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NCA Standards Assessment Review 2009 Standards 1-4
Indicate to which degree the school system practices each indicator. Answer the focus questions after each standard.
Use the following scale:
Not evident-little or no evidence exists
Emerging-evidence indicates early or preliminary stages of implementation of practice
Operational-evidence indicates practices and procedures are actively implemented
Highly functional- evidence indicates practices and procedures are fully integrated and effectively and consistently implemented
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- Standard 1. The system establishes and communicates a shared purpose and direction for improving the performance of students and the effectiveness of the system.
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- 1.1 The school establishes a vision and purpose for the system in collaboration with its stakeholders*
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- 1.2 Communicates the system's vision and purpose to build stakeholder understanding and support.*
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- 1.3 Identifies system-wide goals and measures to advance the vision*
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- 1.4 Develops and continuously maintains a profile of the system, its students, and the community.*
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- 1.5 Ensures that the system's vision and purpose guide the teaching and learning process and the strategic direction of schools, departments, and services.*
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- 1.6 Reviews its vision and purpose systematically and revises when appropriate.*
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- What is the process for establishing and building understanding of and committment to the vision statement among the school system and its stakeholders?*
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- What is the system's process for maintaining and using information that describes the school system, its programs, services, and schools and their performance?*
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- How does the leadership ensure that the system's vision, purpose, and goals guide the work of the school system and its schools?*
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- What process is used to ensure that the vision and purpose of the school system remain current and aligned with the system's expectations in support of student learning and the effectiveness of the school system and its schools?*
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- STANDARD 2. Governance and Leadership. The system provides governance and leadership that promote student performance and system effectiveness.
The system operates under the jurisdiction of a governing authority that:
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- 2.1 Establishes and communicates policies and procedures that provide for the effective operation of the system.
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- 2.2 Recognizes and preserves the executive, administrative, and leadership authority of the administrative head of the system
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- 2.3 Ensures compliance with applicable local, state, and federal laws, standards, and regulations.
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- 2.4 Implements policies and procedures that provide for the orientation and training of the governing board.
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- 2.5 Bulids public support, secures sufficient resources, and acts as a steward of the system's resources
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- 2.6 Maintains access to legal counsel to advise or obtain information about legal requirements and obligations.
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- 2.7 Maintains adequate insurance or equivalent resources to protect its financial stability and administrative operations.
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- 2.8 Leadership provides for systematic analysis and review of student performance and school and school effectiveness
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- 2.9 The system of leadership creates and supports collaborative networks of stakeholders to support system programs
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- 2.10 Provides direction, assistance, and resources to align, support, and enhance all parts of the system in meeting organizational and student performance goals
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- 2.11 Provides internal and external stakeholders meaningful roles in the decision-making process that promote a culture of participation, responsibility, and ownership.
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- 2.12 Assesses and addresses community expectations and stakeholder satisfaction.
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- 2.13 Implements an evaluation system that provides for the professional growth of all personnel.
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- What is the process for establishing, communicating, and implementing policies and procedures for the effective operation of school system and its schools?
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- What process does the system's leadership use to evaluate system effectiveness and its impact on student performance?
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- In what ways are stakeholders, including system and school staff, given opportunities to provide leadership and to contribute to the decision-making process?
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- What policies and processes are in place to ensure equity of learning opportunities and support for innovation?
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- TEACHING & LEARNING. The system provides research-based curriculum and instructional methods that facilitate achievement for all students.
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- 3.1 The system develops, articulates, and coordinates curriculum-based on clearly-defined expectations for student learning, including essential knowledge and skills.
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- 3.2 The system establishes expectations and supports student engagement in the learning process, including opportunities for students to explore application of higher-order thinking skills and investigate new approaches to applying their learning.
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- 3.3 The system ensures that system-wide curricular and instructional decisions are based on data and research at all levels.
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- 3.4 The system supports instruction that is research-based and reflective of best-practice.
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- 3.5 The system supports a curriculum that challenges and meets the needs of each student, reflects a commitment to equity, and demonstrates an appreciation of diversity.
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- 3.6 The system allocates and protects instructional time to support student learning.
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- 3.7 The system maintains articulation among and between all levels of schooling to monitor student performance and ensure readiness for future school or employment.
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- 3.8 The system supports the implementation of interventions to help students meet expectations for student learning.
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- 3.9 The system maintains a system-wide climate that supports student learning.
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- 3.10 Ensures that curriculum is reviewed and revised at regular intervals.
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- 3.11 The system coordinates and ensures ready access to instructional technology, information and media services, and materials needed for effective instruction.
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- How does the system ensure the alignment and articulation of curriculum, instructional strategies, and assessments in support of the expectations for student learning?
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- In what ways does the system promote and support the implementation of research-based instructional strategies, innovations, and activities that facilitate achievement for all students?
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- What processes are implemented to ensure that all staff members are well-prepared to support and implement the district's expectations for student learning?
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- How does the system ensure that all students and staff have access to comprehensive information, instructional technology, and media services?
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- Standard 4: Documenting and Using Results. The system enacts a comprehensive assessment system that monitors and documents performance and uses these results to improve student performance and system effectiveness.
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- 4.1 The system establishes and implements a comprehensive assessment system, aligned with the system's expectations for student learning, that yields information which is reliable, valid, and bias-free.
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- 4.2 The system ensures that student assessment data are used to make decisions for continuous improvement of teaching and learning.
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- 4.3 The system conducts a systematic analysis of instructional and organizational effectiveness, including support systems, and uses the results to improve student and system performance.
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- 4.4 The school provides a system of communication which uses a variety of methods to report student performance and system effectiveness to all stakeholders.
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- 4.5 The system uses comparison and trend data from comparable school systems to evaluate student performance and system effectiveness.
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- 4.6 The system demonstrates verifiable growth in student performance that is supported by multiple sources of data.
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- 4.7 The system maintains a secure, accurate, and complete student record system in accordance with state and federal regulations.
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- How is the assessment system currently used throughout the school system and its schools to guide analysis of changes in student performance?
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- What are you doing to ensure that assessment results are timely, relevant, and communicated in a way that can be used by the system, its schools, and stakeholders to aid the performance of individual students?
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- How are data used to understand and improve overall effectiveness of the school system and its schools?
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- How are staff members across the system and its schools trained to understand and use data to impact teaching and learning in the classroom?
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