NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

COMMISSION ON PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS

REPORT OF THE VISITING COMMITTEE

CARVER HIGH SCHOOL

CARVER, MASSACHUSETTS

March 10-13, 2002

Joseph Damplo, CHAIR

Stephen Flanagan, ASSISTANT CHAIR

Kathleen H. Spencer, PRINCIPAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

STATEMENT OF LIMITATIONS

Page

Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 1

Overview of Findings............................................................................................................ 3

Quality of Self-Assessment

Discussion of Significant Findings regarding

Teaching and Learning and the Support of Teaching and Learning

School and Community Profile.............................................................................................. 8

School’s Statement of Mission and Learning Expectations................................................... 11

Header Page: Teaching and Learning Standards................................................................. 13

Mission and Expectations for Student Learning.............................................................. 14

Curriculum................................................................................................................... 20

Instruction.................................................................................................................... 27

Assessment of Student Learning.................................................................................... 34

Header Page: Support Standards........................................................................................ 41

Leadership and Organization......................................................................................... 42

School Resources for Learning..................................................................................... 48

Community Resources for Learning............................................................................... 55

Follow-Up Responsibilities.................................................................................................. 62

APPENDICES

A. Roster of Team Members

B. Commission Policy on Substantive Change

STATEMENT ON LIMITATIONS

THE DISTRIBUTION, USE, AND SCOPE OF THE

VISITING COMMITTEE REPORT

The Commission on Public Secondary Schools of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges considers this visiting committee report of Carver High School to be a privileged document submitted by the Commission on Public Secondary Schools of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges to the principal of the school and by the principal to the state department of education. Distribution of the report within the school community is the responsibility of the school principal. The final visiting committee report must be released in its entirety within sixty days (60) of its completion to the superintendent, school board, public library or town office, and the appropriate news media.

The prime concern of the visiting committee has been to assess the quality of the educational program at Carver High School in terms of the school’s stated mission and the Commission’s Standards for Accreditation. Neither the total report nor any of its subsections is to be considered an evaluation of any individual staff member but rather a professional appraisal of the school as it appeared to the visiting team.

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