May 29, 2020 | Accountability, Authorizing, Terry's Blog
COVID-19 has brought new challenges to most every aspect of life, and public education has not been spared. Schools have had to quickly adapt to their changing circumstances, whether due to restriction of in-person learning or the anticipated impacts to funding....
Mar 3, 2020 | Accountability, Authorizing, School Choice, Terry's Blog
With data from the 2019 October Count released by the state a little over a month ago, CSI’s Evaluation and Assessment team got to work digging, slicing, and dicing the data. The analysis allows CSI to get a better grasp on how we’re performing as a portfolio over...
Feb 21, 2020 | Authorizing, Terry's Blog
When CSI was created 15 years ago, it was the intent of the General Assembly that CSI “model best practices in authorizing charter schools and make those practices available to school districts.” (C.R.S. 22-30.5-503). CSI has taken this call to model authorizing...
Feb 7, 2020 | Accountability, Authorizing, Terry's Blog
This guest blog post was written by Ryan Marks, CSI Director of Evaluation and Assessment. Ryan has been with CSI since 2014, working in various roles. He currently oversees all state assessments, student performance analysis, and academic evaluation. Prior to working...
Dec 19, 2019 | Accountability, Authorizing, Terry's Blog
This past week, the CSI Board of Directors approved the charter school performance ratings for our schools. These performance ratings, known as accreditation ratings, are established through the CSI Annual Review of Schools (CARS). CARS is the annual performance...
Dec 2, 2019 | Accountability, Authorizing, Terry's Blog
With preliminary district and school performance framework ratings having been released by the state earlier this fall, the past month has been the time for districts and schools to review their performance against state expectations. It has also been the time for...
