Perry Street moved from Tier III (lowest performing) to Tier I (highest performing) on DC's Performance Management Framework over five years of turnaround¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2022: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Perry Street earned 60.9 of 100 PMF points at its 2017–18 twenty-year review and reached Tier I status in 2018–19, after scoring 40.5 at its 2013–14 renewal. → Evan 2019

Evidence¶

Evan 2019¶

Evan, A. (2019). From the brink of closure: Key factors in one charter school's successful turnaround. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. https://dcpcsb.egnyte.com/dl/hdsUO9pDbh/

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Documentary case-study evidence from the report's account of the turnaround: the school scored 40.5 on the PMF at its 2013–15 renewal and "earned 60.9 points (out of 100)" at the 2017–18 review, reaching Tier I in 2018–19.

"At the school’s 20-year review (2017–18), Perry Street earned 60.9 points (out of 100) on the Performance Management Framework — just 4 points shy of the Tier I status."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Orchard Gardens K–8 School rose from among Massachusetts' lowest-performing schools (Level 4) to Level 1 during its SIG turnaround — related
• A quasi-experimental evaluation found Perry Street students improved significantly more during turnaround than they would have at other traditional or charter schools — related
• Talent-system reforms, including an experience-based salary scale and earlier recruitment, coincided with retention of over 90 percent of effective teachers — related
• School culture changes during turnaround coincided with suspension rates falling from roughly one in four students suspended per year to zero suspensions — related