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Other factors.
As the Project Consultants tour, review, and assess the educational
adequacy of a school district’s schools, the comparative benchmark
employed (by the Project Consultants) is/would be a typical, recentlyconstructed,
mid-range costed, modern-day elementary school, middle
school, or high school (as the comparison may dictate) in the same state or
general region (in this case the Midwest) of the United States. The Project
Consultants examine each of the school district’s teaching/learning facilities
in the light of the aforementioned educational adequacy components as
those components would be found in the recently-constructed, modern-day
school of like organizational level. Each school facility school component is
ranked, employing the following coding system: Excellent (state-of-the-art);
Good (definitely a higher quality than that which is typically found in most
schools); Adequate (acceptable; workable; average, not necessarily
deficient; not necessarily remarkable); Marginal (below standard; deficient);
Poor (inadequate; unacceptable as a teaching/learning environment).
To provide a broad spectrum perspective for the reader in assessing a
school district’s teaching/learning facilities, the Project Consultants would
describe, for example, the educational adequacy of an “excellent”
teaching/learning environment as follows: spacious; well-lighted; modernday
flooring and ceilings; ample modern-day cabinetry; technology-laden
(SMART Board); modern-day furniture; flexible seating; adequate storage;
and the like. By comparison, the Project Consultants would characterize
the educational adequacy of a “poor” teaching/learning environment as
follows: under-sized; antiquated flooring; antiquated, soiled, and,
potentially, missing ceiling components; insufficient electricity; aged and/or
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