What is a School Accountability Report Card (SARC)?
Since November 1988, state law has required all public schools receiving state funding to prepare and distribute a SARC. A similar requirement is also contained in the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The purpose of the report card is to provide parents and the community with important information about each public school. A SARC can be an effective way for a school to report on its progress in achieving goals. The public may also use a SARC to evaluate and compare schools on a variety of indicators.
What information does the SARC contain?
Although there is great variation in the design of school report cards, they generally begin with a profile that provides background information about the school and its students. The profile usually summarizes the school's mission, goals, and accomplishments. State law requires that the SARC contain information about demographics; school safety; academic data; class sizes; teacher and staff information; curriculum and instruction; and fiscal data.
In addition, SARCs contain reports concerning the "adequate yearly progress" of students in achieving state academic achievement standards; Title 1 Program Improvement; and the extent to which "highly qualified" teachers are teaching core academic subjects.
Each school's SARC can be found on the below links (a printed version is available upon request):
Cajon Park School
Carlton Hills School
Carlton Oaks School
Chet F. Harritt School
Hill Creek School
Pepper Drive School
PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue School
Rio Seco School
Sycamore Canyon School
Santee Alternative School
Santee Success Program