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Performance Management Mindset

"Create a data-driven school culture through the use of high quality strategies and systems that gather, organize, analyze, report, and share information about student and school performance."

The Colorado League of Charter Schools (the League) helps charter schools to align resources to support the implementation, development, and ongoing use and improvement of performance management systems at the board, school and teacher level. The League offers subsidies for the purchase and implementation of performance management systems, professional development trainings, help desk services and customized support.

Performance Management and Assessment Strategies

The League assists charter schools in developing and implementing data management and assessment strategies. Through this program, leaders determine their school’s needs and capacities and evaluate the functionality, costs and ease of implementing prospective systems.

The League offers all Colorado charter schools assistance with the interpretation, use and understanding of CSAP results including the new Colorado Growth Model. Additionally, the League facilitates schools in organizing trainings for their teachers and staff to gain a better understanding of their performance management systems and how these systems can benefit decision making at both the building and classroom levels.

When thinking about purchasing or implementing assessments within your school we have several resources available to you. Click here to view a critical components/best practice guide for schools that identifies three components we feel are crucial to an effective performance management system and common questions to ask of school leaders/boards when selecting each.

To view some of the commonly used assessments that charter schools in Colorado have identified click here. To get a more national perspective and to search an interactive database on assessments where you can do side-by-side comparisons, visit www.clrn.org/elar.

For more information or any questions please contact Tisha Bouwmeester at 303-989-5356, x106.

Custom Support

The League offers performance management and data analysis expertise to help member schools systematically generate and manage information about their strengths and challenges for the purposes of evaluation, improvement and accountability.

Professional Development

Assessment, Data Management and Student Information Systems Trainings The League offers numerous professional development trainings around performance management throughout the year, visit our website at www.coloradoleague.org for a full calendar of trainings throughout the year. The League offers trainings on a variety of performance management topics, including:

Alpine Achievement
Student Information Systems (Infinite Campus/PowerSchool)
Northwest Evaluation Association’s MAP Assessment
- Stepping Stones to Using Data
- Climbing the Data Ladder
- Growth and Goals
Colorado Growth Model
School Performance Framework
Unified Improvement Plan
Response to Intervention/Schoolwide Implementation

For more information, or to inquire about the fee structure for the above services, contact the League’s School Services team at 303-989-5356.

Resources/Links:

Alpine Achievement Systems - A Colorado-based data management company that has produced three systems that work with CSAP, NWEA, and literacy data. These tools are designed to help principals and teachers use their student achievement data more effectively. These systems are being used by a number of charter schools and school districts in the state. The League has purchased a district license for Alpine and schools have the opportunity to purchase the system through the League. Please contact tbouwmeester@coloradoleague.org or 303-989-5356, ext. 106 if you are interested in purchasing the system.
PowerSchool - A web-based Student Information System. This tool captures valuable student information data that can be available immediately to teachers, administrators, and parents via the Internet. PowerSchool allows for easy attendance taking by teachers, produces reports both for the school and those required by the state, tracks grades and student and teacher schedules, produces report cards, and much more.
NWEA: Northwest Evaluation Association - A non-profit organization that developed Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) computerized adaptive assessment program. This assessment program available for grades K-10 adapts to a student's instructional level--does not frustrate students that struggle at grade level and challenges students that are ahead. Results from these assessments are available in very timely manner, individual student scores are available immediately, teacher reports are available 24 hours after testing, and school reports are available 72 hours after the testing window has closed. This assessment is used in a number of Colorado charter schools and many school districts around the state. NWEA Research Brief: Individual Growth and School Success

Please contact tbouwmeester@coloradoleague.org or 303-989-5356, ext. 106 if you have questions about this assessment system.

For a full calendar of the League’s performance management trainings, visit the League Trainings page .