Nebraska City Public Schools

Nebraska City Public Schools
Standards/Assessment/Curriculum/Instruction
Continuous and Integrated School Improvement

Nebraska City Public Schools believe that the primary purpose of assessment is to assist teachers and administrators in instructional and curricular design to ensure that students achieve the skills and knowledge contained in local and state standards.

A secondary purpose is to provide accountability, a means for reporting progress to all the stakeholders in the educational process. The assessment program will be utilized by the Board of Education, teachers, administration, and support staff in making informed decisions designing curricular and instructional programs which meet the diverse needs of the entire student population. The assessment system will yield accurate information only when standards, instruction, and assessment are aligned.

Assessment also directly yields data, which is used to aid in the overall Continuous and Integrated School Improvement process. Long and short term goals are based on the data derived from districtwide assessment. Strengths and areas of growth focus, are determined and serve as a means to measure progress. Assessment guides and improves instruction. School Improvement serves to increase excellence in education. It is through the assessment and the school improvement process, that Nebraska City Public Schools remains committed to promote student achievement.

The district's mission statement:

Giving our Best...
Growing Success!

The Mission Statement serves as a reminder that through careful and appropriate curriculum, assessment and instruction, Nebraska City Public School Educators offers a quality educational experience for ALL students.

District Assessment Overview
Please view link "Flowchart 09-10" to see a visual representation of the process that Nebraska City Public Schools uses to address Assessment

Assessment Terms
Testing terminology can be found by viewing this link.

"District Assessment Plan"
School Districts within the State of Nebraska, submit a global assessment plan yearly to the State for approval as part of accountability and reporting requirements. This plan is updated yearly. Sections of the plan include: Special Education and ELL information, the district's process of addressing the quality indicators of assessment, general assessment information and assessment terms.

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The Nebraska Department of Education's Web Site provides many useful and informational sites. By clicking on this link, you will be able to look up the state standards, view assessment results when they become public and find information relating to education in Nebraska.

Goals Selections/ School Improvement This sections demonstrates the link between data collection, continuous and integrated school improvement and lists various team members as well. Please view how Assessment relates to the overall School Improvement Process. The connection between the collection of data and its relationship to school improvement is direct and allows the purpose of assessment to support student learning, instruction and the improvement of instruction. Various Assessment Team leaders and team members in the Nebraska City Public Schools are listed.