Needs Assessment Resources

The following materials are for use by Education Council members in crafting a comprehensive Needs Assessment Report, to be submitted to the US Department of Education as part of their statutory requirement. The reports are organized into Data Packets as they were presented during the first group work session on June 29, 2011. Click on each title to view or print the PDF.

GROUP 1 DATA PACKET

• Native Hawaiian Educational Assessment Update 2009, Kamehameha Schools
• Testimony on Native Language and Culture-Based Education, Kamehameha Schools
• Hawaii 2011: Our Quality of Life, Hawaii Business Magazine
• Update on Native Hawaiian Well-being 2011, Kamehameha Schools

 GROUP 2 DATA PACKET         

• The Value of the College- and Career-Ready Agenda in Hawai'i, Achieve
• Homeless Service Utilization Report 2010, UH Center on the Family & Hawai'i State Department of Human Services
• Raising Resilient Children During Tough Economic Times, UH Center on the Family
• College and Career Indicators Report, Hawai'i P-20
• NCES Rural Designated Schools and DOE Ethnic Distribution Data, Hawai'i Race to the Top Application
• Executive Summary, Hawai'i Race to the Top Application
• Hawaiian Cultural Influences in Education, Kamehameha Schools
• School Leaders' Vision for Successful Students at Hawaiian-focused Charter Schools

GROUP 3 DATA PACKET

• Core Indicators- Well-being of Native Hawaiian Keiki, UH Center on the Family
• Hawai'i Family Touchstones, UH Center on the Family
• Hawai'i School Community Profiles, UH Center on the Family
• Kaua'i School Community Profiles, UH Center on the Family
• Maui School Community Profiles, UH Center on the Family
• O'ahu School Community Profiles, UH Center on the Family
• Profile of Young Hawaiian Children, UH Center on the Family

GROUP 4 DATA PACKET

• Hawai'i State Assessment Baseline Data 2003-2009, Hawai'i Race to the Top Application
• Education section, Office of Hawaiian Affairs' 2006 Data Book

POVERTY MAPS

• Hawai'i
• Kaua'i
• Lana'i
• Maui
• Moloka'i
• Ni'ihau
• O'ahu
• Hawaiian Populations by Island, Office of Hawaiian Affairs' 2006 Data Book