Results

At KIPP, we are committed to sharing the results of all KIPP schools- ensuring we maintain high quality as we grow our network. KIPP evaluates and reports student outcomes through the following:

Annual Report Card - Each year, we produce and distribute the KIPP Report Card to friends, stakeholders, and interested contacts. The Report Card provides demographic information and student achievement results for KIPP schools on both state and national exams. Learn more...

Independent Third-Party Studies - KIPP has been the subject of eleven independent reports. With support from The Atlantic Philanthropies, the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, we recently released the National Evaluation of KIPP Middle Schools, a five-year longitudinal study conducted by national policy research firm Mathematica. Learn more about our third-party studies...

Internal Evaluation - KIPP schools conduct annual school reviews to assess student achievement results. To augment these reviews, KIPP is piloting the Healthy Schools Initiative, an internal evaluation effort to measure overall school health, including areas such as student outcomes, leadership, and teaching.

National Results Highlights

The results of each of our individual schools can be found in the most recent 2009 KIPP Report Card; the following summarizes KIPP's results on a national scale:

The Starting Point	The KIPP Effect
Many students begin KIPP in the fifth grade at least one grade level-and in many cases two or more-behind their peers in reading and math.	After four years at KIPP, 100 percent of KIPP eighth grade classes outperformed their district averages in both mathematics and reading/English language arts, based on state tests.
The average KIPP student who stays with KIPP for four years starts fifth grade at the 41st percentile in mathematics and the 31st percentile in reading.	After four years at KIPP, these same students are performing at the 80th percentile in math and the 58th percentile in reading, based on national norm-referenced tests.
Less than 40 percent of low-income students go to college nationwide.	Nationally, more than 85 percent of KIPP students are matriculating to college. In addition, over 90 percent of KIPP students matriculated to college-preparatory high schools in 2008—and have earned millions of dollars in scholarships and need-based financial aid since 2000.