Blueprint Schools Network

Who We Are Overview Blueprint Schools Network (Blueprint) is a nonprofit organization that partners with school districts to promote educational equity and improve life outcomes for students in their lowest performing schools. Using a set of research-based, comprehensive reform strategies, Blueprint partners with school districts to plan, implement, and monitor the progress of whole school turnaround. Blueprint also operates a stand-alone tutoring program called The Blueprint Fellows Program (Fellows Program). The Fellows Program is an intensive, daily, in-school tutoring program that provides an important academic intervention in math and literacy for our partner schools. Blueprint s team of experienced practitioners from education and the private sector works directly with district and school leadership to build their capacity to oversee transformative school improvement. Blueprint is supporting 62 schools in the 2013-14 school year that serve more than 11,000 students. To-date, Blueprint s partner schools have shown promising gains, outpacing district and state growth metrics, and showing us that transforming networks of underperforming district schools is possible. 2

Who We Are Where We Work Blueprint has partnered with school districts in four states to turnaround their lowest performing schools and implement a daily tutoring program in math. Denver Public Schools 22 Turnaround Schools Saint Louis Public Schools Math/Literacy Tutoring in 7 Schools Math Tutoring in 29 Schools and 2 Charter Schools Boston Public Schools 2 Turnaround Schools* *Will expand to 3 schools in 2014/15 school year Past Projects Current Projects Houston Independent School District Math Tutoring in 20 Schools 3

Who We Are The Five Blueprint Strategies To accelerate achievement in our nation s schools, Blueprint partners with districts to plan, implement, and monitor the roll out of the five most effective strategies of high-performing charter schools, as identified through leading research. Excellence in Leadership and Instruction Increased Instructional Time A Culture of High Expectations for All Using Data to Improve Instruction Daily Tutoring in Critical Growth Years 3:1 4

What We Do Our Process Blueprint s process in partnering with districts involves four stages: 1) Planning; 2) Implementation; 3) Monitoring; and 4) Ongoing Evaluation and Reflection. Planning Implementation Monitoring Ongoing Evaluation and Reflection Once partnered with a district, we spend time learning about their systems and structures before we begin planning our implementation. We then on-board a Blueprint-employed Regional Director and a support team to oversee the turnaround implementation. During this period we meet with district departments to learn about their systems to determine how Blueprint s framework can best be adapted and integrated. Beginning in planning months, Blueprint and its partners begin a customized implementation of the five strategies. Implementation includes: the recruitment and selection of tutors, teachers and principals; coordination with district leadership on school calendaring and scheduling; implementation of the Fellows Program; and other activities. In addition to daily monitoring of the turnaround schools from Blueprint s on-theground teams, Blueprint conducts formal site visits to each school every four to six weeks, collecting data on the implementation and providing quantitative and qualitative feedback to district and school leaders regarding school progress. 2014 Blueprint Schools Network. All Rights Reserved. Blueprint monitors and evaluates the progress of its partner schools throughout the year and at year s end. Blueprint s relationships with leading researchers allows us to maintain current with leading findings and receive third-party evaluations that give us additional feedback into our work. Additionally, Blueprint leverages its national network to reflect on successes and challenges so leaders can learn from one another as they enter a new school year. 5

Percent Proficient or Advanced Denver Summit Schools Network (DSSN) Results Math Trends, Year 1 In math, DSSN turnaround and phase-in schools outpaced the district in growth in 2012. Each grade level achieved the greatest number of students scoring proficient or advanced in five years. Five Year Math Proficiency Trends in DSSN Phase-in/Turnaround Schools, 2008-2012 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% DPS pp Growth 2012 DSSN pp Growth 2012 Grade 03 3 14 Grade 04 3 23 Grade 05-1 14 Grade 06-1 14 Grade 09 3 11 Grade 04 Grade 03 Grade 05 Grade 06 20% Grade 09 10% 0% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 6

Percent Proficient or Advanced DSSN Results Reading Trends, Year 1 All grades in which all five strategies were implemented saw growth that surpassed that of the district. 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% Five Year Reading Proficiency Trends in DSSN Phase-in/Turnaround Schools, 2008-2012 DPS pp Growth 2012 DSSN pp Growth 2012 Grade 03 3 17 Grade 04 6 7 Grade 05 3 12 Grade 06 5 8 Grade 09 5 10 Grade 03 Grade 05 Grade 04 Grade 09 Grade 06 10% 0% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 7

DSSN Results MGP in Context Year 1 DSSN elementary turnarounds showed some of the highest growth in reading, writing and math. Student Performance Growth at Elementary Schools MGP Percentile compared with the state, 2012: 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Student performance growth in math at Green Valley elementary school was greater than 99% of all other elementary schools in Colorado making Green Valley the 3 rd best in all of Colorado MGP Ranking, 2012: 49 th 86 th Reading 59 th Out of 990 elementary schools Writing 100 th Out of 992 elementary schools Math 3 rd 9 th Out of 992 elementary schools 0 Reading Writing Math Green Valley McGlone 8

DSSN Results Results - Year 2 As a network, DSSN schools implementing Blueprint s five school turnaround strategies achieved the highest percentage of students scoring proficient and advanced in Reading, Writing and Math in 5 years. 50% 45% Pre-Turnaround Turnaround Initiative 40% 39% 35% 30% 25% 30% 31% 29% 34% 29% 29% 26% 20% 18% 21% 20% 24% 15% 17% 17% 10% 5% 0% 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 % Proficient or Above Math % Proficient or Above Reading % Proficient or Above Writing 9

DSSN Results Results - Year 2 Cumulative MGP growth scores for the network are 50 or above for Reading, Writing and Math for two years in a row, something that had not occurred for at least three years before the intervention by Blueprint. 70 65 Pre-Turnaround Turnaround Initiative 60 58 55 50 45 40 43 42.5 52 50 46 48 47 44 53 53 50 51 35 30 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 MGP Math MGP Reading MGP Writing 10

DSSN Results Results - Year 2 Colorado s School Performance Framework (SPF) rates schools on multiple measures and assigns each school one of five colors (Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange or Red). After two years of the partnership with Blueprint all schools except DCIS Ford have improved at least two color levels on the SPF. Green Valley Ranch Elementary received the highest rating of Blue this year. McGlone Elementary and High Tech High are both rated Green. Pre-turnaround SPF SPF after 2 years McGlone McGlone Green Valley Ranch Green Valley Ranch Ford DCIS at Ford Noel NCAS DCIS at Montbello Montbello High Tech Early College Collegiate Prep Academy 11