Hard Statistics
Another Year for the Books.
An External Review Team representing the Northwest Accreditation Commission assessed the North Fork School in February, 2015. The full text of the Team's Report is here:
We value stakeholder opinions.
In June of 2019, in preparation for our upcoming NWAC/AdvancED External Accreditation Review in March, 2020, The North Fork School distributed Stakeholder Surveys to current and alumni parents, current and alumni students, and current staff. We are pleased to share the results of those surveys here.
We had a 63% overall Stakeholder response rate, with each standard averaging 4.3+
A short synopsis of 2019 Survey results (on a 5-point scale) >>>
4.62
Standard 1:
purpose/direction
4.50
Standard 2:
governance/leadership
4.44
Standard 3:
teaching/assessing
4.34
Standards 4:
resources/support
4.48
Standard 5:
using results for improvement
We never teach to tests, but tests reveal student progress.
North Fork School student Performance Data consistently reveals a correlation between years spent in North Fork School classes and increased performance on national standardized assessments.
Seniors who have spent four or more years at The North Fork School are AP Scholars and McCall-Donnelly High School Valedictorians (2003, 2009, 2013) and Salutatorians (2013, 2014) of their McCall-Donnelly classes, as well as National Merit Finalists and semi-finalists (2005, 2009), and Academic All-Americans (2009).
The following chart of SAT scores across time (number of average years the students in each cohort spent at The North Fork School) reveals the relationship between consistent study at The North Fork School and increased SAT performance >>>
2011-2019 SAT Scores: % scores rise (average consecutive years at NFS)
Iterative Design: THE North Fork method.
See how successive years of North Fork classes build skills and create flexible, self-motivated, entrepreneurial mindsets.
Click on the archive access button below for a detailed look:
Because Education.
