Site: The Library of Michigan
Link: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/lm_SL21_313134_7.pdf
This is actually a link to an evaluation guide that the Library of Michigan published in conjunction with the Michigan Department of Education. I feel that it is valuable, especially given the current political climate in the state, to be up to date on the state's own published guidelines for libraries.
The evaluation rates libraries on 21 categories and allows for results of "at risk," "qualified" or "exemplary." As schools face continued budget constraints and the state turns more and more to quantitative measurements to evaluate school effectiveness, I feel that all school librarians in the state should do all in their power to bring their media centers as close to the exemplary mark as possible. Failure to do so will make media centers an easy target as the cuts keep coming.
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