Here's How Academic Achievement is Measured in Each Charter School

January 11, 2019

DC’s public charter schools are independently run public schools operated by a nonprofit that gets greater flexibility over its operations in exchange for increased performance accountability. The school is established by a “charter,” which is a contract describing specific elements of the school. The charter agreement includes things like the school’s mission, grades served, plans for student enrollment and growth, instructional methods, student policies, academic achievement goals, and more. The agreement also tells how all these areas will be measured. Often, schools choose to select the Performance Management Framework (PMF) as their goals and student academic achievement expectations in their charter agreement. Schools adopt the targets laid out in that policy to allow for a common standard of rigor, with a lower target for new schools that gets progressively higher as LEAs become more experienced (i.e., we set higher expectations for LEAs that have been around longer). Our policy also includes an improvement provision, which allows us to balance a high standard with a reasonable look at struggling schools that are successfully turning things around.

There are 66 nonprofits operating public charter schools in Washington DC. Below is a list of the schools that have selected the PMF as their goals and student academic achievement expectations in their charter agreements.

Schools with the PMF as Their Charter Agreement Goals	PMF Framework
Academy of Hope Public Charter School	Adult Education
Achievement Prep PCS	PK - 8
AppleTree Early Learning PCS	PK - 8
BASIS DC PCS	PK - 8
BASIS DC PCS	High School
Breakthrough Montessori PCS	PK - 8
Bridges PCS	PK - 8
Briya PCS	PK - 8
Briya PCS	Adult Education
Capital City PCS - High School	High School
Capital City PCS - Lower School	PK - 8
Capital City PCS - Middle School	PK - 8
Carlos Rosario International PCS	Adult Education
Cedar Tree Academy PCS	PK - 8
Center City PCS	PK - 8
Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy - Capitol Hill	High School
Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy - Chavez Prep	PK - 8
Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy - Parkside High School	High School
Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy - Parkside Middle School	PK - 8
City Arts & Prep PCS	PK - 8
Community College Preparatory Academy PCS	Adult Education
Creative Minds International PCS	PK - 8
DC Bilingual PCS	PK - 8
DC Prep PCS	PK - 8
DC Scholars PCS	PK - 8
Democracy Prep Congress Heights PCS	PK - 8
District of Columbia international School	PK - 8
E.L. Haynes PCS - Elementary School	PK - 8
E.L. Haynes PCS - Middle School	PK - 8
E.L. Haynes PCS - High School	High School
Eagle Academy PCS	PK - 8
Early Childhood Academy PCS	PK - 8
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS	PK - 8
Excel Academy PCS	PK - 8
Friendship PCS - Armstrong Elementary	PK - 8
Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Elementary	PK - 8
Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle	PK - 8
Friendship PCS - Chamberlain Elementary	PK - 8
Friendship PCS - Chamberlain Middle	PK - 8
Friendship PCS - Southeast Elementary	PK - 8
Friendship PCS - Online Academy	PK - 8
Friendship PCS - Southeast Elementary	PK - 8
Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory Middle School	PK - 8
Friendship PCS - Woodridge International Elementary	PK - 8
Friendship PCS - Woodridge International Middle	PK - 8
Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory High School	High School
Friendship PCS - Collegiate Academy	High School
Goodwill Excel Center PCS	Alternative Accountability
Harmony DC PCS	PK - 8
Hope Community PCS	PK - 8
Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science PCS	PK - 8
IDEA PCS	High School
Ideal Academy PCS	PK - 8
Ingenuity Prep PCS	PK - 8
Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS	PK - 8
Kingsman Academy PCS	Alternative Accountability
KIPP DC - College Preparatory Academy PCS	High School
KIPP DC - Aim Academy PCS	PK - 8
KIPP DC - Arts and Technology Academy PCS	PK - 8
KIPP DC - Connect Academy PCS	PK - 8
KIPP DC - Discover Academy PCS	PK - 8
KIPP DC - Grow Academy PCS	PK - 8
KIPP DC - Heights Academy PCS	PK - 8
KIPP DC - KEY Academy PCS	PK - 8
KIPP DC - Lead Academy PCS	PK - 8
KIPP DC - LEAP Academy PCS	PK - 8
KIPP DC - Northeast Academy PCS	PK - 8
KIPP DC - Promise Academy PCS	PK - 8
KIPP DC - Quest Academy PCS	PK - 8
KIPP DC - Spring Academy PCS	PK - 8
KIPP DC - Valor Academy PCS	PK - 8
KIPP DC - WILL Academy PCS	PK - 8
Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS	PK - 8
LAYC Career Academy PCS	Adult Education
Lee Montessori PCS	PK - 8
Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS	PK - 8
Maya Angelou PCS - High School	Alternative Accountability
Maya Angelou PCS - Young Adult Learning Center	Adult Education
Meridian PCS	PK - 8
Monument Academy PCS	Alternative Accountability
Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS	PK - 8
National Collegiate Preparatory PCHS	High School
Paul PCS - Middle School	PK - 8
Paul PCS - High School	High School
Perry Street Preparatory PCS	PK - 8
Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	High School
Rocketship PCS	PK - 8
Roots PCS	PK - 8
SEED PCS of Washington DC	High School
SEED PCS of Washington DC	PK - 8
Sela PCS	PK - 8
Shining Stars Montessori Academy PCS	PK - 8
Somerset Preparatory Academy	PK - 8
Somerset Preparatory Academy PCS	High School
St. Coletta Special Education PCS	Alternative Accountability
Sustainable Future PCS	Alternative Accountability
The Children’s Guild DC PCS	Alternative Accountability
The Next STep/El Proximo Paso PCS	Adult Education
Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS	High School
Two Rivers PCS	PK - 8
Washington Global PCS	PK - 8
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School	PK - 8
Washington Latin PCS - Upper School	High School
Washington Math Science Technology PCS	High School
Washington LEadership Academy PCS	High School
Washington Yu Ying PCS	PK - 8
YouthBuild DC PCS	Adult Education

However, some schools choose to create their own goals. Each school with unique goals is listed below. To read each school’s goals, click here.

Capital City PCS

Creative Minds International PCS

DC Prep PCS

Howard University Public Charter Middle School of Mathematics and Science

KIPP DC PCS

Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS

National Collegiate Prep PCS

Roots PCS

Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS

Youthbuild PCS

DC’s public charter schools are independently run public schools operated by a nonprofit that gets greater flexibility over its operations in exchange for increased performance accountability.