External Resources

New York City’s Progress Report, an annual school report card based on progress, performance and school environment, now includes college and career readiness measures. The new metrics, which are worth 10 percent of a school’s overall grade, show how well students are prepared for life after high school on the basis of passing advanced courses, meeting English and math standards set by the City University of New York, and enrolling in a post-secondary institution. In addition, schools earn points for the college and career readiness of students within the lowest third of proficiency citywide.

The Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives conducted a study with Parents who have children in the New Orleans Public School System. The goal was to understand how effective the school choice initiative was in regard to parent choice in New Orleans. This study addresses the history of school choice in New Orleans, as well as their key findings in speaking to parents.

This school enrollment guide helps families research their school options and complete a SchoolChoice Form. It provides data on each school, including school performance and growth.

The KIPP Leadership Framework and Competency Model describes the competencies and behaviors considered most important to the performance of KIPP Executive Directors, Principals, Vice Principals/Deans and Grade Level Chairs/other teacher leaders, leaders in our regional shared services teams and KIPP Foundation staff.

In order to best understand and utilize data collected from each region, Denver Public Schools has developed a Strategic Regional Analysis. The annual analysis shows trends in performance, demographic, choice, and capacity utilization, highlighting regions and their most immediate needs.

This chart shows the organization of offices within NYC Department of Education.

This is a lease agreement between the Recovery School District and a charter operator. It outlines details about the property and facility in the agreement.

The School Performance Framework (SPF) is used to evaluate school performance in terms of student achievement using a variety of measures, both status and growth related. Status performance is defined by a student’s absolute performance on a specific assessment. In summary, a snapshot of performance on one exam: the California Standards Tests (CST). While growth related performance is defined by examining a student’s performance over a defined period of time.

This paper is a personal account by Eric Nadelstern, a co-architect and collaborator to then-chancellor Joel Klein, about the effort in New York City to change the central office and create a system of support organizations to oversee networks of autonomous schools. The story of New York City shows how early investments in local outside organizations can lay the groundwork for this evolution, as well as how strongly political and community interests may resist this effort.

In this New Orleans collaboration compact, the district and charter schools are working towards a universal enrollment system, a transparent facility assignment process, and a common school report card.

This report produced by Mary Klute at the Buechner Institute for Governance for A+ Denver analyzes Denver Public Schools' first round of school choice using a unified approach called SchoolChoice. It aims to shed light on how the process worked and to inform refinements to the process going forward.

Baltimore's School Effectiveness Framework helps determine whether a school is effective. Annually, schools are measured by key actions in four domains: Highly effective instruction, talented people, engaged families and community, and strategic leadership. This document outlines each domain and its key actions.

Figuring out how to create effective cross-sector governance structures has been challenging in some compact cities. To help push the compact agreements forward, Spring Branch has formalized governance structures through a Compact Steering Committee and sub-committees. Compact leaders use this document to provide standard guidance to all working group members.

In keeping with its commitment to provide high-quality education to all students, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is pleased to present the Request for Proposal (RFP) for schools participating in the fourth round of the Public School Choice (PSC) process. The PSC process, which is a major tenet of the district’s Creating and Supporting Quality School’s strategy, was designed to ensure students and families have access to excellent school options in their neighborhoods. Each year, teams of educators are encouraged to submit proposals for schools participating in the PSC process, which historically has included both newly constructed campuses built to relieve overcrowded schools and existing, underperforming schools. These teams submit their best plans for developing a highly effective program and accelerating student performance at each school.