The 5Essentials School Reports for Chicago Public Schools are derived from more than 20 years of research on improving urban schools. The raw data for these reports are based on a comprehensive core of over 80 student and 150 teacher questions compiled into 22 Measures of school climate and practice and formed into five Essentials.
As measured by the 5Essentials Surveys, those five Essentials are leading indicators of school improvement. The power of 5Essentials comes from their prediction of school success, the intuitiveness of the overall framework components (Ambitious Instruction, Supportive Environment, Effective Leaders, Collaborative Teachers, and Involved Families), and the reliability of the survey measures. See Your School's Full Report.
5-Essentials - Supportive Environment
How safe and encouraged do students feel in their classrooms?
Note: The overall performance score is comprised of each of the 5Essentials scores. Schools that are at or above benchmark on 3 or more essentials are 10 times more likely to improve than schools that are below the benchmark.