EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS SURVEY - PARENT v2.1

1. EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS SURVEY - PARENT v2.1

2. While most schools focus on the outcomes they are reaching for, truly successful schools focus on organizational effectiveness and the programs and systems that drive and sustain improvement in the outcomes. The Educational Effectiveness Survey (EES), was developed to assist schools in continuous, sustainable improvement by helping schools understand their strengths and challenges in the areas known to impact the effectiveness of a school. While there is no single solution for all schools, research on effective schools has identified 7 - 10 common characteristics of high performing schools (Marzano, 2003). Successful schools and schools engaged in improvement focus on these characteristics to create and improve the system(s) that drive the outcomes. To help schools identify and leverage these drivers and focus on what makes a school successful, the EES quantifies these characteristics. This results report contains a summary of the information your parent community provided on the EES survey form. CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS: Clear and Shared Focus High Standards and Expectations Effective School Leadership Supportive Learning Environment High Levels of Community and Parent Involvement High Levels of Collaboration and Communication Frequent Monitoring of Teaching and Learning Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Aligned with Standards (Note: Focused Professional Development is one of the Nine Characteristics of High Performing Schools not measured in the EES Parent Survey)

3. Demographic Charts – Who Took the Survey?

4. On the Overall Summary Chart Consider: • This is the 10,000 foot view • Look at the overall relationship between the characteristics and their bar charts • Remember – green is good! The 2 greens (“Almost Always True” and “Often True” are the positive perceptions • Ivory (“sometimes true”) is the “land of opportunity” – these people represent the easiest persons to bring to the positive side – give them more information and bring them into the process. If you ignore the ivory – they usually become disconnected and move to the negative • Orange and red are the two negative perceptions – often times they reflect “history” – something that happened years ago, or something in a person’s personal life. Don’t spend a lot of time and energy here, it may be out of your ability to influence. Do pay attention to significant amounts of negative! • Grey – “No Opinion or N/A”. Ask why? • In response to “where should we be?” Ask “where do we want to be?”

5. Overall Summary This chart provides a summary view of the nine characteristics - the 10,000 foot view. The following pages provide the detail for each of these characteristics.