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ED 451 988 RC 022 925
TITLE The Montana Small Schools Self-Evaluation Guide, 2000.INSTITUTION Montana Small Schools Alliance, Helena.; Montana State
Office of Public Instruction, Helena.PUB DATE 2000-00-00NOTE 65p.
AVAILABLE FROM For full-text:http://www.metnet.state.mt.us/MeasurementAccountability234927945.
PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom (055) Tests/Questionnaires (160)EDRS PRICE MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS Elementary Secondary Education; Institutional
Characteristics; *Institutional Evaluation; *Self Evaluation(Groups); *Small Schools
IDENTIFIERS *Montana; *School Performance Indicators
ABSTRACTThe Montana School Accreditation Standards require every
Montana school to conduct a self-evaluation at least every 10 years. For somesmall Montana schools this has been an informal process and often moreanecdotal than data driven. Using the Montana Statewide Education Profile asa model, a committee of county superintendents, teachers, and school boardmembers developed this self-evaluation guide, which may be tailored to eachdistrict and school. For each of 10 indicators, the guide outlinesinformation that the district might want to include in its self-evaluation.The indicators are: (1) program offerings and courses (ratings and plans ofaction for curriculum, textbooks, and supporting materials in subject areasand special programs); (2) environment for learning (community support,district information to the community, trustees, student behavior problems,related school policies); (3) student achievement and use of assessmentresults in various subjects and grade levels; (4) school success (districthonors, high school completion rate, follow-up on former students,accreditation status, changes in school or district); (5) student servicesand extracurricular activities; (6) school finance (district costs, revenues,tax levies, revenue allocation, per pupil expenditures by function); (7)
school staffing, teacher characteristics, and teaching conditions; (8)
student involvement in learning, transitional factors, and attendance; (9)
school facilities; and (10) student characteristics. School districts mayaccess an interactive online version of this guide, which contains links torelated resources. (SV)
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sses
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of th
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stud
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.
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tifie
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f (m
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the
cont
ext n
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sary
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sses
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