Academic Key Performance Indicators in America’s Urban Public Schools Executive Summary Achievement/Professional Development Task Force School Finance/Leadership, Governance and Management Task Force

Resources: Personnel costs, materials, technology, etc. Activities: Discrete acts or a set of actions occurring over time which consume resources Performance: Measurable outcomes We faced several challenges in developing our KPIs: Identify which outcomes we want to measure and the level of detail. Identify the activities which produced the outcomes. Identify the costs associated with the activities which produced the measurable results. Identifying Activities, Costs and Outcomes Is Important, but Complex

Graduation Rate College and Career Readiness Teacher Retention Dual Certification and Co- Teaching Teacher Credentials Teacher Recruitment ELP Acquisition SPED costs, Personnel, Supports, Evaluations, transitions, litigation The 58 pilot KPIs (31 cost and 27 outcome measures) fall into several broad categories, many of which are disaggregated by subgroups including SWD and ELL:

LOW CREDIT RECOVERY SUCCESS RATE HIGH CREDIT RECOVERY SUCCESS RATE HIGH COST PER STUDENT Costs are high, even though the success rate of the program is low. The program should be reviewed for effectiveness. Costs are high, but it could be worth the cost because of the impact of successful credit recovery. It may be useful to conduct a review of the program costs. LOW COST PER STUDENTCosts are low, but so is the credit recovery success rate. Does the credit recovery program have adequate resources to successfully serve students? Costs are low and the credit recovery success rate is high. This program appears to be cost- effective.