A newer issue is the number of Advance Placement Programs available as a result of the small size of many high schools and the limited number of Vocational Programs. Regarding Advance Placement, Algebra, geometry, and foreign languages are now available to seventh and eighth grade students for high school credit. DoDDS is able to offer at least two AP courses at every high school and additional offerings are dependent on manpower resources. Distance Education and correspondence courses are offered at all high schools. This issue will be further reviewed.
Negotiations are still on-going.
DoDEA agreed that Principals and Superintendents will monitor instruction, identify staff development needs and identify instructional resource material requirements. They are formally observing instruction at a minimum of three times a year. To address how well students perform when they leave DoDDS to return to stateside school systems, DoDEA is researching the possibility of conducting a longitudinal study to provide this data. Stakeholder satisfaction is of extreme importance. DoDEA piloted a new customer satisfaction survey at 100 sites in the Spring of 1998.