Articles on the FairCompare Process
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valuable recommendations and is to be commended for an outstanding job. I
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truthful accounting of its effectiveness."
Andy Ford
President
Duval Teacher United, AFL-CIO
Jacksonville, FL
Allegheny Policy Council for Youth and Work Force Development
Alliance for Education
Allstate Insurance
Argus Foundation
Arr-Maz Products L.P.
Associated Grocers of New England
AT&T
Bank of New Hampshire
Bank One
Bartow Steel
Bell Atlantic
Buyer's Edge
Carillon Lakes
Catholic Medical Center
Central Florida Development Council
Century 21
Chesterfield (VA) County School Division
Citizens Bank
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Columbus Dispatch
Columbus (OH) Public Schools
Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Corporate/Community Schools of America, Inc., for the Chicago Public Schools
County of Chesterfield (VA)
Cypress Gardens
Dayton (OH) Public School District
Duval County (FL) Public School District
East Side Union (CA) High School District
East St. Louis (IL) School District # 1 89
Eastman Kodak
Elmwood Park (IL) Community School
District 401
Enterprise for Economic Excellence
Ernst & Young LLP
Exeter (NH) Cooperative Region School District
Federal Savings Bank of New Hampshire
Fidelity Investments
First Federal Savings
Fleet Bank
Florida Legislature
Florida Times-Union
Florida Lift Systems, Inc,
Fort Worth (TX) ISD
Fort Worth Star- Telegram
Fox Chapel Area (PA) Public Schools
Gannett Foundation
Grable Foundation
Greater Manchester (NH) Chamber of Commerce
Greenwich (CT) School District
Hampton (PA) Public School District
Hartford Union (WD High School District
Heinz Endowments
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of the Buhl Foundation
Hewlett-Packard
Holophane
Illinois State Board of Education
Indian Prairie (IL) School District #204
Jefferson Parish (LA) Public School System
Johnson & Johnson
Killebrew Inc.
Kissimmee-Osceola (FL) Chamber of
Commerce
Knight Ridder Foundation
KPMG
Lake County (FL) Public Schools
Laramie County (WY) Public Schools
Lakeland Regional Medical Center
Lee Hecht Harrison
Manchester (NH) School District
Merck
Mid-Florida Federal Credit Union
Nashua Telegraph
New Hampshire Business Review
New Hampshire College
Newark (OH) Advocate
Newark (OH) City Schools
New Hampshire Business Review
Nissen Advertising
Northgate (PA) Public School District
Northwestern Mutual Life
Norwest Mortgage
Ocean National Bank
Olentangy (OH) Public School District
Osceola (FL) School District
Osram Sylvania
Owens Coming FIBERGLAS
Park National Bank
Pennsylvania Economy League
Pepsi-Cola Company
Pfizer
Pittsburgh Foundation
Pittsburgh (PA) Public Schools
Polk Businesses for WorldClass Education
Polk Community College
Polk County (FL) School District
Portsmouth (NH) School Department
Publix
Quaker Valley (PA) Public School District
Rialto (CA) Unified Public School District
Ryder International
Saint Bernard Parish (LA) Public Schools
San Bemardino Sun
San Bemardmo (CA) Unified Public Schools
Sarasota County (FL) Public Schools
Sarasota Herald- Tribune
Savannah-Chatham County (GA) School District
SBC
Seacoast Newspapers
Selby Foundation
South Regional Professional Development Center
Southwest Airlines
State Farm Insurance
Sun Trust Bank
Sunco Carriers, Inc.
Sylvan Learning Center
Terrebonne Parish (LA) Public Schools
Thomas J. Evans Foundation
The Club at Eaglebrook
The Ledger
The Limited
Time Warner Entertainment Company
Tyco International
United Parcel Service
University of South Florida
Upper Arlington (OH) City Schools
Venice Foundation
Walt Disney World Company
Warren (OH) City Schools
Webster University
Westerville (OH) City Schools
"SchoolMatch took tough questions
when they needed to be asked. The result was a balanced look at the
successed and failures. Our readers saw that balance and the study is
having an impact on our community. SchoolMatch met, or exceeded all of our
deadline requirements. This project will have a long-standing effect on
our schools."
Mark Middlebrook
Assistant Managing Editor and Project Editor
The Florida Times-Union
"The FairCompare Analysis & Audit done for school
systems/schools by SchoolMatch is the best evaluation tool available on
the market for both the school systems and the citizenry that they serve.
The Analyses & Audits yield valuable data that enable the district to make valid
comparisons to systems with similar demographics and provide a basis for
an overall system-wide improvement plan."
Donald R. Thompson, PhD
President
American Association of School Adminstrators, 1996-1997
"We offer an unqualified
endorsement of SchoolMatch. SchoolMatch is able to perform an Analysis & Audit and
compare the results of school systems being audited with those of similar
demographics. The steps of the Analysis & Audit are important in order to help a
system establish appropriate measures for both improvement and standards
of performance."
William T. McConnell
Chairman, Park National Bank
President, American Bankers Association, 1997-98
Audit Co-Sponsor
"The unique ability of SchoolMatch to provide benchmark districts
with which we could compare ourselves is an invaluable component and one that,
I believe, sets your company apart from others... While SchoolMatch may not always
have told us what we wanted to hear, they always told us what we needed to know.
They provided the catalyst for needed change."
Tom Lewis-
Vice President,
Wait Disney World Company
"The SchoolMatch team ... is to be commended on the thorough review and
the outstanding recommendations that will assist our school district to move
forward in our data driven decisions.. I would be pleased to recommend the
FairCompare Analysis & Audit to any school district that is looking at the
process of continuous improvement. The data, received and the information
provided will be invaluable as we continue our goal of providing the very best
for every student."
Blaine A. Muse-
Superintendent,
The School District of Osceola (FL)
"The recent SchoolMatch report on the quality of our local public schools
provided us with a wealth of information on the strengths and weaknesses of our
school system."
Louis M. Perez-
Executive Editor,
The Ledger, Lakeland, FL