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CREATIVE SCHOOLS SURVEY PARTICIPATION
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The increase in high school participation in 2016–17 can be attributed in
significant part to the increase in charter, contract, and Options school
participation. Charter, contract, and Options schools are both more likely
to be high schools and less likely to complete a Creative Schools Survey than
are district-run schools. This year, increases in participation among charter,
contract, and Options schools outpaced increases in participation among
district-run schools. In 2016–17, 91 percent of charter and contract schools
participated, up from 67 percent in 2015–16. Options school participation
increased from 28 percent in 2015–16 to 73 percent in the most recent year.
THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN PARTICIPATION AMONG CHARTER, CONTRACT,
AND OPTIONS SCHOOLS IN 2016–17
 District-Run Schools
 Charter & Contract Schools
 Options Schools
2015–16
28%
67%
2016–17
73%
96%
99%
91%
While the high rate of participation in the Creative Schools Survey is a mark
of progress, Ingenuity aims to continue increasing survey participation until
all students at all schools are represented in the data. As more schools
participate, those individual schools will receive the benefits of completing
the survey and stakeholders will have the detailed picture of the arts
education landscape they need to best support schools in providing a quality
arts education to every CPS student.
PROGRESS REPORT | 2016–17