Sacramento County Children's Report Card
Under the leadership of the Children's Coalition, the Report Card was developed in 2000 and was intended to portray facts about the status of children in Sacramento County. Every two years, the Report Card is updated through a community driven process to determine what the community believes are the most important facts or indicators about children. This report makes no recommendations but is meant to serve as the foundation to help the community guide policy development and allocate resources, set goals for improvement, track changing conditions, promote county-wide responsibility for positive change, and spur research in areas where information is lacking. Below are links to the reports that are available on the website of the Community Service Planning Council which helps to facilitate and compile these reports.
Sacramento County Children's Report Card
California Healthy Kids Survey
Conducted by San Juan Unified School District
More information available on their web pages.
Every two years, the San Juan Unified School District administers the Elementary School (for 5th grader) and Secondary School (for 7th graders through 12th graders) California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS). The CHKS is a comprehensive youth health-risk and resilience data collection service, sponsored by the California Department of Education (CDE). The elementary survey was designed to measure behaviors and, particularly, the factors that influence them. This report summarizes the results for key indicators of risk and well-being. The secondary survey report provides key findings relating to substance use, violence and safety, and poor physical health. The complete survey results are available in the district's Technical Report.
Although this report provides information on the percent of students that are involved in risk behaviors, equally important is the percent of students who did not engage in them. While it is essential to identify and address student problems, we should not lose sight of the positive behaviors and attitudes of most youth. About half the CHKS is devoted to assessing youth assets or resilience traits that have been found to promote success and help prevent the onset of health risk behaviors even in the presence of high-risk environments.
2007 Summary Report - California Healthy Kids Survey
Elementary Schools - 2007 Key Findings
Elementary Schools - Technical Report
Secondary Schools - 2007 Key Findings
Secondary Schools - Technical Report
Why is the survey conducted?
The district conducts the CHKS in order to assess and reduce student violence, substance use, and other health-risk behaviors, and to monitor its progress in promoting youth well-being and school success. The CHKS is an integral part of efforts to improve student academic performance, enhance youth assets, and promote positive youth development. It helps schools and communities understand when and how risk behaviors develop by assessing youth prior to the ages at which they usually occur, as well as identifying early initiators. Research demonstrates that delaying the onset of risk behaviors reduces the level of involvement and related problems.
