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What is Decile

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The decile rating is the indicator used to measure the extent to which schools draw pupils from low socio-economic communities. A decile is a 10% grouping. Decile 1 schools are the 10% of schools with the highest proportion of students from low socio-economic communities. Decile 10 schools are the 10% of schools with the lowest proportion of these students. A school’s decile rating does not indicate the overall socio-economic mix of the school. Each state and state integrated school (with the exception of health camp schools, regional health schools, and Child, Youth and Family schools) is ranked into a decile on the basis of the indicator. The indicator is based on Census data for households with school-aged children in each school’s catchment area (Ministry of Education, 2010).
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Case Study of a New Zealand School’s Use and Development of a Parent Portal
Julie Lynch (University of Auckland, New Zealand) and Kerry Lee (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-068-2.ch015
Abstract
Involving parents and the community in children’s learning has always been a difficult challenge. The New Zealand Ministry of Education has identified the value of this involvement and has directed schools to develop links with parents and the community. Learning Management Systems are seen as a way where this can be effectively achieved. This chapter will provide a case study of one of the first schools in New Zealand to take up the challenge of linking with parents by utilising their school learning management system. Examples will be used to provide evidence of the ways the school utilised their parent portal to enable parent and community interaction to assist with children’s learning.
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