districts are being developed nationwide. Of course federal No Child Left Behind mandates have something to do with it too. Today's technology tip will show you some examples of the kinds of online report cards that are being developed nationwide:

Texas Education Agency School Report Cards:
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/src/2007/campus.srch.html
This site lets you search for your individual school or district.

California State Accountability Report Card:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/sc/ This site offers lots of printable data, such as a 20 page state report. Unfortunately it can be difficult to find results for individual schools.

Of course school districts and state agencies aren't the only ones creating these report cards on our schools. Below are two examples of private websites that offer the data and some analysis as well as opportunities for side by side comparisons of schools.

Schoolmatters.com a Service of Standard & Poors:
http://www.schoolmatters.com/ This site allows you to search information for schools and districts all across the nation. You can easily compare schools based on numerous criteria. A great resource for a family that was moving to a new area.

Schooldigger.com
http://www.schooldigger.com/
As their website says, this is probably "the Web's Easiest and Most Useful K-12 Search and Comparison Tool for Parents."

And this trend isn't isolated to the United States. Here are some links to "School Report Cards" outside the USA:

The Frazier Institute in Canada
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/reportcards/schoolperformance/

Key Stage 3 Performance Test Scores for Schools in and around Sheffield, England:
http://editorial.jpress.co.uk/3825569/results.pdf

An Editorial in Australia urging School Report Cards:
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6837

PRACTICE ACTIVITY: Research your local school district sometime today.

TO KEEP ON LEARNING: To find more about report cards on schools try searching the internet for:

Report Cards on Schools
No Child Left Behind Reports
NCLB Report Cards

Have a nice day!

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