The School will comply with all rules mandated by the Office of Student Achievement to verify and measure performance against its goals. On a quarterly basis, each child’s performance will be compared to the expected performance improvement to be obtained in that school year.

• A child scoring below “expected gain” in any quarter will be required to engage in a program specifically designed to improve that performance including but not limited to extra class work, tutorials, or other needed assistance.
• Teachers shall maintain daily records of each child’s performance. Unless caused by illness or otherwise excusable circumstances, any child who fails to complete homework shall be required to make it up within 24 hours and his/her parent or guardian sign a note from the teacher acknowledging their awareness that the homework was not completed.
• Any child who receives a grade of “C” or lower on any test, or on more than 3 homework assignments in any consecutive four week period; shall be required to have a note executed by his/her parent or guardian. Continued performance problems will result in a mandatory parent/teacher conference, as well as special programs as needed. On-going failures may result in a more appropriate placement of the child in another class or grade and, ultimately, may serve as grounds for non-promotion.
• These rules shall not govern students with special needs. Additionally, the following specific tools will be used to verify that the School’s performance complies with its goals.
  
  1. Test results will corroborate performance objectives. The specific benchmark test scores as found in a student’s permanent record by grade are set forth in Appendix D-3 to the Charter Petition. These benchmark scores shall apply to the specific objectives below.
  2. Report cards will be the result of daily monitoring of student performance and effort, projects, homework and tests, and will reflect improvement as subjects are mastered. Every child will receive these report cards on a quarterly basis.
  3. A portfolio or other affirmative demonstration will confirm that either individually or in small teams students have participated or been involved with a political process, in some manner have volunteered meaningfully in an environmentally-related program, and/or have completed an age-appropriate case study relating to an industrial/technological impact upon the environment. 100% of all children in each grade will participate in these projects from the initial year of operation.
  4. Parental polls will be conducted at the end of each school year as to the effectiveness of the program. It is the School’s goal for 95% or greater parental satisfaction with the school. Excluding departures due to transfer or other unavoidable withdrawal, the school’s goal is to see 75% student retention after its first year, 85% after its second year, and 95% after its third year of operation.