Charter school completion rates for college are substantially better than the overall numbers for big - city districts where most charter school students are located.
Not exact matches
We operate high - performing urban public
charter schools, a unique graduate
school of education that trains teachers for high - poverty
schools, and a hybrid college and jobs program that seeks unprecedented degree
completion rates and employment outcomes.
The USA Today story revolves around low college -
completion rates among students who have graduated from
charter schools — leaving it unclear how
charter schools fit into the troubling larger picture of college
completion in the United States.
What's more, research indicates many students from high - scoring
charter schools do not fare well in college, as measured by six - year college
completion rates.»
Yet in the regents» 2013 and 2015 studies,
charter schools make up 5 of the top 10
schools with the highest college
completion rates among their graduates.
The report also said, «
Charter high
schools are providing a greater proportion of their students with college access (37 percent) through higher A-G subject requirement
completion rates than their traditional
school peers (24 percent).»
Research on the performance of
charter school students should not focus exclusively on standardized test scores but analyze other outcomes as well, including participation in advanced courses, graduation
rates, and college attendance and
completion.