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Assessment and Accountability
Click here to view each 2007-08 School Accountability Report Card (published in 2009)
What is a School Accountability Report Card (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.

What information does the SARC contain?

SARCs include a profile that provides background information about a school and its students. The profile summarizes the school's mission, goals, and accomplishments. State law requires that the SARC contain all of the following:
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
In addition, No Child Left Behind requires that SARCs contain reports concerning the adequate yearly progress (AYP) of students in achieving state academic achievement standards; Title 1 Program Improvement; graduation rates at the secondary level; and the extent to which "highly qualified" teachers are teaching core academic subjects.

Type of teaching credential
Teacher education level
Core academic courses taught by highly qualified teachers

The SARCs attached here are from the 2007-08 school year. SARCs for the 2008-2009 school year will be posted in February 2010.

To learn more about the Policy and Evaluation Division and the School Accountability Report Card of the California Department of Education click here.

To view Los Cerros Middle Support Personnel Accountability Report Card (SPARC) click on the pdf below.

What is SPARC?

The Support Personnel Accountability Report Card (SPARC) is a continuous improvement tool that gives a school site an opportunity to demonstrate effective communication and a commitment to getting results by the team of support personnel (i.e. school counselors, school psychologists, nurses etc.). Modeled after the School Accountability Report Card (SARC), the SPARC has been developed by an advisory group of Los Angeles County counselors, counselor supervisors, counselor educators, and California Department of Education consultants.