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HERE'S WHERE WE ARE: A TEMPLATE FOR PROVIDENCE
The Public Education Fund used the process of developing school report cards
to engage parents in helping to create a user-friendly product that promoted
school accountability. The Fund conducted focus groups with parents, synthesized
the focus group findings, and created a template for all Providence public
schools.
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The prototype school report card:
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increases parents' understanding about standards
implementation
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outlines the schools' goals for student achievement
and their action plans to reach these goals
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explains the assessments used to measure student
achievement
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As a school accountability tool, the report card underscores
the importance of helping teachers communicate with parents
in clear, non-threatening, non-defensive ways. Parents
will have new questions about reform efforts and student
achievement after reading the report card, and teachers
should have opportunities to prepare for these questions.
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District
Demographics
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Number of districts served
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1
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Number of students
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24,000
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% students on free and reduced-price lunch
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74%
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% minority students
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75%
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LEF budget
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$1.3 million
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Note: This project had a special status. Although PEN did not provide the
funding, Providence Education Fund was a part of PEN's standards initiative,
as it had secured local funding to implement the project.
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