2009-2010 Self-Study WASC Action Plan - Julian Charter School

• Recognize need for common assessments across grade levels
and disciplines, including students enrolled in academy
classes. Establish published and uniform grading criteria for
common assessments, final exams, and report cards for
grade levels and grade spans.
• Examine reasons for less than expected performance of all
grades in science and history/social science and adjust
programs to meet higher expectations.
• Set and meet goals for our physical education program to
prepare students to attain the skills and knowledge to be
physically active as part of a healthy lifestyle; increase
performance on the FITNESSGRAM®. (WIGS 2009-10)
• Increase student opportunities to become more involved in
assessing their own learning.
• Increase modeling of, opportunities for, and monitoring of
student goal setting, self-reflection and progress toward
attainment of goals.
• Seek ways to increase participation rate on SAT, ACT, PSAT,
and AP exams; match alignment of mastery in the CSU
Early Assessment Program (EAP) with higher-level English
and math courses to increase the number of students
meeting the criteria; increase participation in and teacher
and student understanding of the EAP.
• Examine why the number of students enrolled in college
prep classes and completing all a-g requirements, although
similar to comparable charter schools, is only a portion of
the students (15 to 17 percent) that could handle the
rigorous coursework. (The percentage of 2009 graduates
who completed all the a-g requirements increased 50
percent over the prior two years.)
• Continue to analyze the correlation between semester
grades and passing rates on the CAHSEE and the level of
performance on CST tests. To date, certain clusters of
students (generally by program or teacher) who have not
passed the CAHSEE and/or were ranked at the Below Basic
or Far Below Basic level in STAR testing have semester
grades of either an A or a B.
• Increase ability and usage of data collection systems so that
three or more measures (demographics, perceptions,
programs and processes, student learning and achievement)
can be analyzed as a whole, e.g., are we achieving the
purpose of our school, in all respects, for all students?
Chapter 2: Student/Community Profile Summary
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