PARCA’s new Teachers Matter report, commissioned by the Business Education Alliance, identifies Alabama-specific strategies for recruiting and retaining teachers. The Read the full release.
Alabama’s future depends on a vibrant and growing workforce. The ability to grow and retain talent will determine the long-term career prospects for our state and its people. PARCA studies school performance and the process of aligning training programs to industry needs, which develops a cradle to career talent pipeline.
PARCA provides:
Analysis of statewide school performance.
Deep dives into school systems’ performance, including by student sub-groups.
Comparisons of school system expenditures to recognized best practices.
Implement technologies to simplify schools’ budgeting and reporting.
Alabama Strategies for National Problem of Teacher Shortages
PARCA Briefs BCA on Teacher Quality and Progress in Public Education
Alabama public schools have made substantial progress in raising high school graduation rates, but must continue to improve student performance on Read the full release.
The Poverty vs. Performance Challenge
PARCA continues to explore the results of the state’s new standardized test, the Aspire, and is developing new ways of Read the full release.
Setting the Course for Continuous Improvement in Tuscaloosa City and County Schools
Thanks to Plan 2020, the state’s strategic plan for improving the state’s public schools, schools and the communities they serve Read the full release.
How does your school compare on the Aspire?
Take a look at the 2014 ACT Aspire results for Heard Magnet Elementary school in Dothan. The following images show Read the full release.
PARCA’s school analysis for Dothan
Each year, PARCA travels to Dothan to present data on the city school system to educators, parents, and the public. Read the full release.
How does your school system compare with state averages?
PARCA has been working on a new system for presenting information about Alabama’s public schools. In the next few posts, Read the full release.
2014 Remedial Education Rates by High School
Alabama public high schools produced more graduates in 2014 than they produced the previous year, and more of them enrolled Read the full release.
PARCA Poll of Public Attitudes on Taxes, Education, Corrections and Medicaid
According to a new poll of public opinion commissioned by the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama, state residents would Read the full release.
PARCA Winter Quarterly Tackles Budgeting, Corrections, Medicaid, and Education
The PARCA Quarterly Winter 2015 edition provides perspective on Alabama’s budget challenges and reform efforts in education, Medicaid, and the Read the full release.