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PortfolioCreating opportunity for every student, in every community.

March 28th, 2012

Portfolio: Creating opportunity for every student, in every community

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Overview of Renewal Process

Student achievement as measured by the school’s

performance policy

Renewal Application

Site Visit Report

Governance, Finance, and

Facilities

Compliance reports

Portfolio is ensuring that all schools are held to high standards. We expect all schools to prepare our students for college and career.

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Evaluation of Charter NetworksIn order to conduct a thorough evaluation of the performance of a charter – CPS evaluates the performance of the network as a whole as well as individual campuses.

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Overall recommendations

and/or campus specific conditions

or actions including closure.

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Holding All Schools Accountable

Options for Low-Performing Charter Schools

Shortened renewal for the charter – allows CPS to evaluate performance on a more frequent basis and take further action if necessary.Renewal with conditions – allows CPS to place additional targets into contract which need to be met in order to be renewed.Non-renewal – Allows CPS to non-renew or close a charter school. Can be applied to a full network or individual campus.

Many charters elect to do their own internal turnaround in advance of their contract renewal

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Comparing and Contrasting Renewal Process

Previous Renewal Process Renewal Process Moving Forward

5- year renewal granted if performing better than neighborhood schools

Renewal with conditions that may lead to closure if a level 3 school

Renewals applied uniformly to all campuses in a network of schools

Renewals may have conditions depending on individual campus performance that may lead to closure

Qualitative review provided for charter schools in advance of renewal process

Will focus renewal process on high standards for academic achievement by students

Run separately from other school actions Align renewals to school actions calendar

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Next Steps

• Continue to merge renewal process into CPS school accountability timeline

• Move towards a single accountability system for all schools including school rating levels and probation status

• Potentially move all schools towards performance contracts