State Report Card
Selected State Indicators
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| 1. SALT Survey Teacher
Response Rate (%) |
86% |
| 2. SALT Survey Student
Response Rate (%) |
80% |
| 3. Student Attendance
(%) |
93% |
| 4. Students Exempted
from ELA State Testing (%) |
1% |
| 5. Stability Index (%) |
83% |
| 6. Mobility Index (%) |
17% |
| 7. Suspensions/Total #
of Students |
44129/158046 |
| 8. Children with IEPs:
Suspensions/Total # of Students |
12286/33058 |
| 9. Drop-out Rate (%) |
16% |
| 10. Graduation Rate (%) |
84% |
| 11. Teachers with
emergency/special provisional certification (%) |
3% |
| 12. Teacher Attendance |
97% |
| 13. Teacher Grievances |
384 |
| 14. Number of schools
identified for school improvement |
36 |
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SALT survey teacher response rate: The percentage of the
total number of
eligible teachers who responded to the 2002 SALT survey SALT
survey student response rate: The percentage of the total number
of
students who responded to the 2002 SALT survey Student
attendance: The percentage of time the average student was
present
during the required 180 instructional days per year Students
exempted from state testing: The percentage of students who were
not
eligible to take the state exams in English language arts either
because their IEP
required that they take the state’s Alternate Assessment or because
they arrived
in this country within the last year and had a “beginning” level of
English-
language proficiency. Stability: The proportion of the
total student enrollment that entered a school at
the beginning of the year and stayed in the same school through the
end. Mobility: The rate of student turnover, or the
percentage of students who moved
into or out of a school during the school year. Suspensions/#
of Students: The total number of incidents that led to
suspension,
statewide, in comparison with the total number of students
statewide.
Students with IEPs: Suspensions/# of Students: Same as
above, but only among
students with IEPs.
Teachers with emergency/special provisional certification:
For initial certification
to teach public school in Rhode Island, a prospective teacher must
have a
bachelor’s degree from an accredited or approved institution of
higher learning.
The prospective teacher must have completed an approved
teacher-education
program within the past five years (or 6 semester hours of student
teaching plus
24 semester hours of coursework in a range of proscribed education
courses; for
secondary-school teachers—18 semester hours). The prospective
teacher must
take the Principles of Learning and Teaching Test, a national
examination.
Prospective secondary-school teachers must have 30 semester hours
(36 in
some subjects) in the academic area in which they seek
certification.
Teachers who do not qualify for state certification may be granted
an emergency
certification; districts may hire these teachers only if they cannot
hire a teacher
with a provisional (first three years of teaching) or professional
certification.
Teachers who qualify for provisional certification but have not
passed the
Principles of Learning and Teaching Test may receive a special
provisional
certification.
Teacher attendance: The teacher attendance rate reflects
the percentage of
time the average full-time teacher was present within the 180-day
school year.
This number was calculated using the number of “sick days” that
accounted for
teacher absences. The attendance rate is also reported for the
district and for the
state, by school level (elementary, middle, or high school). Teacher grievances:
The number of grievances filed by teachers, statewide, in the
2001-02 school year. School improvement: Schools that have been
low performing and not improving for the past two school years are
identified as "schools in need of improvement." Schools in need of
improvement that are Title I (high poverty) schools are subject to
provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, such as school
choice (the parent's right to transfer the child to another school
within the district) or free supplemental educational services
(e.g., tutoring, summer school).
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