Parent Advocacy Toolkit Trainer Assessment

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* 1. What are the five possible sub-ratings within the GreatSchools Summary Rating?

Test Score Rating, Student or Academic Progress Rating, College Readiness Rating, Equity Rating and Advanced Courses Rating

Test Score Rating, Student or Academic Progress Rating, College Readiness Rating, Equity Rating and ELL Rating

Test Score Rating, Student or Academic Progress Rating, College Readiness Rating, Teacher Ratio Rating and Advanced Courses Rating

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* 2. Which ratings signal a school is “average”?

Ratings between 1 and 3

Ratings between 4 and 7

Ratings between 8 and 10

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* 3. What does the GreatSchools Test Score Rating compare?

Test scores in ninth grade at a school compared to other schools in the state

Test scores at a school to other public district and public charter schools in the state

Test scores at public district schools compared to a private schools in the state

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* 4. What does the Academic section show?

Ratings and data for key themes related to academic success.

Ratings and data for popular courses.

Ratings and data on student demographics.

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* 5. What does the Equity section show?

Ratings and data for course access

Ratings and data on student demographics.

How well different student groups are being served at this school

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* 6. The GreatSchools Student Progress Rating is also known as “_______”.

Equity

Advancement

Growth

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* 7. A school has a high graduation rate so that must mean students are ready for college?

Yes, high graduation rates mean students are ready for college

Not always, some students may be graduating without the coursework and test scores they need to be successful

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* 8. The Equity section shows you how well “_______” are being served at a school.

Teachers

Student groups

Substitute teachers

Principals

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* 9. What can a low Equity rating mean?

The schools property value is low

Disadvantages students are succeeding

Teachers are not being treated fairly

A school may have significant achievement gaps between groups of students

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* 10. What does the Advanced Courses Rating reflect?

The number of advanced courses taken per student by different races/ethnicities.

The percentage of students who are enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) courses.

The number of advanced courses teachers are qualified to teach.

A and C

A and B

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* 11. What should you do if there is a disparity in student attendance?

Ask the school why this disparity exists and what it's doing to make sure that attendance policies are fair

Nothing because this does not concern your child

Ask the school why this disparity exists and accept the data

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* 12. How does GreatSchools define low income in the Low-Income Student module?

Students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch

Students that paid less taxes in a filing year

Students who work less than 16 hours a week

Students with parents who work part time

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* 13. What kind of information can you find on GreatSchools.org?

Student test scores

Discipline and Attendance

College readiness

Course access

All of the above

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* 14. In what two ideal settings can you teach parents about the information available on GreatSchools?

1 on 1 meeting and house meeting

City council forum and 1 on 1 meeting

House meeting and school board meeting

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* 15. If parents are concerned with the data listed on GreatSchools.org what should they do?

Accept the data

Talk to your school leader

Talk to a local advocacy group

None of the above

B and C