Student Performance Objective #3
By the year 2022, the students of Mt. St. Dominic Academy will demonstrate a clear
understanding and commitment to the virtues of honesty and integrity in all areas of life while a
student at Mt. St. Dominic as evidenced by:
a. 100% commitment to the honor code developed by faculty, students, and parents.
Baseline year: Fall of 2014
Baseline data: 0 % of students have committed to the honor code because it has not yet
been formulated. A committee has been established to write the honor code during the
2013-2015 school years.
b. A 10% increase (to a maximum of 100%) in the number of students who identify specific
behaviors as violations of the honor code on the honor code survey administered in the
fall of 2014.
Preliminary Baseline year: 2014. We administered a preview survey in the spring of
2014 to grades 9,10, and 11 to gather information from the students about what actions
they considered to be dishonest and if they actually had committed dishonest acts. The
following information was recorded from this initial survey to determine if this objective
merited consideration.
Preliminary Baseline data: Determined from survey administered in the spring of 2014.
 79 % of students identify copying homework or other assignments as a violation of
the honor code.
 68 % of students identify giving homework or other assignments to other students to
copy as a violation of the honor code.
 72% of students identify asking about or sharing answers or hints regarding tests,
quizzes, and exams as a violation of the honor code.
 79 % of students identify using unauthorized aids, including but not limited to,
calculators, the Internet, or other humans, to obtain information as a violation of the
honor code.
 96% of students identify presenting false information in oral, written, or electronic
academic assignments as a violation of the honor code.
 89 % of students identify presenting false excuses for failing to living up to a
commitment as a violation of the honor code.
 95% of students identify plagiarism or failure to document any assistance in an
assignment as a violation of the honor code.
 94 % of students identify not fully participating in a group project but receiving the
same grade as other members who fully participated as a violation of the honor code.

96 % of students identify not being faithful to commitments, including but not
limited to, clubs and activities, sports teams, and service requirements, as a violation
of the honor code.
Official baseline year: Fall of 2014
Official baseline data: Survey administered to the Class of 2018 in the fall of their
9th grade.
Percentage of students who consider the following actions wrong.
Topic
Class of
Grade 9 (2014)
Copying
homework
2018
96%
Giving
homework
2018
93%
Giving answers
for test
2018
84%
Unauthorized
aids
2018
89%
Presenting false
information
2018
99%
Presenting false
excuses
2018
99%
Plagiarism
2018
99%
Undeserved
group grade
2018
97%
Unfaithful to
commitments
2018
99%
Grade 11 (2017)
Change
c) A 10% decrease in the number of students who report violating specific aspects of the
honor code in any anonymous survey given in the fall of 2014.
Preliminary Baseline year: 2014. We administered a pre-view survey in the spring
of 2014 to grades 9, 10, and 11 to gather information from the students about what
acts they considered to be dishonest and if they actually had committed dishonest
acts. The following information was recorded from this initial survey to determine if
this objective merited consideration.
Preliminary Baseline data: Percent of students who report violating the honor code
in an anonymous survey in the following areas:
 74 % of students report copying homework or assignments
 72 % of students report giving homework or assignments to peers
 65 % of students report asking about or passing on information regarding tests,
quizzes, or exams
 46 % of students report using unauthorized aids to complete assignments
 12 % of students report presenting false information on academic assignments
 45 % of students report presenting false excuses for failure to live up to
commitments
 17 % of students report having committed plagiarism or failing to document
outside assistance on assignments
 15 % of students report accepting a group grade not earned
 17 % of students report being unfaithful to commitments but receiving credit for
them
Official Baseline Year: Fall of 2014
Official baseline data: recorded for the Class of 2018 in the fall of their 9th grade.
Percentage of students who report committing the following actions.
Topic
Class of
Grade 9 (2014)
Copying
homework
2018
59%
Giving
homework
2018
53%
Giving answers
for test
2018
59%
Grade 11 (2017)
Change
Unauthorized
aids
2018
39%
Presenting false
information
2018
4%
Presenting false
excuses
2018
45%
Plagiarism
2018
14%
Undeserved
group grade
2018
15%
Unfaithful to
commitments
2018
12%