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District Analysis, Review, & Assistance Tools


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The District Analysis and Review Tools (DARTs) turn the Department's vast amount of data into valuable, easily consumable information. The DARTs offer snapshots of district and school performance, allowing users to easily track select data elements over time, and make sound, meaningful comparisons to the state or to "comparable" organizations. The data elements in each DART tool are linked to a broader strategic framework defining the characteristics of effective educational organizations and cover a broad range of district and school interests including demographic, assessment, student support, educator, financial, and achievement gap data. The DARTs, in combination with other tools found on this website, may be utilized by district and school leaders in enacting each of the six district standards upon which district reviews, improvement planning, and other forms of accountability and assistance are based: Leadership & Governance, Curriculum & Instruction, Assessment, Human Resources & Professional Development, Student Support, and Financial & Asset Management.

DART Files

DART User Guides

  Download MS Excel Document
DART for Districts (Last Updated 03/16/2012)
  Download MS Excel Document
DART for Districts - Macintosh Prior to Office 2011 (Last Updated 04/20/2012)
  View Excel Link
DART for Schools (Last Updated 03/16/2012)
  View Excel Link
DART for Schools - Macintosh Prior to Office 2011 (Last Updated 03/16/2012)
Download PDF Document  Download MS WORD Document
DART User Guide (for Districts or Schools) (Last Updated 03/16/2012)
  View Excel Link
DART Detail: English Language Learners (Last Updated 02/06/2012)
  Download MS EXCEL Document
DART Detail: English Language Learners - Macintosh Prior to Office 2011 (Last Updated 02/06/2012)
Download PDF Document  Download MS WORD Document
DART Detail: English Language Learners User Guide (Last Updated 01/24/2012)
  Download MS EXCEL Document
DART Detail: Staffing & Finance (Last Updated 03/16/2012)
Download PDF Document  Download MS WORD Document
Staffing & Finance User Guide (Last Updated 07/15/2011)

(!) Files are updated several times per year. Please check back and download new files as available.

DART Survey

What do you think about the DARTs? Please complete our 5-minute survey by following this link: http://sgiz.mobi/s3/be8c0272b044

DART for Districts & DART for Schools

Updates are as follows:

  • Home

    • 2011 NCLB Accountability Status (includes new Level 4 schools)
    • 2012 Enrollment
    • New Table of Contents links

  • Context

    • 2012 Total Enrollment and % of Enrollment
    • 2011 Stability Rate
    • 2012 Percentage of Kindergarten Students Enrolled in Full Day Kindergarten
    • 2011 Percentage of School-aged Residents Enrolled in Public School (District-only)

  • Curriculum and Instruction

    • 2010 Percentage of Test-Takers Scoring 3 or Above on the AP U.S. History Exam

  • Student Support

    • 2011 Student Attendance (% of students absent fewer than 10 days each year)
    • 2011 9th to 10th Grade Promotion Rate (First-time 9th graders only)
    • 2011 Annual Dropout Rate & 2011 5-yr Cohort Graduation Rate
    • 2011 5-yr Cohort Graduation Rate
    • 2011 Return to Classroom Rate from School Nurse (District-only)
    • 2010 and 2011 Determination of SPED Need (District-only)

DART Detail: Staffing & Finance

  • Updated with 2011 staffing data and preliminary 2011 finance data


last updated: April 25, 2012
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