Findings from a study of student characteristics and outcomes at PVA, SDP’s public cyber school, in 2015-16.
Selected findings from an ORE study of two-year trends in District-Wide Survey data at four schools participating in the School Redesign Initiative.
Selected findings from a 2017 ORE study that examined student outcomes at The LINC, U School, and Building 21 after two years of operation.
This brief presents an overview of data collected from the 2014-15 Customer Satisfaction Survey. These data are based on feedback from principals, assistant principals, and central office staff and relate to customer service provided by the Office of the Superintendent, Office of Academic Supports, Office of Talent, Office of Facilities and Operations, Office of Student Support Services, Office of Information and Data Management, and the Office of Budget and Finance.
This report by the Accountability Review Council provides a summary of findings and recommendations focused on charter school performance and charter school accountability policy as of September 2015.
Results from the 2013-14 administration of SDP’s District-Wide Survey.
A follow-up to ORE’s implementation study and impact evaluation of SDP’s new Educator Effectiveness System, including plans for the District’s later stages of implementation.
A follow-up to a report from December 2013 that analyze changes in student-level outcomes in Renaissance schools during the first three years of the initiative.
A policy brief addressing concerns about the impact of building-level School Performance Profile (SPP) scores on teacher evaluations in the School District of Philadelphia.
This research brief explores changes in school climate after a school turnaround effort at School District of Philadelphia Promise Academies and Renaissance Charter schools. Specifically, it looks at whether Promise Academies and Renaissance Charter schools demonstrated a change in the rate of serious incidents and a reduction in the percentage of students involved in a serious incident.