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| In This Issue and API Data Program Evaluation Online Professional Development Service
Race to the Top
Awards in Race to the Top will go to States that are leading the way with ambitious yet achievable plans for implementing coherent, compelling, and comprehensive education reform. STARS™ meets the Race to the Top guidelines of "Building data systems that measure student growth and success, and inform teachers and principals about how they can improve instruction."
Let us know if you need assistance in meeting this requirement.
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2009 AYP and API Results are Available in SchoolCharts™ The 2009 AYP and API accountability updated data are available in SchoolCharts™. You may view your data by subgroups and over time. Charts include data comparing your school to your district, your county and the state. Remember to check out your school or district 2009 Accountability Progress Report. It includes a summary of both AYP and API indicators. SchoolCharts™ provides access to hundreds of charts like these for your school or district. To access your school or district charts click here: SchoolCharts™ STARS™ Simplifies Program Evaluation SchoolCharts™ provides school, district and county level AYP and API data. If you would like to see student level data, you need a data analysis tool like STARS™. STARS™ is brought to you by the same folks who provide SchoolCharts™. Use STARS™ to dig deeper and wider into your data. It takes just a couple of clicks to evaluate programs using STARS™. This sample chart displays student results by cluster, by EL program. With one click users can switch to view another program comparison; for example results from students in AVID displayed next to results from student that are not in AVID. For more information about how to view this report for your students contact, Doreen O'Donovan. SchoolCity Adds New Online Professional Development Service Knowledge Delivery Systems (KDS), an Online Professional Development (PD) service is now available to SchoolCity customers. The PD services can be accessed directly or from within the STARS™ Assessment, Analysis and Reporting Suite. Knowledge Delivery Systems (KDS) is a respected online Professional Development Services firm. SchoolCity's PD services include teacher recertification, salary advancement, specialized, graduate and Masters courses via streaming video. SchoolCity's CEO, Vaseem Anjum comments, "Our goal as a company is to continually provide our customers with the very best tools and resources available to improve classroom instruction. This new Online Professional Development service offering will help our educator/customers achieve this goal as well".
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| SchoolCity Inc. 405 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA - 94043 Phone: 800-615-0254 | Fax: 650 963 3384 | Email: info@schoolcity.com | Web: www.schoolcity.com |
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