CHARTER SCHOOLS & THE SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT CARD (SARC)Charter Operations Leader Meeting 12.18.08

What is the SARC? Where did it come from? The goal is to provide the public with important

information about each public school and to communicate a school’s progress in achieving its goals

The School Accountability Report Card’s origin is in Proposition 98, The Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act, passed by voters in 1988

Prop 98 provided CA public schools with a stable source of funding, in exchange for SARC preparation and distribution

Since Prop 98, additional legislation has imposed further requirements for the SARC

Why must charter schools prepare SARCs?

The CA Constitution requires charter schools to prepare a SARC as a condition of receiving state funds

Charter schools receiving federal funds are required to prepare an annual report card that contains particular reporting elements specified in NCLB (Public Law 107-110 Section 1111(h))

What is OUSD’s & the Office of Charter Schools’ role in SARC prep and distribution? CA Charter School Act requires that the

authorizer “ensure that each charter school under its authority complies with all reports required of charter schools by law” Education Code section 47604.32

OUSD is involved with litigation regarding the SARC, and thus all schools, including charters, are under increased scrutiny of their SARC completion and distribution

How is a SARC prepared?

State provides templates, in multiple languages Much of the information may remain constant

from year to year, but a significant amount changes

Where the template reads “Narrative to be provided by LEA”, LEA means you!

Constant Information Changing Information

I. About This School (except enrollment, class size data)

IV. Teachers

II. School Climate V. Support Staff

III. School Facilities VII. School Finances

VI. Curriculum and Instructional Materials VIII. Student Performance

XI. Instructional Planning and Scheduling IX. Accountability

X. School Completion and Postsecondary Preparation

What are the 2006-2007 SARC changes?

AB 1061 deleted several SARC requirements I. About this School: Participation in the Class Size Reduction

Program II. School Climate: School Discipline Practices IV. Teachers: Substitute Teacher Availability, Teacher

Evaluation Process VIII. Student Performance: Local Assessment Results X. School Completion and Postsecondary Preparation: Career

Technical Education Programs, College Admission Test Preparation Course Program, SAT Reasoning Test

XI. Instructional Planning and Scheduling: School Instruction and Leadership, Professional Development, Instructional Minutes, Minimum Days in School Year

Must I translate my SARC into additional languages? According to Education Code section

48985, YES, if 15% or more of the pupil in the school speak a single primary language other than English This 15% threshold is based on R30

reporting

To access your R30 data...

Go to http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/ Select “school” in level tab and “English

Learners” in subject tab click submit Enter first few letters of your school name Select your school from the drop-down

menu (ensure it says Oakland Unified) and select the box next to “Language Group Data to Determine 15 percent and Above Translation Needs”

If greater than 15%, translation is required

So you’ve completed your SARC, now what?

Send a copy (and any required translations) to paige.hirsch@ousd.k12.ca.us

Post a copy of your SARC (and any required translations) on your school’s website

Have at least one hard copy of your SARC in your school’s main office Disseminating your SARC is required by

NCLB and Education Code

Do I need to send a copy to the CDE?

No, but the CDE needs an accurate link to a website address where your SARC is posted This can be a link to your school’s website, or Once you provide it, OUSD maintains an online

copy of your SARC on its site, and you can provide this link (http://webportal.ousd.k12.ca.us/sarc/Sarc.aspx)

You can inform the CDE of your chosen website by selecting “Update Your SARC Web Site Link” at www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/sa/ap/updatelink1.asp

What’s the timeline for completing and posting our SARC?

2007-2008: Official deadline is February 1, 2009

Per Assembly Bill 1061, the deadline was moved from the end of the school year to February 1

Questions? Comments? Next Steps...

Call or email Paige with any questions or concerns as you complete your SARC

Please email Paige a copy of your SARC as soon as possible