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The Role of Charter Restarts in School Reform

Public Impact report profiles charter-to-charter restarts as an intervention strategy for low-performing charter schools. The report offers recommendations for board members and charter authorizers interested in pursuing a restart strategy, drawing on lessons learned from the school profiles and discussions with leaders in the field.

Camden Press Release Announcing Restarts Schools in March 2015

The Camden City School District released this press announcement in March 2015 to communicate its decision to “transform” five of its lowest performing schools through restarts with high-performing school operators.

ASD School Performance Framework

This presentation outlines the 2014-15 accountability framework for schools operating with the TN ASD.

Renaissance Schools Community Presentation 2013

Public presentation by Philadelphia school district describes the purpose and need for restarts, process for selecting eligible schools, and role of community in the Renaissance 2013-14 process.

SRC Presentation on RSAB Recommendations 2009

Presentation summarizes the recommendations of Philadelphia’s Renaissance School Advisory Board (RSAB) that provided guidance to the School District of Philadelphia on its restart process.

RSAB Subcommittee Scope and Guiding Questions 2009

Document highlights the guiding principles and preliminary guiding principles for the sub-committees of Philadelphia’s Renaissance School Advisory Board (RSAB).

Renaissance School Advisory Board Final Report 2009

This report from the Philadelphia Renaissance School Advisory Board (RSAB) summarizes recommendations for the process by which the district should intervene in lowest performing schools.

Community Engagement Process Meetings

This series of seven presentations was used to facilitate a community thought partner group in Denver.

Restart Case Study NSVF

This is a report commissioned by the DC Fund of New Schools Venture Fund. It profiles two charter-to-charter restarts and explores some of the challenges and lessons learned early in the process.

SPF School Performance Stoplight

This report is a sample stoplight report produced by the Denver School Performance Rating.

SPF Performance Rubric

The detailed rubric explains how points are computed and assigned for each indicator on the Denver Public Schools School Performance Framework.

SPF Performance Indicators

The one-pager summarizes all the possible performance indicators and potential point values in the Denver School Performance Framework (SPF).

Qualitative Site Review Guide

This document outlines the process, roles and timeline for a school quality review site visit to be conducted by DC PCSB.

Call for New Quality Schools Supplement 2015

This document from Denver Public Schools is a combined invitation for new operators to apply and for pre-approved operators to seek a match placement at specific sites in the city that are in need of restart.

Denver School Performance Compact

This is a Denver Board of Education adopted policy that came out of the Denver Plan 2020 work. It establishes principles to guide the identification of schools for school replacement, restart and/or closure.

2015-16 PMF Policy Tech Guide

This guide to the Performance Management Framework (PMF) was created by the DC Public Charter School Board “so that school leaders, data managers, families, and other stakeholders would understand how each PMF score was calculated, which measures are used, and how these measures are weighed to form a score.”