Frenchtown Elementary School

What is SALT (School Accountability for Learning and Teaching)?

SALT is Rhode Island's comprehensive school accountability system.  The entire SALT cycle includes the following:
 

School Improvement Team Self-Study School Improvement Plan  School Report Night SALT visit Compact for Learning between the School District and the RI                  Dept of Education

  The SALT visit and other SALT tools are designed to aid schools in their ongoing development and implementation of effective School Improvement Plans.  (you can review Frenchtown's School Improvement (SIT) plan by clicking here

School Report Night  (Thursday, October 16, 2003)

Frenchtown's School Report Night is part of the SALT cycle.  School report night is a way to reach out to parents and involve them in our school improvement process.  Just as the SALT process asks schools to assume responsibility for their own improvement, school report night reminds parents of their crucial role in the improvement process.

A successful school report night encourages open discussion about ways parents can become more active in improving learning.  Frenchtown's School Report Night is scheduled for Thursday, October 16, 2003.

The SALT Visit Report (most recent visit-March, 2001)

 The SALT team visited Frenchtown School in 2001.  The team was comprised of teachers, parents and faculty from other Rhode Island School systems.  The team followed 7 students for a full day.  They observed 90 full and partial lessons totaling over 74 hours of direct classroom observation.  They completed 32 interviews with teachers, staff, and administrators, they interviewed students, met with the School Improvement Team and reviewed various school policies and documents.  Through this independent observation, discussion with faculty and students, and research of documents relating to Frenchtown's plans and testing results, they drew qualitative conclusions about Student Learning, Teaching, and Frenchtown School itself.  You can read their report (it is quite brief) at (www.ridoe.net).. Click here  then click on "SALT visit reports" and choose Frenchtown School.
 
 

The SALT Surveys

The SALT surveys are a qualitative measure of the perceptions held about the learning environment at Frenchtown School.   The surveys fall into 4 different categories as noted below:
Click here to review these reports
Then click on "SALT survey", type in East Greenwich in the district name, choose Frenchtown School and then choose the desired survey report.

THE FOUR SALT SURVEYS

NAME OF REPORT

EXAMPLE OF SURVEY QUESTIONS

Note:  There is no "Student Report Survey" available for Frenchtown School

1. STAFF REPORTS:      9 Categories of questions      Over 100 questions       2. TEACHER-STUDENT RATINGS:             3. PARENT REPORTS:         4. STUDENT REPORTS:      Not Available for Frenchtown School

Questions asked of teachers address many different areas.  One such area is attitudes toward specific educational practices,.  For example, the question is asked "How much do you agree or disagree that critical thinking, small group instruction, heterogeneous grouping, or interdisciplinary practices is essential to effective education in the grade that you are teaching?"     Questions asked of teachers address many areas of subjective student assessment.  One such area is a teacher rating scale of academic performance by grade level and by standards-based grades.  For example, "At what grade level are the students performing in general?", "At what grade level are the students performing in reading/language arts?", "At what level are students performing in math?"   Questions asked of parents address many different areas.  One such area is whether the school has made an effort to involve parents.  For example, the request was made to rate the following statements, ""the school provides clear information on how report card grades are earned, the school invites me to PTG meetings, the school includes parents on school committees, the school contacts me if my child does something wrong or something well."

 

Other Reports provided by the RI Dept of Education (RIDOE)
 

Infoworks! 2003 (most recent assessment date - 2001-2002 school year)

Information Works! is the quantitative piece of the education puzzle.  The Infoworks! reports are a set of report cards for individual schools, total districts and the total state of Rhode Island.  The tests target specific subjects in specific grades to determine what percentage of the students is meeting, nearly meeting or exceeding the standard and conversely what percentage is below the standard or shows little evidence of achievement..  For Frenchtown, there is only one quantitative assessment.  Third grade students are tested in writing.  Information Works! includes 4 reports: (1) The test assessments (2) school performance and financial information (3) School Climate and other indicators, and (4) student suspension data.

 They also indicate overall school performance  (ie., high performing, moderately performing).  There are 4 basic report cards for each school and for the school district -- (1) Assessments (academic standards test results), (2)  Overall School Performance,  (3) School Climate and Other Indicators, and (4) Suspension Data.  These reports are very easy to use and to read.  Reports are available for the past 5 years (1998-2002) for comparative purposes.  Click here to review these reports Then click on "School report cards", type in Frenchtown in school name and choose the desired report.
 
 

In$ite 2003 (most recent financial data - 2001-2002 school year)

The In$ite reports shows how school districts spend their education dollars.   These reports slice the education dollars in a variety of ways.  The first set of reports splits the dollars by major function -- instruction, instructional support, operations, other commitments, and leadership.  The second set of reports splits the dollars by education program -- general education, special education, Chapter I, Bilingual, Vocational education, and other programs.  The third set of reports splits the district's educational dollars among the three levels of schools -- elementary, middle, and high school.  These reports are very easy to use and to read.  All districts in the state of Rhode Island are included.  Click here to review these reports   Then click on "Insite Financial Data", click on the most recent "charts and reports", click on "schools and districts", choose East Greenwich and finally choose the desired report.
 
 

SALT VISIT REPORTS (most recent  visit March 23, 2001) Click on "SALT visit reports". Choose Frenchtown School.

SALT SURVEY RESULTS Click on "SALT survey". Type in East Greenwich in district name. Choose Frenchtown School. Choose desired report.

INFOWORKS! (most recent school year 01-02)     Click on "School report cards". Type in Frenchtown in school name. Choose desired report.

IN$ITE (most recent school year 01-02)     Click on "Insite Financial Data" Click on most recent "charts and reports". Click on "Schools and Districts". Choose East Greenwich. Choose desired report.