DC PCSB approved ASPIRE, our academic accountability system. Read more about it here.
DC PCSB’s Performance Management Framework (or PMF) is used to produce the annual School Quality Report for each public charter school for which it provides oversight. DC PCSB uses the tool to review each school’s academic performance annually. Families can use the individual schools' report to find out how it is performing and use it as a resource when selecting a new school.
These reports ensure that public charter schools operating residential programs provide a secure living environment that protects the health and safety of all students, as required by DC Code § 38–1802.04(c)(4). Residential programs are visited annually and consist of:
An interview with the personnel directly responsible for the residential programming and facility
A walkthrough of the school's residentials building(s)
The School Reform Act (SRA) requires that DC PCSB revoke the charter of any public charter school that (1) has engaged in a pattern of nonadherence to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP); (2) has engaged in a pattern of fiscal mismanagement; and/or (3) is no longer economically viable. Further, each DC public charter school is required to conduct annually a thorough audit of its finances and operations. Schools must choose a third-party auditor from a list of auditors approved by DC PCSB, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE). DC PCSB, with support and counsel from OCFO and OSSE, analyzes and summarizes the information in these audits to produce the Financial Analysis Report (FAR), which presents consistent and transparent information about DC public charter schools’ finances and operations.