SCSC Academic Data Walkthrough
Academic Accountability
The Academic section of the Comprehensive Performance Framework (CPF) is the SCSC's primary tool for academic accountability. It evaluates academic achievement and growth across a variety of measures that are directly compared to a weighted average of the traditional district schools that charter school students would otherwise attend.
Achievement and Growth measures used in the CPF:
- State charter schools can demonstrate academic performance across four measures. Three of the four measures come directly from the College and Career Ready Performance Index: Content Mastery, Progress, and Grade Band Single Score. The last measure is a Value-Added Measure, which is calculated by a research partner.
Construction of Comparison Schools:
- A comparison school is constructed for each state charter school as a weighted average of the traditional district schools that the charter schools' students would otherwise be zoned to attend (as indicated in the Student Record data collection).
Annual Academic Performance
To meet academic standards on the CPF, a state charter school must outperform its comparison school for any one of the four measures in each grade band it serves.
To complement the Academic section of the CPF report, the SCSC also annually publishes the Academic Accountability Report and State Charter School Performance Report. Together, these reports provide the data and calculations behind the academic designations schools earn on the CPF.
Academic Accountability Report
- The Academic Accountability Report serves as a companion to the Academic section of the CPF report. The report provides an in-depth review of how state charters performed on each of the CPF academic accountability metrics (CCRPI, VAM, BTO) as well as historical performance trends.
Academic Data Walkthrough
This video provides a walkthrough on how to navigate and interpret the data in the 2023-24 Academic Accountability Report.
State Charter School Performance Report
The State Charter School Performance Report or Value-Added Impact Analysis is compiled by SCSC partner research institutions to evaluate the performance of all state charter schools using a “value-added” model (VAM) that includes statistical controls for observable student characteristics and prior academic performance. Because this analysis includes a value-add component that controls for student characteristics, it allows for fairer performance comparisons between state charters and traditional schools.
Schools that do not meet academic standards will enter a Performance Review Process, which may include Academic Progress Monitoring, detailed below.
Academic Progress Monitoring
The SCSC requires Academic Progress Monitoring when significant concerns arise regarding a charter school's ability to meet academic expectations outlined in the CPF.
Schools enter Academic Progress Monitoring primarily through the SCSC's Annual Performance Review process; however, the SCSC may place schools on Academic Progress Monitoring at any time based on additional factors, including:
- A significant decline in Georgia Milestones scores
- Leadership instability
- High teacher turnover rate
- Enrollment declines
- Other factors suggesting academic programmatic challenge
Academic Progress Monitoring may also be included in the terms of a school’s probation or probationary charter term.
Academic Progress Monitoring
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Henry Siebentritt