Saturday, Mar. 17, 2007
Learn more about your school district with a few clicks online
Graduation rates, school test scores are all available
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closeDo you know how many students passed the Washington Assessment of Student Learning in Whatcom County last year? How about the demographic makeup of local high schools, or the number of weapons that were found in schools in Whatcom County last year?
Finding the answers to those questions can be as easy as logging on to the Internet and clicking a couple of buttons.
The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, which oversees K-12 education in the state, tracks data about schools and makes it public on its Web site.
Each school and school district in the state has a report card, showing test scores, student demographics and teacher statistics.
On the district report cards, you can also find information about how much is spent on teacher salaries, transportation and buildings.
The state also provides statistics about weapons in school, graduation rates, school types, testing information and legislation.
SCHOOL REPORT CARDS
Go to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Web site at www.k12.wa.us. Put the cursor over “Research/Reports” in the menu bar at the top.
Click on “School Report Card.”
Select your school district in the drop-down menu and click “Go.” The district report card will appear.
If you want to see a specific school in that district, go back to the drop-down menu and select the school and click “Go.”
If you want to see more test scores and other data, click one of the four tabs at the top of the page.
DROP OUT AND GRADUATION RATES
Put the cursor over “Research/Reports” in the menu bar at the top of the page. Click on “Data and Reports.”
Click on the links on the left
side of the screen to go to the topic you’re interested in.
SCHOOL BUILDING AND ENROLLMENT INFORMATION
Put the cursor over “Support/ Operations” in the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Click on “Facilities (schools).”
For enrollment information, click on “Enrollment Projections” on the left side of the screen. On the next page, click on the county you’re interested in.
For facility information, click on “Inventory Reports” on the left side of the screen. On the next page click on the county you’re interested in.
WEAPONS IN SCHOOLS
Put the cursor over “Support/ Operations” in the menu bar at the top of the Web page.
Click on “Safe and Drug Free Schools” at the bottom of the menu.
Click on “Weapons Report” on the left side of the screen.
You can choose reports by
year, school district or county.
AWARD-WINNING SCHOOLS AND STAFF
Put the cursor over “Programs” in the menu bar. Click on “…Continued.”
Click on “Education Awards” under “Education Resources” on the left side of the screen.
Choose which awards you want to view from the left side of the page.
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