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School Leadership: Principal Resources
School principals can use technology in a variety of ways to further the academic achievement of students and to effectively fulfill the complex requirements of their job.
Data-Driven Decision-Making- Data-Driven Organizations: What Do They Look Like?
This article by Jim Cox explores what it means to be a data-driven organization. As you read the article, consider these questions: What is relevant data? What data do you currently collect? What data would you like to collect? How do you access the data?
- Using Technology to Make Sense of Data
In the video, listen to Dan Ryder discuss how to use a simple Excel workbook to record and analyze student scores. You can also refer to this printable notes page (pdf) and experiment entering data into Dan’s sample Excel template.
- Ed-Data
Through the Ed-Data website, you can look up a variety of statistics about schools. Reports are available at the state, county, district, and school level. The site also hosts a school look-up system and provides comparative data.
- STAR Website
This California Department of Education site offers STAR testing information from 1999 until the present year. Reports for individual schools, districts, and counties are available.
- DataQuest
This CDE site provides access to a wealth of statistical data about your school. The menu of items available includes school performance information, test scores, student demographics, school staffing, and more. You can view data at the state, county, district, or school levels. The site also provides an option to “create your own report.”
- Academic Performance Index (API) Reports
API reports, data files, and support information are available from this CDE Web page. Reports are available for all reporting years and may be accessed at the school, district, or county level.
- Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires each district to ensure that all schools make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) based on assessments included in the statewide accountability system. From this Web page, you can access information about AYP, reports, data files, and more.
- Edusoft
A group of Sonoma County districts are now working together, with assistance from SCOE, to utilize Edusoft’s assessment and data-driven instruction tool. At this website, you can tour and see a demonstration of the Edusoft system.
- Data: What? So What? Now What?
The resources on this SCOE Web page were provided as part of the Principal’s Institute and are available for ongoing reference.
No Child Left Behind- SCOE’s No Child Left Behind resources
The Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), originally enacted in 1965, is reauthorized by Congress every five years. The most recent reauthorization is known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB), which includes major changes that affect local schools in the areas of accountability, staff qualifications, program improvement, parent notification, and safe/drug-free schools. Resources to assist schools/districts in complying with the No Child Left Behind regulations are posted on the SCOE website.
- California’s NCLB Website
This is the California Department of Education’s home page for No Child Left Behind, which provides information on NCLB as it pertains to our state.
- Federal NCLB Website
This is the official US Department of Education website for No Child Left Behind.
School Governance- California Law
This website provides the opportunity to search the Education Code by number or keyword.
- California Legislative Information
Maintained by the Legislative Counsel, this site provides daily updates on Assembly and Senate Bills, online access to legislators, and downloadable legislative publications.
Single Plan for Student Achievement- Single Plan Template
Many schools are working on revisions of their Single Plan for Student Achievement, an Education Code requirement, and are aligning them with the district LEA Plan mandated under No Child Left Behind. The California Department of Education developed a template and requirement checklist that you can download from the State and Federal Programs section of the SCOE website. A “Quick Guide to the Single School Plan” is also available.
- Guide to the Single Plan (doc)
This is a CDE document called Guide to the Single Plan for Student Achievement, A Handbook for Schoolsite Councils. The CDE contact for Single Plans is Bill Waroff, (916) 319-0304 or BWaroff@cde.ca.gov.
Standards and Frameworks- California Standards and Frameworks
Free downloads (as PDF files) of all the California standards and frameworks are available from this California Department of Education Web page.
- California Content Standards: Online Versions
The California Department of Education also provides text pages of the content standards, which can be easily viewed by grade level.
- SCORE: Language Arts
SCORE, Schools of California Online Resources for Education, provides Internet resources that are aligned to the California Content Standards. At the Language Arts site, you’ll find Internet-based lessons called CyberGuides that are correlated to academic standards and other supplements to core literature materials.
- SCORE: Mathematics
At this SCORE site, there are Web-based mathematics resources and lessons that are correlated to the standards, along with information about mathematics research and real-life mathematics.
- SCORE: Science
The SCORE Science site provides Web-base resources and lessons that are searchable by standard or topic, a student-friendly Kids Corner, and an Ask-a-Scientist feature.
- SCORE: History/Social Science
Resources and lessons can be accessed by grade level or topic at this SCORE site. Virtual projects and field trips, online news sources, discussion groups, and more are included.
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