CLASS SIZE REDUCTION CHECKLIST
In addition to reviewing our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page, here are a few reminders about what to look for when reviewing your class size projection:
Check room by room to ensure accuracy. DO NOT FOCUS SOLEY ON THE SCHOOL AVERAGE. If a room's class size appears too high or too low, schools can use the BLD/RM field on the C16 Master Schedule Query panel in TERMS to view the classes scheduled for that room to make sure the room has been scheduled correctly. Enter the building and room numbers (no spaces or characters) in the BLD/RM field and press Enter. Be sure to press the F8 key until the message “No Additional Pages” appears at the bottom of the screen
. Review your FISH report from ETS, it’s important that all rooms identified in TERMS are properly identified with the correct FISH number. It’s MORE important to make sure that all of your rooms have unique FISH numbers. If your school is operating classes on another campus, make sure you correctly identify the other school on the C01 panel when defining the room.
Make sure that in your master schedules the same classroom is not mistakenly assigned to two different teachers. If two or more teachers are sharing the same FISH room space, (co-teaching or divided classrooms) then make sure you code each master schedule record with scheduling method “C” for co-teaching (team teaching) and scheduling method “M” for divided classrooms. If scheduling method “C” is used, the appropriate Team Teacher Training code must be entered in the TTT field on the master schedule record.
Elementary schools must make sure that the periods used for specials (other than the core special) end in 88, such as 0688.
For classes that have multiple grade levels, the grade with the most students will be the grade level used for the class size calculation. A tie goes to the highest grade level. This becomes a factor for those smaller classes, such as pull-outs or self-contained ESE classes. They could have more KG-3 in the class, such as 1 per grade, but also two 4th graders, which would cause that class to be included in the 4-8 level, not the PK-3 level. It is possible that the room will have some periods fall under the PK-3 calculation and some periods under the Grade 4-5 calculation, depending on the grade assignments of the individual periods scheduled in the room.
Be careful about combining core and non-core classes in the same room during the same period. If there are more students taking the non-core class then the entire period is deemed to be non-core and the core class will not be counted in your class size calculation. Conversely, if there are more students taking the core class then the period will be counted but the students in the non-core class will be included in the class size calculation. If the same number of students are in the core and the non-core class, the period will be counted as a core period.
In addition to reviewing our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page, here are a few reminders about what to look for when reviewing your class size projection:
Check room by room to ensure accuracy. DO NOT FOCUS SOLEY ON THE SCHOOL AVERAGE. If a room's class size appears too high or too low, schools can use the BLD/RM field on the C16 Master Schedule Query panel in TERMS to view the classes scheduled for that room to make sure the room has been scheduled correctly. Enter the building and room numbers (no spaces or characters) in the BLD/RM field and press Enter. Be sure to press the F8 key until the message “No Additional Pages” appears at the bottom of the screen
. Review your FISH report from ETS, it’s important that all rooms identified in TERMS are properly identified with the correct FISH number. It’s MORE important to make sure that all of your rooms have unique FISH numbers. If your school is operating classes on another campus, make sure you correctly identify the other school on the C01 panel when defining the room.
Make sure that in your master schedules the same classroom is not mistakenly assigned to two different teachers. If two or more teachers are sharing the same FISH room space, (co-teaching or divided classrooms) then make sure you code each master schedule record with scheduling method “C” for co-teaching (team teaching) and scheduling method “M” for divided classrooms. If scheduling method “C” is used, the appropriate Team Teacher Training code must be entered in the TTT field on the master schedule record.
Elementary schools must make sure that the periods used for specials (other than the core special) end in 88, such as 0688.
For classes that have multiple grade levels, the grade with the most students will be the grade level used for the class size calculation. A tie goes to the highest grade level. This becomes a factor for those smaller classes, such as pull-outs or self-contained ESE classes. They could have more KG-3 in the class, such as 1 per grade, but also two 4th graders, which would cause that class to be included in the 4-8 level, not the PK-3 level. It is possible that the room will have some periods fall under the PK-3 calculation and some periods under the Grade 4-5 calculation, depending on the grade assignments of the individual periods scheduled in the room.
Be careful about combining core and non-core classes in the same room during the same period. If there are more students taking the non-core class then the entire period is deemed to be non-core and the core class will not be counted in your class size calculation. Conversely, if there are more students taking the core class then the period will be counted but the students in the non-core class will be included in the class size calculation. If the same number of students are in the core and the non-core class, the period will be counted as a core period.
