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2012-13 Charter Review Report Washington Yu Ying 2012-13 Charter Review Report Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School Fifth Year Review June 17, 2013 DC Public Charter School Board 3333 14th Street, NW, Suite 210 Washington, DC 20010 (202) 328-2660 www.dcpcsb.org 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS RECOMMENDATION ................................................................................................................................. 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................ 3 GOALS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT EXPECTATIONS .............................................................. 4 COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS……………………………………………………...........23 FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC VIABILITY…………………………………….............27 2 RECOMMENDATION The District of Columbia Public Charter School Board’s (“PCSB”) staff recommends Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School (“Washington Yu Ying PCS”) be granted charter continuance based on the school’s overall academic, compliance, and fiscal performance. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Washington Yu Ying PCS began operating in 2008 under the authority of PCSB and is currently in its fifth year of operation. The school’s mission is to nurture the development of a strong social conscience among tomorrow’s global leaders by fostering excellence in our students’ intellectual, moral, social, emotional and physical development in an engaging, inquiry-driven, Chinese-English dual language immersion environment. Washington Yu Ying PCS is the District of Columbia’s only public Chinese- immersion school. 2012-13 Year Grades 2010-11 PMF 2011-12 PMF Campus Ward Student Opened Served Results Results Enrollment 76.7% Met 7 of 7 Washington (Tier 1) early Yu Ying 5 2008-09 PK4-5 439 childhood PCS Met 6 of 6 early targets childhood targets In its first year, the school operated a pre-kindergarten through first grade class, and has been adding a grade each year ever since, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in 2012-13 and pre-kindergarten through sixth grade in 2013-14. The school accepts new students in grades pre-kindergarten through second grade. In December 2012, the PCSB Board voted to approve with conditions an amendment to Washington Yu Ying PCS’ charter to contract with the District of Columbia International School, a newly created charter management organization that would operate a middle/high school program on behalf of a consortium of five DC public charter schools, including Washington Yu Ying PCS.1 This year, PCSB conducted a five-year review of Washington Yu Ying PCS as required by the School Reform Act (SRA),2 and determined that the school has met all of its goals and student academic achievement expectations. The following report details this finding, and also assesses Washington Yu Ying PCS’s legal compliance, fiscal management, and economic viability. 1 See PCSB meeting minutes, December 17, 2012, included in this document as Appendix A. 2 SRA §38-1802.12 (a)(3). 3 GOALS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT EXPECTATIONS The SRA requires PCSB to review whether a school has met its goals and student academic achievement expectations (“expectations”) at least once every five years. Goals are general aims (usually related to a school’s mission), which may be categorized as academic, non-academic, and organizational, whereas expectations are student academic aims measured by assessments. As part of this review, PCSB considers those goals and expectations detailed in a school’s charter agreement, any subsequent charter amendments, and/or accountability plans (collectively, the “Charter”). Washington Yu Ying PCS detailed nineteen goals in its charter application, seventeen of which are included in the chart below.3 The goals relating to governance and financial stability are not included in this section, as the school’s performance in those areas is discussed separately in this report.4 Washington Yu Ying PCS has met all of its goals and academic achievement expectations. The chart below summarizes these determinations, which are detailed in the body of this report. Goal or Expectation 1 Students will achieve literacy in English. Yes 2 Students will achieve literacy in Chinese. Yes Students will be adept inquirers and flexible thinkers capable of solving 3 Yes problems effectively. Students will understand and master increasingly complex mathematical 4 Yes concepts. 5 Students will master the scientific method and apply it. Yes 6 Students will be able to relate their learning to the outside world. Yes Students will become independent learners and complete independent 7 papers, reports, and performances, culminating in a “graduation project” Yes for Grade 8. Students will satisfy Washington Yu Ying PCS’s requirements for promotion from each grade and upon graduation from Grade 8 be 8 Yes prepared to undertake the most rigorous academic curricula in high school. Students will become life-long learners who possess a positive attitude 9 toward school and learning. Yes The school will create an environment celebrating life-long learning with 10 a welcoming culture for student and adult learning. 11 Students will embrace diversity and respect for other cultures. Yes Students will treat themselves, other students, staff, and the physical 12 Yes plant with respect. 3 See Washington Yu Ying PCS Charter Application, included in this document as Appendix B. 4 These two goals are: (1) The school will be led by an active Board of Trustees that will work with the Head of School and principal to effectively run the Washington Yu Ying School; and (2) The school will be in sound fiscal health, and the Board of Trustees will ensure the school has the resources it needs to carry out its program. 4 Students will learn to work collaboratively and resolve conflicts 13 Yes effectively and safely. Students will embrace the community by contributing to their school and 14 wider community with service projects. Yes 15 The school will be a good citizen and contribute to the local community. Teachers and staff will be highly qualified, demonstrate high 16 expectations for all students and have a positive attitude toward the Yes school and their colleagues. The school will strive to recruit and retain a diverse group of students, 17 Yes teachers, staff, administrators, and board members. 5 1. Students will achieve literacy in English. Assessment: Washington Yu Ying PCS has met this goal. DC-CAS Reading Washington Yu Ying PCS performed above the charter sector reading proficiency rate in 2010-11 (its first year with a third grade class, in which the DC-CAS is first administered) and 2011-12. From 2010-11 to 2011-12, its students’ reading proficiency rate increased by 9.3 percentage points. Source: OSSE 2009-10 Literacy Performance In its 2009-10 Annual Report, Washington Yu Ying PCS reported that 100% of its pre-kindergarten students tested proficient on the Bracken School Readiness Assessment, and that 74% of its kindergarten through second grade students scored proficient on the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (“DIBELS”).5 5 Washington Yu Ying PCS 2009-10 Annual Report, p. 13, included in this document as Appendix C. 6 Early Childhood Literacy Targets The school met all of its 2010-11 and 2011-12 early childhood literacy targets, as detailed in the table below. Washington Yu Ying PCS 2010-11 Early Childhood Literacy Targets Target Met target? 65% of kindergarten through second-grade Yes students will score in the “no risk” range on 74% of students scored the DIBELS assessment. within the “no risk” range Washington Yu Ying PCS 2011-12 Early Childhood Literacy Targets 65% of kindergarten through second-grade Yes students will increase at least one level or 85.7% of students increased maintain “low risk” by the spring on level or maintained low administration on the DIBELS assessment. risk. 65% of kindergarten through second-grade Yes students will score “low risk” on the 85.4% of students scored DIBELS assessment. “low risk.” 2. Students will achieve literacy in Chinese. Assessment: Washington Yu Ying PCS has met this goal. Every other day, Washington Yu Ying PCS students attend classes in all subject areas taught entirely in Mandarin Chinese.6 Notably, in 2011-12, the school launched a pre-kindergarten Chinese immersion program.7 2008-09 and 2009-10 Chinese Literacy Performance In 2008-09, Washington Yu Ying PCS reported that 50% of its kindergarten and first grade students tested proficient in Chinese literacy.8 In 2009-10, the school reported that 69% of its students tested proficient in Chinese on the Student Oral Proficiency Assessment (“SOPA”).9 CIRCLE Results In 2010-11 and 2011-12, Washington Yu Ying PCS measured its students’ Chinese literacy with the Comprehensive Immersion Resources for Chinese Language Education (“CIRCLE”) assessment, which is administered to students three times per year. This exam is based on the “Flying with Chinese” curriculum and assesses a student’s ability to read Chinese characters in isolation, read a Chinese story, write Chinese characters, and determine the number of strokes for a Chinese character.10 6 Washington Yu Ying PCS 2011-12 Annual Report, p. 4, included in this document as Appendix D. 7 See Appendix D, p. 17. 8 Washington Yu Ying PCS 2008-09 Annual Report, pg. 13, included in this document as Appendix E. 9 See Appendix C, pg. 18. 10 See Washington Yu Ying PCS 2010-11 Annual Report, included in this document as Appendix F. 7 Proficiency results from this assessment are detailed in the table below. Each grade demonstrated increased
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