School Accountability Report Cards

What is a School Accountability Report Card (SARC)?

Since November 1988, state law has required that schools receiving state funding to prepare and distribute a SARC. The purpose of the report card is to provide parents and the community with important information about each 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.

Information SARC Contains

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

School Accountability Report Cards (SARC)