There are many issues the school needs to consider before starting to collect data. When the school collects data, the school has to observe confidentiality. Therefore, when reporting data, it is important not to reveal students private information and only report on groups large enough to make it impossible to identify individuals. The school reports on groups that are twenty or more people and follows the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The school seeks permission from the administration and parents, where appropriate, to collect data. The school considers the challenges faced in collecting data such as barriers in language, schedules, access to computers and transportation for the persons involved with the data collection. These challenges need to be conquered before continuing. The school must know the population of the people who will participate. Whereas, there are different sources that can be used to answer the evaluation questions. One source used to answer questions is using data already taken by the school or districts. However, some evaluation questions may need more information. Thence, the school collects data through data systems, surveys, focus groups in addition to already gathered data. The school has data systems that include information about the individual student. Included in this data system are student demographics, achievement, attendance, suspensions, expulsions and other information about the student. Another
Variables at the overall school-level could be measured in various ways as well. First, the number of truancy cases in the school can be measured before and after the implementation of Take a Stand. Truancy is a negative result of bullying and the number of truant students at each of the schools before and after the program implementation can easily be compared and reveal the successfulness of the program. Less kids being accused of bullying would likely mean less instances of bullying resulting in less truant students. Administrators at each school can also fill out a survey that ranks the severity of bullying at their school. Again, a Likert Scale could be utilized. Administrators would fill out a survey that said “I believe the severity of bullying at my school is: 1.) Not concerning, 2.) Somewhat concerning,
That according to the study, males have earlier, more frequent intercourse both before and after marriage, emphasize sexual pleasure as a motive for intercourse, and have more non-marital and extramarital relationships than females. I feel that this is mostly true among me and my other groups of friends who are male.
2.The reason for which school collects personal information of students include parents informed about the information related to their child’s schooling progress, in order to look after the student’s education, social and health essentials to be taken care of and to satisfy the school’s legal obligations and allowing the school to discharge its duty of care.
Many measures have been put in place to ensure students have equal access to tests, regardless of multicultural concerns, there still remains a gap in student learning. School counselors communicate results with students, parents and teachers, they also collaborate to develop individual student plans to aid in helping students meet academic requirements. School counselors evaluate tests to ensure fairness and to avoid bias decisions. The goal of the school counselor is to help students make decisions and solve problems. When utilizing assessments, school counselors should explain the purpose, procedure and results to students and parents. One should make use of assessments that they are trained to select, administer and interpret (A.9.a) (ASCA). When students take standard achievement tests to measure what they know many parents call upon the school counselor explain scores, percentile ranking and the meaning of the results. Some parents are misinformed and believe test results alone determine their students’ achievements. School counselors use other data such as formal and informal assessments to help make decisions. For instance if a student was referred to school counselor for behavior issues, one may observe or interview
An information letter was sent to families, making clear that the intervention would be delivered during regular class time at no cost to parents, and anonymity would be preserved. Informed consent was obtained. A week before the implementation of the program, the school’s Guidance Officer went to the each Year 6 and 7 class to administer the student’s pre-assessment package during school hours. Each question was read aloud to the group and their understanding of each item checked. Each child, then individually rated each question in their own assessment pack.
In this area, I will be using multiple aspects when it comes to evaluating my students, I know I will use DBRCs (Daily Behavior Report Cards) along with keeping track on when the misbehavior occurs. Another area I will be sure not to overlook is using what data is already available from the school, about my students. The video suggest " Don't overlook information that your school may already be collecting that can help you to directly or indirectly track student behavior", and I will make sure that I do not.
This included at least one teacher for each foreign language class offered as well. The survey provided no additional information about the research and required each student to select their grade level. Responses remained completely anonymous; however, it was required that each student be logged into their school gmail account to take the survey. This allowed Google to collect each email address before each attempt and verify that each student was a part of the district as well as confirmed that the student had not already taken the survey previously. This ensured each response was unique and that no one student was able to submit multiple responses. With over 250 submissions, I made sure that there were at least fifty respondents per each grade level and that the proportion of responders and their grade levels were proportional. There was a slight unbalance between junior and sophomore responses (sophomores representing about 30% of respondents and juniors 22%), but senior and freshman responses balanced near 25% of the sample population. This created an equal ground for collecting data, which ensured the data be statistically significant. Since quantitative results cannot directly respond to the research question, the method was additionally supplemented with
The participants may not have been willing to answer the questions. They might not wish to reveal the information or they might think that they will not benefit from responding perhaps even be penalised by giving their real opinion. Students should be told why the information is being collected and how the results will be beneficial. Some advantages of the methods would be that information can be collected from a large portion of a group.
As noted in the table above, principal surveys will be conducted and used to gather both quantitative and qualitative data. A sample of the teacher exit slip interview can be found in Appendix A. A sample of the Principal survey can be found in Appendix B. A sample of the Administrator interview questions can be found in Appendix C. In the next section, the method of collecting these data is described in detail.
Kingstree Middle School is a rural area middle school located in Williamsburg County, South Carolina. The student population is 505 which 43 of those students have been identified as special education (SPED). The SPED department consists of six certified teachers and two paraprofessionals. Students in SPED have 504 plans which educational protects them under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2014). The 504 plan indicates what services the students are eligible to receive under the law. Students who have 504 plans need special care with their education. Schools want to produce productive citizens who are going to assets to their communities.
The total enrollment is six hundred twenty-four students (624), the racial demographics of the school is African American or Black is twenty-three percent (23%) or one hundred forty-six (146) students, Hispanic or Latino is sixty-one percent (61%) or three hundred eighty-three (383) students and Caucasian is fifteen percent (15%) or ninety-five (95) students. The subgroups such as students with disabilities comprised twenty percent (20%) or one hundred twenty-four (124) students, English learners are fifty percent (50%) or three hundred thirteen (313) students, Limited English speaking learners are thirty-seven percent (37%) or one hundred fifteen (115) students, the economically disadvantage students are seventy-three percent (73%) or four hundred fifty-eight (458) students, K-8 average daily attendance rate is ninety-five percent (95%), Hispanic/Latino students attendance rate is eighty-nine percent (89%), Caucasian students attendance rate is ninety-four percent (94%), the African American or Black students attendance rate is ninety-two (93%), K-8 promotion rate is ninety-four percent (94%), total student suspension rate is two in half percent (2.5%) and male suspension rate is three and half percent (3.5%). Also, the
During the initial data needs assessment review, I wanted to make sure we addressed the local community’s needs. We utilized both the LCAP and the DLAC surveys, talked with school teams and informally talked with parents on the campus and PTA members. Part of this evaluation determined a need for more parent involvement and education.
Principals may also use the data to assess exactly how much progress each teacher?s students have made and to help make decisions on how to run their schools. (Ed gov) Results of these tests must be made public in annual state and district report cards, so that parents can measure their schools performance and their states progress. (I ed) Student scores are to be reported individually and by desegregated subgroups, including race, ethnicity, economic status, gender,
First of all I will undertake research to determine features of best practice systems of separation /termination and the legal requirements. After that I will consult with relevant managers prior to the introduction of new changes. Than I will develop policies, procedures and supporting documentation for all forms of separation/termination and will ensure procedures for dismissal or termination respect employees, provide strict confidentiality and comply with legislation.
Data Collection Methods: We used both quantitative and qualitative data gathering methods. We accessed the profile of the school through the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) website and asked the