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What is the SQRP?

What is the SQRP?. The School Quality Rating Policy (SQRP) is the Board of Education’s policy for evaluating school performance. It establishes the indicators of school performance and growth and the benchmarks against which a school’s success will be evaluated on an annual basis.

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What is the SQRP?

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  1. What is the SQRP? • The School Quality Rating Policy (SQRP) is the Board of Education’s policy for evaluating school performance. • It establishes the indicators of school performance and growth and the benchmarks against which a school’s success will be evaluated on an annual basis. • Through this policy, each school will receive a School Quality Rating and an Accountability Status. Office of Accountability

  2. Purpose • The School Quality Rating and Accountability Status serve the following purposes: • Communicating to parents and community members about the academic success of individual schools and the district as a whole; • Recognizing high achieving and high growth schools and identifying best practices; • Providing a framework for goal-setting for schools; • Identifying schools in need of targeted or intensive support; and • Guiding the Board’s decision-making processes around school actions and turnarounds. Office of Accountability

  3. Key changes in new policy “Old” Performance Policy SY14-15 School Quality Rating Policy • Metrics centered on assessments, attendance, and progress towards graduation • Threelevels of school performance • Evaluates Option schools using traditional high school metrics • ISAT is the main elementary assessment • Uses CPS historical benchmarks • Does not account for test participation • Metrics better aligned to district’s strategic action plan, e.g., college enrollment, persistence, priority student group growth, 5Essentials • Five-tier rating to more effectively differentiate schools • New Option School model more targeted to the students served • Significant changes to ISAT in next few years makes it unstable for year to year comparisons; replace with NWEA MAP • Performance benchmarks are tied to national standards where possible • Target test participation rate of 95% Office of Accountability

  4. School Quality Rating Policy: Metric Weights Elementary Schools High Schools Option Schools Office of Accountability

  5. HUGE DIFFERENCE ….. LOOK BELOW 9th, 10th, and 11thGRADE SCORES ARE INCLUDED

  6. What Does the School’s Status Mean? * Listed in state code as “Remediation” ** Listed in state code as “Probation” Office of Accountability

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