All School District schools and offices will be CLOSED for students and staff on Thursday and Friday November 27 & 28, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
A short summary of research that supports shifts in SDP’s revised early literacy framework (PreK-Grade 3).
An overview of responses to five 2019-20 District-Wide Survey items related to technology.
Over the last decade, the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) embarked on a critical effort to improve the outcomes of students in its low-performing schools. This effort, aimed to dramatically improve student achievement by shifting school management to either external charter providers, called Renaissance Charters, or by placing schools in a network that receives additional district supports, is named the Renaissance Initiative. The District selected Mathematica and its partner, Research For Action, to conduct a three-year evaluation from 2017-2020.
This brief examines “summer melt” rates (or the rates at which students who said they intended to pursue post-secondary education as seniors did not enroll in college the following fall) among student subgroups in the SDP senior classes of 2017, 2018, and 2019.
Results from a survey administered to alternative education students graduating on a non-traditional timeline.
Results from a survey administered to seniors in the Educational Options Program.
SDP’s Ninth Grade On-Track metric is an established and validated tool for early identification of students who are not likely to graduate on time. This slide deck summarizes findings found in From Ninth Grade On-Track to College Matriculation: The Path of the 2015-16 SDP Ninth-Grade Cohort, which compared matriculation outcomes across demographic and educational characteristics (gender, race/ethnicity, IEP status, EL status, economic disadvantage, and GPA).
This report describes the framework that guided survey development, the administration of the surveys, the processes of survey reliability testing and validation, and the construction of school-level scores for reports. This version reflects new updates.
District-level report on findings from a 2019 survey of exiting seniors about whether they plan to obtain additional education, secure employment, or pursue other activities after graduation.
Between June and August 2020, the Office of Evaluation, Research, and Accountability (ERA) used an online feedback form to gather input about reopening schools for the 2020-21 school year. This report summarizes findings from an analysis of the comments submitted from the time the feedback form opened on June 23 until August 14.