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Parents’ Right to Know
Parents’ Right to Know
Their Child’s and School’s Achievement
Right to Know Child’s Achievement
• At the beginning of each school year, SCES will provide each parent a copy of their child’s ARMT and SAT-10 scores along with a letter explaining the scores. If you need additional assistance in understanding these reports, please set up a meeting with your child’s teacher or the school counselor.
Right to KnowPersonnel
Qualifications• You have the right to request
information concerning your child’s teacher. A notebook is located in the office for you to review the qualifications of your child’s teacher.
You have the right to know:
Whether the teacher has met state qualification for
the grade and subject she/he teaches;
Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or
provisional credentials because the state has
waived normal qualifications;
The teacher’s college major and any graduate certification or degree and the discipline in
which it was taken; and
Whether paraprofessionals provide services to the child, and if so, their qualifications.
In addition, if at any time your child has been assigned to and has been taught by a teacher who has not met the
state’s criteria for being considered highly qualified for a period of time of 4 or more weeks, you must be
notified in writing in a timely manner.
SCES 2010-2011• All teachers at SCES during
the current academic year are all Highly Qualified and are teaching in their field of qualification and grade.
Right to Know for Parents of Limited-English Proficient
Children• Parents have the right to
information concerning their child’s placement in a language instruction program, and they have the right “to opt out” of any placement. In any school using Title I funds for language instruction the school must provide the following information within 30 days of the beginning of school (or within 2 weeks of the child’s program placement):
The reason for identifying the child as LEP;
The child’s level of English proficiency, how it was determined, and
the “status” of the child’s achievement;
The instructional methods of the program
in which the child is participating;
How the program will meet the needs of the
child;
How the program specifically helps the
child learn English; and
The specific exit requirements for the
program.
If a LEP child is also disabled, the parental
notification must include information on how the language instructional
program meets the objectives of the child’s
LEP.
Notification for Parents of Children Attending Schools Not Making
Progress
Parents have the right to know whether their child’s school is making adequate yearly progress, and if it is not, what they can do about it. If a school has been identified as being in “school improvement” status, parents will be notified of the following:
What the identification means and the reason for
it;
What the school is doing to address the problem;
What local and state authorities are doing to
correct the problem; and
How parents can become involved in
addressing the academic problems that caused the school to be identified in
the first place
If a school fails to make adequate yearly progress
for two or more years, parents must be told about
options to transfer their child to another public
school or to obtain supplementary educational
services.
SCES • SCES did make adequate yearly
progress in all areas for 2009-2010, as reported by the Alabama State Department of Education.
• We still need parents to remain involved in their child’s education to make sure that we continue to make adequate yearly progress in
the coming years.
FAMILY EDUCATION RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT
(FERPA)
The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that
receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of
Education.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their
children’s education records. These rights transfer to the
student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a
school beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have transferred are
“eligible students.”
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect and review the student’s
education records maintained by a school.
Parents or eligible students have the right to request
that a school correct records which they believe
to be inaccurate or misleading
Generally, schools must have written permission from the
parentOr eligible student in order to
release any information from a student’s
education record. However, FERPA allows schools to disclose
Those records, without consent, to the following parties or under
The following conditions:
• School officials with legitimate educational interest;
• Other schools to which a student is transferring;
• Specified officials for audit or evaluation purposes;
• Appropriate parties in connection with financial aid to a student
• Organizations conducting certain studies for or on behalf of the school;
• Accrediting organizations;• To comply with a judicial order or lawfully
issued subpoena;• Appropriate officials in cases of health and
safety emergencies; and• Stand and local authorities, within a juvenile
justice system.
Schools may disclose, without consent, “directory” information such as:
• Student’s name;• Address;• Telephone number;• Date/place of birth’• Honors and awards; and• Dates of attendance
However, schools must tell parents and eligible students about directory
information and allow parents and eligible
students a reasonable amount of timeto request that the school not
disclose directory information about them.
For additional information contact:
Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S. Department of Education400 Maryland Avenue, SWWashington, D.C. 20202-
5920
SAT 10 & ARMT SCORES
SCES2009-2010
Average Stanine Scores for Kindergarten
7
5
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total Reading Total Math
Average Stanine Scores for 1st Grade
5
6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total Reading Total Math
Average Stanine Scores for 2nd Grade
7
6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total Reading Total Math
Average Stanine Scores for 3rd Grade - SAT 10
5 5
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total Reading - SAT Total Math - SAT
ARMT ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS - 3rd Grade
87 85 87
79
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
ARMT - Reading AMO ARMT - Math AMO
Average Stanine Scores for 4th Grade - SAT 10
6 6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total Reading - SAT Total Math - SAT
ARMT ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS - 4th Grade
93
82
99
78
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
ARMT - Reading AMO ARMT - Math AMO
Average Stanine Scores for 5th Grade - SAT 10
5 5
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total Reading - SAT Total Math - SAT
ARMT ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS - 5th Grade
90
85
95
77
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
ARMT - Reading AMO ARMT - Math AMO
Average Stanine Scores for 6th Grade - SAT 10
5 5
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total Reading - SAT Total Math - SAT
ARMT ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS - 6th Grade
97
85
97
66
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
ARMT - Reading AMO ARMT - Math AMO
CIPContinuous Improvement Plan
Copies of the plan are located in the media center the school office and the central
office.This is an important document for parents
and our school. For any and all suggestions, we have our suggestion box in
the office and one that is on-line at the school’s website.
We will be updating it throughout the year and dates will be listed on our website and
on our newsletters. Please get involved – we need you!!!!!
School Compact
The proposed school compact will be sent home within the next few days. Please look at it and see if you think there need to be any additions or changes
and let us know.
This year we have included a new addition to our school compact, in that there is now a space for
parents and teachers to sign at the end of a conference.
We want to thank you for being active participants at SCES. We always have and we always will depend on our parents because we know they are our school’s
biggest supporters.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THIS
MEETING AND SHOWING YOUR
INTEREST IN YOUR CHILD’S EDUCATIONAND OUR SCHOOL!