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Local educators say it is more complex but also more helpful.
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Cliff DeGraw, the Petaluma City Schools Assistant Superintendent, likes the five-colored grids that are used to track districts’ progress in each of the areas being analyzed.
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State Education Department spokesman Robert Ochs, notes that some additional focus areas will be added to the Dashboard in the months ahead.
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Information about the new Dashboard can be found here. The School Accountability Report Cards (SARC) for individual schools are in this searchable document.
