Parent Resources
School Accountability Report Cards (SARCs)—Proposition 98, passed by California voters in 1988, requires that every educational agency prepare annual Accountability Report Cards
Parents Rights and Responsibilities and Student Behavior Standards—annual notifications
Crisis Referral Services for Families—telephone numbers for Sacramento County crisis referral services
California Content Standards and Curriculum Frameworks—what students are expected to learn at each grade level
ChildTrends Data Bank—national trends and research on over 70 key indicators of child and youth well-being
Condition of Children in the United States—an online database that allows you to generate custom graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles
Reports, articles and data on the condition of children and related issues:
- California Report Card—factors for school success
Keeping Schools Safe—a downloadable PDF version of a publication designed to help involve parents and other caring adults in supervision programs.
Recommended Internet Resources
DataQuest Parents' Reference Page—California Department of Education resources for parents
Charting the College Course—Wanting to go to college is one thing. Getting there is another. Specific classes are required, as are good grades. This site offers a year-by-year guide for students and their parents to follow, beginning in sixth grade.
White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans—Spanish language site provides information to parents of minority students on how to prepare their children for college.
40 proven assets essential to every young person's success
Edsource Public Involvement—provides a range of information to help parents, businesses, and community members understand and work to strengthen California's schools
California Resources and Links—Edsource listing of organizations selected from the growing number of Web sites that have interesting information and resources about elementary and secondary education. Most of these sites offer links to additional useful information.
What is the Academic Performance Index (API)?
California Department of Education's Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999—Academic Performance Index (API)
The School-Home Links Reading Kits—a collection of research-based online activities designed to help families reinforce the reading and language arts skills that their children are learning at school
IPEDS College Opportunities Online—your direct link to over 9,000 colleges and universities in the United States. If you are thinking about attending a large university, a small liberal arts college, a specialized college, a community college, a career or technical college or a trade school, you can find information about them here.
FamilyEducation.com—a comprehensive Web site for parents
Discussion Groups—of interest to parents
Connect for Kids—a virtual encyclopedia of information for adults who want to make their communities better places for kids
Local Child Care Planning Council—Sacramento's Child Care Resource and Referral Program
Child Action, Inc.—provides services including child care resources and referral, child care subsidies, recruitment and training of child care professionals, and parent education and support.
Talking with Kids About Tough Issues—national initiative to encourage parents to talk with their children
Comprehensive Guide to Government at All Levels—from the University of California's Infomine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
The Supported Life Institute—educational and training opportunities to assist individuals and organizations in the work of improving the quality of life for people with disabilities
