Detailed School Information Sheet


Pleasant View School	PROVIDENCE DISTRICT Francis Canning, Principal Grades PK - 05 483 Students, 35 Teachers 50 Obadiah Brown Road Providence, RI 02909 Phone: 4014569325 Fax: 4014538656
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What you are looking at:	You are looking at a graphic representation of the assessment scores on the state tests. The 100 point scale indicates 100% of the children who were assessed at this grade level. The dark band at the top of the bar represents the percentage of the highest scoring students. The black at the bottom represents the percentage of the lowest scorers. The grey and the black bands above the white are the percentage of students who have achieved the Regents standard. (The MATs have not set standards.) Since the different tests are scored differently, see below for more explanation about the different descriptors beside the assessment bars.
What you are looking for:	You are hoping to see that all children have achieved the standard and are represented only above the white band.

Percentage of 4th grade students in this school who met or exceeded the standard
compared to the percentage of similar students statewide



What you are looking at:	This chart shows the relationship between thet actual performance of students in this school - expressed as the percentage of students who met the standard on the state tests - and the performance range of similar students statewide given particular characteristics.
What you are looking for:	In this first year of using the statistical model, you are hoping to see the school's students performing at or above the performance range of similar students statewide.



What you are looking at:	You are looking at a description of who is in the school. The pie charts show the percentage of the total school population who are identified with the characteristics which are described in detail in the guide book.
What you are looking for:	You are looking to get a sense of the school's composition and diversity.



What you are looking at:	This graph shows the achievement data broken out by groups of students with similar characteristics. The bar represents the percentage of children who attained or exceeded the level of proficiency.
What you are looking for:	You are looking for the relative shortfalls between the 100% goal and the actual attained proficiency of children wtih certain comparable characteristics. You are also looking for gaps between the achievement of groups of students with different characterisctis. Again, the Regents goal is for all children to become fully proficient in all tested subjects. Equipped with the knowledge of its shortfalls, a school can begin to target strategies and resources to close the gaps.

"Technology Committee - we won two awards: Champlin Grant and Working Wonders."

"Schoolwide Proposal - our schoolwide proposal was completed and approved for funding."

"CORE Knowledge Curriculum - was adopted by staff and was employed during the school year."

What you are looking at:	Without prescribing as a set criteria, RIDE data-gatherers asked schools to express, in their own words, what they considered to be three highlights of their school last year (1996-97).
What you are looking for:	These highlights give schools a modest opportunity to share their personalities, assets and successes.

SALT Survey results will be available for the 1999 Information Works report. The results will help school communities see the extent to which their schools are using practices which research shows improve student achievement. Please see the User Guide for a description of elements that RIDE is considering including in future reports.

What you will be looking at:	In winter 1998, students, teachers, parents, and administrators in every school in Rhode Island participated in surveys aimed at gathering information about effective school practices. In the 1999 report, certain elements of SALT survey will be aggregated and represented to show the extent to which schools are engaging in research-endorsed effective practices known to improve student achievement.



What you are looking at:	You see the frequency or percentage for this indicator at the school (or district) level, and you see the state average next to it. Some elements, like kindergarten class size and high school drop out rates, will be marked "NA" because they are not applicable to all buildings.
What you are looking for:	You are looking to get a sense of what the school feels like to its inhabitants - its tensions, its stability, its experience, its safety, etc.

In July 1997, school districts began installing a uniform statewide financial reporting system to track school and district spending. Information Works will report this fiscal information in the future.

Percentage of students performing at proficient or above over time
Negotiated targets for adequate yearly progress

What you are looking at:	You are looking at an empty fields that will track, over the years, each school's efforts to set (in consultation with RIDE) and to meet goals for improved student achievement. This field will compare achievement data from year to year. The only tests from 1996 that can be used to build longitudinal data are the 8th and the 10th grade math and the 10th grade writing assessment. Only results from tests which are reliable for study over time will be reported here. The Regents will set standards for each test so that all public reporting can be expressd in terms of the percentage of students that are performing at a level which the regents have determind is prficient.
What you are looking for:	Over the course of years you will be looking to see that the achievement results trend upward towards the 100% line, and that schools are meeting their student achievement targets.

One out of ten students met the standard in health; this is a higher proportion than the proportion of similar students in the state that met this standard. Fewer than one out of ten students met the standard in mathematics or writing. The proportions of students in this school who met these standards were comparable to those of similar students statewide. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced lunch is extremely high and there is a large amount of racial diversity in the school. A very high percentage of the students in this school is in a bilingual/ESL program. The percentage of females at or above the standard in health and mathematics was higher than the percentage of males. The mobility rate was high enough to effect student performance and the school was in a district where the expenditure for general instruction was significantly lower than the state average. A higher percentage of whites met the health standard than did all other racial/ethnic groups of students.

What you are looking at:	This field summarizes some key features within the data presented on the two pages. The comments note when high degrees of certain demographic characteristics were noted. Low participation in the state assessments receive comment. When a school experienced extenuating circumstances that may have affected their data - switching from an elementary to a middle school, a population surge, a damaging fire - such circumstances are noted here. RIDE recognizes that it may have inadvertently missed some special circumstances.
What you are looking for:	There comments try to help with the interpretation of the charts and tables.

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