APPENDIX 4

Performance History

TenSquares Results

TenSquares team has shown dramatic results in public charter schools for almost fifteen years.
TenSquare Managing Member, Josh Kern, co-founded and served as Executive Director of Thurgood
Marshall Academy Public Charter High School (TMA) from 2000 until 2011. Katie Herman, TenSquare
partner and head of the school improvement practice, served as a senior leader of TMA from 2001
through 2008, and then served on the Board of Trustees until 2014. TMA is now among the highest
performing, open enrollment public high schools (district and charter) in the District of Columbia. TMA
has been highlighted as a model of excellence by the Department of Education Doing What Works
series, recognized as a school of excellence by Harvards Achievement Gap Institute (AGI), featured on
the CBS evening news, and honored with a National Excellence in Urban Education Award and a
Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (COSEBOC) School Award. All TenSquare team members
bring expertise from top tier schools and networks from across the country.

Applying our experience running top performing schools, TenSquares team has had transformative
impact in low performing schools in the District. Specific examples of our success include:

Integrated Design & Electronics Academy PCS- IDEA Grades 7-12 through SY 13; Grades 9-12
presently

Partnership years:
February 2012 June 2012 (TenSquare audit, evaluation, strategic board counsel)
July 2012 June 2013 (Year 1 Full TenSquare restructuring effort)
July 2013- June 2014 (Year 2 of TenSquare restructuring effort)

TenSquare role:
- Lead school turnaround partner, reporting to Board of Trustees Restructuring Committee
- Evaluated teachers and staff and designed revised org chart accordingly
- Recruited, screened, and placed new school leaders
- Recruited, screened, placed new teaching staff
- Revised HR systems and operations
- Designed new master schedule, teacher staff plan, course sequence, curriculum
- Coached leadership team on high-impact instructional strategies for raising achievement
- Performed regular teacher observations and led targeted instructional interventions with ELA
and math instructors
- Managed all elements of performance on Performance Management Framework (PMF)

Results:
In the first full year of the restructured school, 2012-2013, student proficiency on the state exam
increased 13.3% in high school ELA and 11.8% in high school math. Two years after restructuring, in the
2014 state results, high school math proficiency moved to 67.4% having started at 26.7 percent prior to


restructuring. The PMF total score increased 15.3 points on a 100-point scale. The middle school saw
even greater increases with ELA increasing 37 percentage points and math increasing 20.6 percentage
points. The middle school PMF score increased 23.9 points on the 100-point scale after the first year of
restructuring.


IDEA Public Charter SchoolHigh School

IDEA Public Charter School
(High School)
Grades Served: 9
th
-12
th

Racial Demographics: 99.4% African-American; 0.6% Other
Low Income: 100%
Special Education: 16.8%
Element 2011-12 2012-13
(TenSquare)
2013-14
(TenSquare)
Overall PMF
Score/Tier
28.4/Tier 3 43.7/Tier 2 Tier 2 estimated
DC CAS ELA 43.3 56.6 56.5
DC CAS Math 26.7 38.5 67.4
Median Growth
Percentile (MGP)-ELA
43.8 57.6 TBD
Median Growth
Percentile (MGP)-
Math
45.5 53.1 TBD


IDEA Public Charter School DC CAS ResultsHigh School



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ELA Math
IDEA Public Charter School
DC CAS Results (High School)
2011-12
Pre-TenSquare
2012-13
Post-TenSquare
2013-14
Post-TenSquare





IDEA Public Charter School
(Middle School now closed)
Grades Served: 6
th
-12
th

Racial Demographics: 99% African-American; 1% Other
Low Income: 100%
Special Education: 16.8%
Element 2011-12 2012-13
(TenSquare)
Overall PMF Score/Tier 14.3/Tier 3 38.2/Tier 2
DC CAS ELA
(Proficient and Advanced)
27.9 64.9
DC CAS Math
(Proficient and Advanced)
42.6 63.2
Median Growth Percentile (MGP)-
ELA
33.3 39.4
Median Growth Percentile (MGP)-
Math
34.6 38.2
*Board of Trustees chose to close middle school at end of SY 13.



IDEA Public Charter School DC CAS ResultsMiddle School





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70
ELA Math
IDEA Public Charter School
DC CAS Results (Middle School)
2011-12
Pre-TenSquare
2012-13
Post-TenSquare




Imagine Hope Community PCS Lamond Campus Grades PreK-6

Partnership year:
November - December 2013 (TenSquare performance audit)
January June 2014 (Year 1 of TenSquare restructuring effort, starting mid-year with existing staff and
teachers)

TenSquare role:
- Strategic advising on DC accountability framework with Imagine National team
- Led school improvement initiative in SY 14 that included:
o Leadership coaching
o Performance management
o Program re-design
o High-impact instructional coaching for teachers
o Data-driven instructional planning
o Professional development
o Grades 3-6 intervention plans
o Small group instruction design and implementation
o Support and recognition program for teachers and students that recognizes and rewards
key behaviors that support academic achievement
o Whole school attendance initiatives data dashboard, incentives
o Re-enrollment campaign
o Support for teacher evaluation and implementation of hiring best practices

Results:
After leading an intensive school restructuring effort from December 2013 through June 2014, the
Imagine Hope Community PCS-Lamond campus showed the largest increase of any public charter school
on the 2014 state standardized assessment. Students showed double-digit growth in both math and
reading, up 19.6 and 15.4 percent, respectively.











Imagine Hope Community-Lamond Campus
(Elementary School)
Grades Served: PS-6
Racial Demographics: 91.3% African American; 7.7% Hispanic; 1.1% Other
Low Income: 82.6%
Special Education: 7.7%
Element 2012-13 2013-14
(TenSquare)
Overall PMF Score/Tier 28.3/Tier 3 TBD/Tier 2
DC CAS ELA-Elementary
(Proficient and Advanced)
40 55.4
DC CAS Math-Elementary
(Proficient and Advanced)
37.1 56.8
Median Growth Percentile
(MGP)-ELA
38.5 TBD
Median Growth Percentile
(MGP)-Math
43.5 TBD



Imagine Hope Community PCS DC CAS Results






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40
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60
70
ELA Math
Imagine Hope-Lamond PCS
DC CAS Results
2012-13
Pre-TenSquare
2013-14
Post-TenSquare







William E. Doar Jr. PCS - Grades PreK Grade 8

Partnership years:
July 2011-June 2012 (TenSquare serves as strategic adviser to interim executive director)
July 2012-June 2013 (TenSquare recruits teachers and administrators)
October 2013 December 2013 (TenSquare conducts performance audit and advises Board)
January 2014 June 2014 (Year 1 of TenSquare restructuring effort, staring mid-year with existing staff
and teachers.)

TenSquare role:
- Served as strategic advisor to Executive Director in SY 12
- Recruited new teachers and administrators for SY 13 and SY 14
- Led school improvement initiative in SY 14 that included:
o Leadership coaching
o Performance management
o Program re-design
o High-impact instructional coaching for teachers
o Data-driven instructional planning
o Professional development
o Grades 3-6 intervention plans
o Small group instruction design and implementation
o Support and recognition program for teachers and students that recognizes and rewards
key behaviors that support academic achievement
o Whole school attendance initiatives data dashboard, incentives
o Re-enrollment campaign
o Support for teacher evaluation and implementation of hiring best practices

Results:
After two years of supporting WEDJs board of trustees with strategic advising and sourcing, TenSquare
led an intensive school restructuring effort from January through June 2014. State proficiency increased
by almost 12% in math, and although the composite score in ELA dipped by 1.5%, proficiency increased
in four out of six of the tested grades.















William E Doar Jr Public Charter School
(Elementary and Middle School)
Grades Served: PS-8
Racial Demographics: 95.3% African American; 3.8% Hispanic; 0.9% White
Low Income: 85.5%
Special Education: 7.8%
Element 2012-13 2013-14
(TenSquare)
Overall PMF Score/Tier 36.5/Tier 2
DC CAS ELA-Composite
(Proficient and Advanced)
47.2 45.7
DC CAS Math-Composite
(Proficient and Advanced)
44.1 56.0
Median Growth Percentile
(MGP)-ELA
49.4 TBD
Median Growth Percentile
(MGP)-Math
49.4 TBD


William E. Doar Jr Public Charter School DC CAS Results




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60
70
ELA Math
WEDJ Public Charter School
DC CAS Results
2012-13
Pre-TenSquare
2013-14
Post-TenSquare