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Created: February 20, 2003
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Measuring the Status of Schools

Site Copyright: Jeanne Curran and Susan R. Takata and Individual Authors, February 2003.
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This essay is based on a Wall Street Journal Article by Daniel Golden on affirmative action for the wealthy: Extra Credit: At Many Colleges, The Rich Kids Get Affirmative Action, Thursday, February 20, 2003, P. A 1. In the previous essay we talked about the ways in which we measure the status of schools. These are some that after long years of teaching I would suggest.

• Academic performance of students.
• Academic performance of teachers.
• Level of academic aspirations of student body.
• Academic resources available without charge to students: texts, computers, art and music supplies.
• Reliance on academic resources suppplied by students: calculators, computers, books, including texts.
• Adequacy of library to supply reading required for all academic subjects.
• Opportunities for personal relationships with teachers and other school-related adults.
• Space for andquality of trained supervisorial guidance for peer interactions.
• Student perception of the quality of their education.