Qualitative Sub-Committee Mission Statement
- Review existing qualitative information collected and analyzed at each school
- Determine effectiveness of current analysis
- Is the information analyzed at all? Should it be?
- Is the analysis done in a timely fashion?
- Does the appropriate group analyze the information?
- Does another district or school analyze the same qualitative information more effectively that we do?
- Determine effectiveness of current use
- Does the analysis result in any improvements in the classroom?
- Do we share our analysis with the appropriate audiences?
- Determine comprehensiveness of current information
- What aspects of school quality are not measured by the qualitative information we are currently collect?
- Is some of the qualitative information we are required to collect unhelpful?
- Is there a way we can use the qualitative information we are required to collect in a more effective way?
- Review best practices in qualitative information collection
- Identify comparable schools or districts who are making effective use of information
- Identify comparable professions (i.e. medicine, social service agencies, colleges and universities) who are making effective use of information
- Determine qualitative information teachers would value in meeting individual student needs
- Identify existing information teachers rely on to improve and individualize instruction
- Identify additional information teachers would like to have to improve and individualize instruction
Examples of Qualitative Information:
- Parent survey results; data required by State (i.e. Youth Risk data, demographic data);
- building level surveys (i.e. student surveys at the high school; structured feedback following parent nights at MCS, etc.);
- student portfolios;
- narrative section(s) of report cards
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