Common use of Performance Framework Clause in Contracts

Performance Framework. The PEC Charter School Performance Framework sets the academic, fiscal, and organizational standards by which PEC-authorized public charter schools will be evaluated, informing the PEC and charter school about the school’s performance and sustainability. See Appendix A for the current PEC Charter School Performance Framework. The Performance Framework consists of three separate, free standing frameworks. Performance under these three separate frameworks does not get rolled up into one overall evaluation. No one document necessarily carries more weight than any other. Academic Framework: The academic framework includes measures that allow the PEC to evaluate the school’s academic performance and assess whether the academic program is a success and whether the charter school is implementing its academic program effectively. The framework includes measures to evaluate student proficiency, student academic growth, achievement gaps in both proficiency and growth between student subgroups, and for high schools, post-secondary readiness and graduation rate. The PEC considers increases in student academic achievement for all groups of students as one of the most important factors when determining whether to renew or revoke a school’s charter. The framework also includes unique, school-identified measures for evaluating mission-specific goals. These goals must be approved by the PEC to insure quality and rigor of proposed indicators and that the indicators are consistent with the purposes of the Charter Schools Act. Based on performance across the academic indicators and measures, schools receive an overall academic tier rating that is used by the PEC in annual monitoring and renewal decisions. The academic framework has four rating tiers. Schools in Tier 1 are exceeding PEC performance expectations and are on par with or exceed the highest-performing schools in the state. Schools in Tier 4 are consistently failing to meet academic performance expectations.