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Do you know that your charter will soon receive a performance evaluation from the Arizona Dept. of Education, pursuant to Arizona law (ARS 15-241 (DD))? The preliminary report is available for viewing on ADE common logon, AZ Learns/Adequate Yearly Progress Application, scroll down to “District/Charter Holder Evaluations.” The final report will be available to the public.

The method used for evaluation has been revised (see attached). It is composed of four elements which rank LEAs on a point scale that ranges from zero to 220. Your charter will be ranked by points earned; there will be no identifying labels such as “underperforming,” performing,” etc.

The four elements are:

Measures of Academic Progress. This is a value-added or growth analysis that looks at individual student improvement over time. 100 possible points.

Pupil Assessment Data. This measure looks at the percentage of students passing the AIMS exam. 100 possible points.

Attendance and Graduation Rate. 5 possible points.

Percentage of parents that consider the quality of their child’s education as excellent. This is based on the results of parent satisfaction surveys administered by districts/charter holders.* 15 possible points.

*If your charter did not submit the parent satisfaction survey by the Feb. 5 deadline, you have been provided one last opportunity to submit and earn up to 15 points. Don’t miss this chance to improve your ranking.

You will have until 5pm on Friday, February 26^th to submit. An email with instructions was sent February 17th. If you didn’t receive the email or have further questions contact HYPERLINK "mailto:achieve@azed.gov" achieve@azed.gov.

District Evaluations.pdf

***The answers provided on this site are intended as best practice advice only. Some questions and answers may have legal or statutory issues that may need to be investigated or addressed further. The Arizona Charter Schools Association cannot be held liable for any problems or issues that may arise because of the correspondence or advice given on this page. To submit a question to Ann, simply click the "Just Ask Ann" link at the top of this page***



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	Ask Ann Have a regulatory and compliance question that you can't find an answer to? Just ASK ANN Do you know that your charter will soon receive a performance evaluation from the Arizona Dept. of Education, pursuant to Arizona law (ARS 15-241 (DD))? The preliminary report is available for viewing on ADE common logon, AZ Learns/Adequate Yearly Progress Application, scroll down to “District/Charter Holder Evaluations.” The final report will be available to the public. The method used for evaluation has been revised (see attached). It is composed of four elements which rank LEAs on a point scale that ranges from zero to 220. Your charter will be ranked by points earned; there will be no identifying labels such as “underperforming,” performing,” etc. The four elements are: Measures of Academic Progress. This is a value-added or growth analysis that looks at individual student improvement over time. 100 possible points. Pupil Assessment Data. This measure looks at the percentage of students passing the AIMS exam. 100 possible points. Attendance and Graduation Rate. 5 possible points. Percentage of parents that consider the quality of their child’s education as excellent. This is based on the results of parent satisfaction surveys administered by districts/charter holders.* 15 possible points. If your charter did not submit the parent satisfaction survey by the Feb. 5 deadline, you have been provided one last opportunity to submit and earn up to 15 points. Don’t miss this chance to improve your ranking. You will have until 5pm on Friday, February 26^th to submit. An email with instructions was sent February 17th. If you didn’t receive the email or have further questions contact HYPERLINK "mailto:achieve@azed.gov" achieve@azed.gov. District Evaluations.pdf* View all of Ann's Answers by visiting her archive! *The answers provided on this site are intended as best practice advice only. Some questions and answers may have legal or statutory issues that may need to be investigated or addressed further. The Arizona Charter Schools Association cannot be held liable for any problems or issues that may arise because of the correspondence or advice given on this page. To submit a question to Ann, simply click the "Just Ask Ann" link at the top of this page*