Information System; Special Purpose Schools Standard and Criteria.

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INFORMATION SYSTEM

Each school is expected to have in place an assessment-driven information system that is comprehensive and current. This system is designed to address questions relative to student performance and the school's effectiveness, as well as questions which ask for a comparison of the school community's students and other students. The school continually collects student and community data to analyze the performance of its students as they enter, progress, and exit each level of schooling.

IS 1	The school has established a data-driven information system that is used in its instructional decision-making process.

IS 2	Information is regularly collected from community members relative to their attitudes, expectations, and assessments of the quality of the school, its program, the climate, and the success of its students.

IS 3	Information gathered from the community and student performance information are used to design quality school programs, to establish a positive learning climate, and to continually evaluate and improve all school conditions.

IS 4	The information system provides appropriate data for school personnel to analyze. For example:
	The preparation of students entering the school. Changes in student performance that occur over time. Progress of students in developing a more focused career interest area. The extent to which promoted or graduated students are prepared to be successful at the next level of schooling, in the world of work, and in becoming self-directed learners.

IS 5	Each school systematically analyzes its student performance data and uses the results of this analysis as the basis for the student profile and to document program effectiveness.

IS 6	Follow-up studies of students promoted or graduated from the school are conducted to determine the degree to which students have made successful transitions to the next level and to obtain their assessment of their pattern of preparation.

IS 7	The school continually collects and analyzes information on students who have dropped out of the educational program. The school community uses this information to develop appropriate interventions to help students re-enter the regular educational program or seek alternative forms of schooling.

IS-o 8	Care is exercised to ensure that the privacy of students and teachers is not violated through inappropriate collection, use, and retention of personal information.

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