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Indiana's Aims for Education
The
State Aims & Indicators represent the combined vision of
policymakers, educators, parents, students, and business and
community leaders
for education in Indiana. Aims describe the purpose of an organization,
in this case the educational opportunities to be provided students
in Indiana schools. Indicators are numerical information or
data points that quantify input, output, and performance dimensions
of programs, offerings, processes, services and overall organizational
outcomes.
Indicators:
1-1
Number of schools that, for three successive years, have had
an expulsion for possessing a deadly weapon
1-2
Number of schools that, for three successive years, have had
an expulsion for bringing a firearm to school
1-3
Number of schools that, for three successive years, have had
a student who has been a victim of a violent crime within the
school, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity
1-4
Percent of students who feel safe at school, as measured by survey
data
1-5
Percent of schools with emergency preparedness plans
1-6
Number of school/community safety specialists who have completed
School Safety Specialist Training
1-7
Percent of students enrolled in schools that meet health and
safety standards
1-8
Percent of students who report they have a caring school, based
on survey data
1-9
Percent of community members who report their schools are caring,
based on survey data
Indicators:
2-1
Percent of academic standards developed
2-2
Percent of school corporations that request academic standards
documents
2-3
Number of academic standards documents ordered by school corporations
for eligible educators and parents
2-4
Ratings given to Indiana Academic Standards by outside entities
2-5
Percent of state accredited teacher preparation programs that
receive Indiana Academic Standards documents
2-6
Percent of state accredited teacher preparation programs whose
programs are aligned with Indiana Academic Standards
2-7
Percent of corporations using each of the comprehensive state
assessments
2-8
Percent of all eligible students and percent of students in identified
sub-groups (each major racial/ethnic group, limited English proficient
students, students with disabilities, economically disadvantaged
students) participating in comprehensive state assessments
2-9
Percent of comprehensive assessments that are developed and deployed
in corporations on schedule
2-10
Ratings given for alignment and rigor of standards and assessments
2-11
Ratings given Indiana's system of school improvement and performance
categories
2-12
Number of days required to return assessment results to corporations
2-13
Percent of stakeholders satisfied with usability of test data
Indicators:
3-1
Results of assessments (e.g., NCA, Baldrige, ISO 9002) that measure
continuous improvement at the state level
3-2
Ratings given Indiana's educational system
3-3
Percent of schools that submit School Improvement Plans by annual
deadline
3-4
Percent of school corporations that develop corporation continuous
improvement plans (required under ESEA for corporations not meeting
AYP)
3-5
Percent of schools meeting adequate yearly progress goals under
ESEA
3-6
Percent schools moving into higher school improvement and performance
categories from year to year
3-7
Corporation and school scores on local continuous improvement
assessments used by planning models and accrediting agencies
approved by the State Board of Education under P.L.221-1999
3-9
Percent of schools in lowest two school improvement and performance
categories that receive state assistance
3-10
Percent of students graduating from high school with Core 40
diplomas, academic honors diplomas, and International Baccalaureate
diplomas
3-11
Graduation rates
3-12
Percentage of graduates who apply to, are accepted by, and attend
post-secondary education, including vocational training programs
3-13
Percentage of young adults who do not have a high school diploma
or GED
3-14
Voter participation by young adults
Indicators:
4-1
Performance on the ISTEP+ assessments
4-2
Performance on Core 40 end-of-course exams
4-3
Percent of corporations achieving reading levels at or above
grade level by grade 3
4-4
Graduation rate
4-5
Percent of students scoring 3, 4, or 5 on Advanced Placement
tests
4-6
Dropout rate
4-7
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and American College Testing (ACT)
scores and percent of students taking tests
4-8
Percent of students receiving Academic Honors Diploma, Core 40
Diploma, and Vocational Certificates of Achievement
Indicators:
5-1
Range of general fund per-pupil expenditures from year-to-year
5-2
Percent of budget allocated to school corporations versus allocations
to other budgetary items from year-to-year
5-3
Changes in per-pupil expenditures from general fund compared
to changes in consumer price index
5-4
Percent increase in funds allocated to staff development
5-5
Number of technical support contact days provided by the state
5-6
Percent of general funds allocated to staff development, administration,
instruction, facilities, materials, and other expenditures
5-7
Number of certified full time equivalent employees school per
student enrolled
5-8
Number of students per instructional computer
5-9
Percent of instructional computers with Internet connections
5-10
Number of "community use of school facilities" policies in use
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