Freedom Academy Charter School

FREEDOM ACADEMY IS FOCUSED ON PREPARING YOUNG LEARNERS FOR A LIFETIME OF LEARNING AND ESTABLISHING A FIRM FOUNDATION THAT WILL SERVE THEM WELL INTO THEIR FUTURE ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL CAREERS. MEASURING OUR PERFORMANCE AGAINST THIS GOAL WILL TAKE DECADES. IN THE INTERIM, WE LOOK TO A FEW KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE RELATIVE TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE ON THIS JOURNEY.OUR INITIAL GOALS ARE TO ENSURE KIDS ARE PROFICIENT IN READING AND ARE FIRMLY ON THEIR WAY TO TRANSITION FROM LEARNING TO READ, TO READING TO LEARN. IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, LESS THAN 15% OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF HAWTHORNE, CLEVELAND, WILLARD-HAY, JORDAN AND MCKINLEY READ AT GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS. WE HOPE TO IMPROVE ON THAT NUMBER IN OUR FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION.DISTRICT-WIDE IN MINNEAPOLIS, ABOUT 50% OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS READ AT GRADE LEVEL. OUR SECOND YEAR GOAL IS TO MEET OR EXCEED THIS LEVEL, PRODUCING STUDENTS WITH AT LEAST AS GOOD A CHANCE AT FUTURE SUCCESS AS THE DISTRICT AT LARGE. OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT AT LEAST 80% OF OUR STUDENTS MOVE ONTO THE NEXT GRADE PERFORMING AT ACCEPTABLE LEVELS.