California to Launch New Online School Evaluation System
The California School Dashboard is designed to give parents “easy reports” about their child’s school or district, and provide detailed downloadable data that can help identify areas where schools might need help.
In March, California plans to launch a new online school evaluation system that provides parents, teachers and the community with key data to evaluate their local K-12 schools.
Called the California School Dashboard, which has been years in the making, the Web portal is designed to give parents “easy reports” about their child’s school or district, as well as provide detailed downloadable data that can help identify areas where schools might need help.
“At one glance, they can get an idea, in multiple measures, of how well their school or district is doing,” California’s Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction Ashley Keric told state lawmakers last week at a joint oversight hearing held by the Assembly and Senate education committees.
“For those that need more, deeper information, there’s background information, more detailed reports, downloadable data for the data geeks that want to get California to Launch New Online School Evaluation System:
