WASC General Overview
WASC Groupings
Chapter 1-5 Part One
Chapter 1-5 Part Two
Chapter 1-5 Part Three
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What is the best outcome of a successful WASC self study? (hint: ____ years and _____.) Use exact language for this answer. No exceptions.
What is 6 years with no visit?
100
This group organized the home group and focus group teams.
What is a Leadership team?
100
In chapter 4 we review all the data and findings as well as summarizing the final _________ _____ _________ _______. (hint 4 words)
What are "critical student learning needs?"
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This group answers the "So What" question such as: 1. How effective is this overall? 2. How are things alike or different for groups of students?
What are focus groups?
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Chapter 3 is titled this _________ _______ _______.
What is "Program Quality Analysis?"
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True or False-->WASC accreditation means schools add value by increasing what students know, increasing what students can do, and improving how students feel about themselves, others, and learning.
What is True?
200
This group looks at data, observations, interviews, student word, and criteria
What are focus groups?
200
In this chapter we revise the comprehensive school-wide action plan and define school-wide and student group growth.
What is Chapter 5?
200
Home groups consist of these THREE groups at Los Padrinos.
What are Advisory PLC, Math/Science PLC, and ELA/SS PLC?
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Chapter III will include the following focus groups of organization, curriculum, instruction, assessment, and _______________.
What is "culture and support?"
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How many weeks ahead of time should we send our self study report to the WASC evaluating team? What is the best number of weeks?
What is 8 weeks?
300
This GROUP provides details and disaggregation of data for the groups outlined in Chapter 3.
What are Home groups?
300
This is the chapter our team will write about the school profile.
What is Chapter 2?
300
In our Chapter 5 action plan, our team will look at our (a) strengths and (b) _______________________.
What are Growth Areas?
300
The revised _________________________should be aligned to the _______________ in Chapter 5.
What are (1) SPSA and (2) LCAP?
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The ESLRs were replaced with this acronym in the new WASC. You must spell out the acronym correctly as well to get the points.
What are SLOs? Schoolwide Learner Outcomes.
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At the end of each chapter, these are listed to assist with the writing process.
What are "self check questions?"
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Perception data is collected using what tools?
What are surveys? (survey monkey, free online surveys, ZOHO)
400
What chapter will our team provide the progress report for Los Padrinos?
What is Chapter 1 Progress Reports?
400
A WASC team must establish THIS in order to organize and integrate Home and focus group work with regular scheduled meetings and in-service days for the next 18 months.
What is an established timeline?
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What should the schoolwide action plan(SPSA) be aligned too?
What is LCAP?
500
This team is created to collect information about the school's demographics, population, and basic information about the school organization.
What is a profile team?
500
What kind of data is not included in Chapter 2 of the WASC self study? (General Background and history, School Program Data, Demographic Data, Student Learner Outcomes, Perception Data, Data on Addressing the Eight State Priorities)
What are student learner outcomes? It should be Schoolwide learner outcomes.
500
In the "Road to the Action Plan," our team will need to look at Schoolwide Learner Outcomes, _____________, and Critical Learner Needs.
What is data?
500
The characteristics of a Quality Self study should include the following three components: (1) solid facts, (2) analyzed findings supported by evidence, and (3) _____________-_____________ _________ (hint 3 words)
What is "Straight-forward language?"