Student Services conducts and reports student assessments for academics, phyiscal fitness and health. Regular annual assessments and surveys include School Accountability Report Cards (SARCS), STAR Testing, Phycial Fitness Tests and Healthy Kids Survey. Below are descriptions of and the latest reports and results for the following:

School Accountability Report Cards (SARCS)
STAR Testing
Phyical Fitness Tests
Healthy Kids Survey

School Accountability Report Cards (SARCS)

California public schools are required to provide information about themselves to the community in the form of an annual SARC. These report cards  allow the public to evaluate and compare schools based on the following data:

• demographic information
• school safety and climate for learning
• academic data
• class size
• teacher and staff information
• curriculum and instruction
• fiscal and expenditure data

SARCs are issued in June and report on the previous academic year. For example, the SARC issued in June 2013 provides information on the 2011-12 school year. SARCs are published in a format provided by the California Department of Education and are available below as downloadable PDF files.

Brookside Elementary School SARC 2011-12
Hidden Valley Elementary School SARC 2011-12
Manor Elementary School SARC 2011-12
Wade Thomas Elementary School SARC 2011-12
White Hill Middle School SARC 2011-12

Standard Testing and Reporting (STAR)

The STAR assesses student knowledge of grade level content as well as state content standards. Students in the 4th through 7th grade participate in a STAR writing test and students in grades 2 through 11 participate in a STAR multiple choice test. STAR results are available at the District Office or online at the California Department of Education's STAR website.

Physical Fitness Test (PFT)
The PFT, completed by students in the spring of their 5th, 7th and 9th grades, provides information that can be used by students to assess and plan personal fitness programs, by teachers to design the  of physical education program curriculum, and by parents/guardians to understand their children’s fitness levels.  Ross Valley also offers other local measures of achievement.

Healthy Kids Survey

The Healthy Kids Survey is a comprehensive and customizable youth survey that provides essential and reliable health risk assessment and resilience information to schools, districts, and communities.

The District is required to administer the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) to all 5th- and 7th-grade students every two years. The Healthy Kids Survey meets the assessment requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) for Title IV Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities. Parent permission was required to participate.

More information about California Healthy Kids Survey is available at www.wested.org/hks.