Sentences with phrase «achievement than traditional public schools»

«Charter schools absent school board oversight have far less accountability for student achievement than traditional public schools,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, NSBA Executive Director.

On average, charter schools show higher achievement than traditional public schools, especially with traditionally underserved student groups and in urban environments.

Not exact matches

Charter school students in grades 3 through 8 perform better than we would expect, based on the performance of comparable students in traditional public schools, on both the math and reading portions of New York's statewide achievement tests.

These studies show, consistently, that parental schools of choice not controlled by public school districts 1) are usually prohibited by law from screening out students based on admission exams, 2) use ability tracking less frequently than traditional public schools even when, legally, they can, and 3) may use ability tracking, but when they do, it is less likely to have a negative effect on the achievement of low - track students.

And, finally, do students who attend traditional public schools subject to competition from charter schools make larger achievement gains than they would have in the absence of charter schools?

We address three main questions: Do students attending charter schools in these grades make larger or smaller gains in achievement than they would have made in traditional public schools?

Students in these grades make considerably smaller achievement gains in charter schools than they would have in traditional public schools, and the negative effects are not limited to schools in their first year of operation.

The key question is whether KIPP's positive effects on learning are attributable to a peer environment that is more conducive to academic achievement than the peer environment found in traditional public schools.

A study released earlier this month by Mathematica finds that students attending charter high schools in Florida scored lower on achievement tests than students in traditional public schools, but years later, the charter students were more likely to have attended at least two years of college and also had higher earnings.

It alleges that a review of the research on charter schools leads to the conclusions that, overall, charter schools: 1) fail to raise student achievement more than traditional district schools do; 2) aren't innovative and don't pass innovations along to district schools; 3) exacerbate the racial and ethnic isolation of students; 4) provide a worse environment for teachers than district schools; and 5) spend more on administration and less on instruction than public schools.

In general, charter schools that serve low - income and minority students in urban areas are doing a better job than their traditional public - school counterparts in raising student achievement, whereas that is not true of charter schools in suburban areas.

But do charters vary more in terms of their ability to promote student achievement than comparable traditional public schools?

Students in KIPP schools may be surrounded by classmates who are, on the whole, more supportive of academic achievement than peers in traditional public schools with similar poverty rates.

Students transferring to charter schools had prior achievement levels that were generally similar to or lower than those of their TPS [traditional public school] peers.

Studies conducted by Mathematica Policy Research show that KIPP schools achieve significantly greater gains in student achievement than do traditional public schools teaching similar students.

One of the few large - scale national studies of magnet schools found that magnet schools were more effective than traditional public schools, Catholic schools, and secular private schools at raising student achievement in reading and social studies.

The studies come amid a growing debate over the question of whether charter schools are inadequately funded compared with traditional public schools, and if / how they improve student achievement better than the traditional schools.

* Charter middle schools that hold lotteries are neither more nor less successful than traditional public schools in improving student achievement in reading and math.

Today, Tennessee's charter school movement — which serves more than 35,000 students across 112 schools — has revolutionized traditional thinking about public schools and helping students reach new heights of achievement while also paving the way for enhanced innovation in K - 12 education.

Our approach is paying off, as African - American and Latino student achievement is better than in traditional public schools on any comparison, be it by state, by district, and particularly by neighborhood.

Charters are independent public schools that are free to be more innovative while being held more accountable than traditional public schools for improved student achievement.

According to Mathis, achievement scores at traditional public schools aren't much different than the charter schools.

In 20 of 22 comparisons, the achievement gap was actually lower — and better — for charter school students than for students in traditional public schools.

As Commissioner of Education, Dianna Wentzell commented, «In some cases, students in choice programs made greater academic gains than their peers not enrolled in these programs (students in traditional public schools), thereby closing the achievement gap, while in other cases they did not.»

A report, Charter Schools and the Achievement Gap, finds that, though charter schools on average perform no better than traditional public schools, urban «no - excuses» charter schools — which often use intensive discipline to enforce order — demonstrate promising rSchools and the Achievement Gap, finds that, though charter schools on average perform no better than traditional public schools, urban «no - excuses» charter schools — which often use intensive discipline to enforce order — demonstrate promising rschools on average perform no better than traditional public schools, urban «no - excuses» charter schools — which often use intensive discipline to enforce order — demonstrate promising rschools, urban «no - excuses» charter schools — which often use intensive discipline to enforce order — demonstrate promising rschools — which often use intensive discipline to enforce order — demonstrate promising results.

In California, charter schools produce stronger student achievement among low - income students than traditional public schools by a margin of nearly 5 percent.