School Accountability Report Cards (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. SARC’s are updated annually and contain information about:

 

Demographic data

School safety and climate for learning information

Academic data

School completion rates

Class sizes

Teacher and staff information

Curriculum and instruction descriptions

Postsecondary preparation information

Fiscal and expenditure data

 

More information regarding the SARC can be found at the California Department of Education (CDE) website: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/sa/