A third - party evaluation conducted by Douglas Ready at Teachers College found that students made annual academic gains equivalent to a half year of
additional learning compared to national averages.
Not exact matches
That's 840,000
additional students failing under lecturing, a difference of 55 percent
compared to the failure rate of active
learning.
According to a rigorous Stanford study, students in the D.C. charter sector
learn several
additional months in reading and math annually
compared to similar students in D.C.'s district schools.
• The report
compares the
additional learning kids get from their states» charters to their respective states» NAEP scores.
The CREDO analysis also shows that Michigan's low - income students, who comprise the vast majority of charter students in Detroit, make modest achievement gains (less than a month of
additional learning in math each year)
compared to district schools, as do black and Hispanic students.
Alex Hernandez of the Charter School Growth Fund celebrated: «[CREDO] reports that the 107,000 students whose schools receive support from the Charter School Growth Fund gain, on average, the equivalent of four
additional months of
learning in math and three
additional months of
learning in reading each year when
compared to peers in other public schools.»
In the study, students whose teachers were in the New Teacher Center's mentor program gained an
additional two to four months of
learning in reading and an
additional two to five months of
learning in math when
compared to their peers in the control group.
A fair test of whether private schools are avoiding
learning disabled students would
compare the rates of
learning disabilities when private schools are given the same
additional resources to serve those children that public schools receive.
According to a 2015 study by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University, students enrolled in urban charter schools gained 40
additional days of
learning in math per year and 28
additional days in reading
compared to students in district schools.
And a still - newer 2015 CREDO analysis, examining charter schools in 41 urban communities, found them, on average, achieving 40
additional days of
learning growth in math and 28 days in reading
compared to matched peers in district schools.
In this way, game - based
learning can be adapted nicely to a
learning programme, but with the
additional interactivity, it also has an inherent advantage
compared to more traditional forms of
learning content.
The team has developed an innovative method of
comparing results for charter students against their «virtual twins» in district schools, and translating hard - to - understand standard deviation measures into a more easily digestible «
additional days of
learning.»
In one study of mine, teachers near the top of the quality distribution got an entire year's worth of
additional learning out of their students
compared to those near the bottom.
• In Indianapolis, charter schools students gain an
additional 47 days of
learning in math and 55 days in reading
compared to district peers each year.
Specifically, students enrolled in urban charter schools receive the equivalent of 40
additional days of
learning growth in math and 28 days of
additional growth in reading
compared to their matched peers in [traditional public schools].
North Carolina, Louisiana, and Tennessee all independently concluded that TFA corps members were the most effective out of recent graduates from other teacher preparation programs with which they had worked.151 A controlled study conducted by Mathematica found that students taught by TFA teachers earned higher math scores than students taught by non-TFA teachers with similar years of experience; the TFA - taught students
learned approximately 2.6 months of
additional material in math during the school year.152 Similarly, another study found that TFA first to third grade teachers» students grew 1.3
additional months in reading
compared with their peers who had non-TFA teachers.153
In an eLearning program for IBM managers it was found that the participants
learned almost five times as much material,
compared to traditional
learning methods, with no
additional time spent training.
A report from Stanford University shows that mayor - sponsored charters in Indianapolis generate two to three months of
additional learning each year
compared to traditional public schools.
Statewide, students attending public charter schools in Louisiana gained an
additional 50 days of
learning in reading and 65 days in math
compared to their peers attending traditional public schools.
Ben Backes and his colleagues at CALDER found that,
compared to other high school teachers in the state, graduates from the original UTeach program at the University of Texas at Austin produce as much as four months of
additional learning in math and nearly six months of
additional learning in science.
Compared to their traditional public school peers, Tennessee charter school students gained the equivalent of 86
additional learning days in reading and 72 days in mathematics over the course of a single year.
Additionally, New Teacher Center advocates for multi-year induction programs that incorporate co-teaching models.44 Teachers supported by New Teacher Center demonstrate higher proficiency in both engaging students and using assessment in instruction, while 90 percent of new teachers agree that working with their New Teacher Center mentor influences their practice and meets their needs as a growing professional.45 Moreover, a preliminary independent Evaluation of Investing in Education, or i3 evaluation, showed that «after just one year, students of teachers supported by New Teacher Center gained 2 to 3.5 months of
additional learning in reading
compared to control teachers.»
A 2014 Mathematica report found that students who attended the school for four years gained an
additional 1.6 years of school in math, an
additional 40 percent of a year of school in English language arts, and an
additional 60 percent of a year of school in science when
compared with the
learning gains of their peers across New York City schools.45
Factors with the highest weight included the share of public schools that are charter schools, the share of public - school students in charter schools, the growth rate of charters, the closure rate of charters (small and consistent was considered the best) and academic quality in both reading and math as measured in the equivalent of «
additional days of
learning» when
compared with traditional public schools.
According to a Mathematica study, corps members who teach pre-K through second grade boosted student reading scores by an amount equal to 1.3 months of
additional learning time
compared to their fellow teachers.
Overall, students enrolled in urban public charter schools gained 40
additional days of
learning in math and 28
additional days in reading
compared to their traditional public school peers.
In math, students in Rhode Island charter schools achieved the equivalent of 108
additional days of
learning compared to students in traditional district schools.13 21
A national study conducted by Mathematica Policy Research found that students attending KIPP middle schools made gains in reading, math, science, and social studies equal to 11 to 14 months of
additional learning when
compared to similar non-KIPP students.60 Similarly, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania found that students selected by lottery to attend Harlem Success Academy made significant gains in reading and math equal to 13 to 19 percent higher test achievement,
compared to demographically similar students not selected via lottery.61
Boston: In Boston, low - income black and Hispanic students acquired more than a year's worth of
additional learning in both math and reading
compared to students in Boston Public Schools.
Students in Boston's charter schools gained 12 months of
additional learning per year in reading and 13 months of
additional learning in math
compared with their regular public school counterparts.
Released in the wake of last week's report about charter schools in New York City, the study found that
compared with the academic progress that students made in regular public schools, students in charter schools in Massachusetts gained an
additional one and a half more months of
learning per year in reading and an
additional two and a half more months of
learning per year in math.
But their usage
compares favorably to other activities that might have been thought to contribute importantly to student achievement (and that, indeed, the cost of the
additional funds is outweighed by the benefits on student
learning).
New Jersey charter school students on average gain an
additional two months of
learning per year in reading and an
additional three months of
learning per year in math
compared to their district school counterparts.
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additional months of
learning, on average,
compared with their peers who do not attend.