Sentences with phrase «charter school in the study»

Many of the charter schools in our study aspire to boost minority achievement, so a natural benchmark for charter effectiveness is the black - white test score gap.

«All of the charter schools in the study either outperformed or showed no statistical difference when compared to traditional schools,» the report read.

«The large samples of charter schools in these studies precluded using lotteries to estimate effects,» she said.

Not exact matches

The state has revoked the teaching license of Christopher Fisher, 31, who was a social studies instructor at Quantum High, a charter school in Boynton...

Charter schools in New York City receive almost $ 5,000 less per student each year than traditional schools, according to a study to be released today by researchers at the University of Arkansas.

The IBO study estimated the per student cost for charters located in city facilities was $ 16,011 compared to $ 16,660 for district public schools — or $ 449 less.

Charter schools offered free space in city educational facilities are actually a bargain for New York taxpayers, a new study shows.

A new study says that on average, New York City charter school students show growth equal to 23 extra days of learning in reading and 63 more days in math each year, compared with similar students in traditional public schools.

Until it assumed a university status in September 2008 following the receipt of a Presidential Charter, the school was called Institute of Professional Studies (IPS).

An Independent Budget Office study suggested that charter schools actually get more overall aid than regular public schools when factoring in the free rent or subsidy they receive from the city.

In September, parents and teachers in the building's three district schools — the School for International Studies, the Brooklyn School for Global Studies and District 75's PS 368 — saw that the charter school had new light fixtures and complained that the charter had received preferential treatmenIn September, parents and teachers in the building's three district schools — the School for International Studies, the Brooklyn School for Global Studies and District 75's PS 368 — saw that the charter school had new light fixtures and complained that the charter had received preferential treatmenin the building's three district schools — the School for International Studies, the Brooklyn School for Global Studies and District 75's PS 368 — saw that the charter school had new light fixtures and complained that the charter had received preferential treaSchool for International Studies, the Brooklyn School for Global Studies and District 75's PS 368 — saw that the charter school had new light fixtures and complained that the charter had received preferential treaSchool for Global Studies and District 75's PS 368 — saw that the charter school had new light fixtures and complained that the charter had received preferential treaschool had new light fixtures and complained that the charter had received preferential treatment.

The public schools in eight states — Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Utah — and the charter schools in a number of others, for example, recognize the guided self - study program of the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence.

In the current study, the researchers analyzed data from 1.7 million K - 12 students in Ohio who attended a traditional public school, charter school, or an online charter school between the 2009 - 10 and 2012 - 13 school yearIn the current study, the researchers analyzed data from 1.7 million K - 12 students in Ohio who attended a traditional public school, charter school, or an online charter school between the 2009 - 10 and 2012 - 13 school yearin Ohio who attended a traditional public school, charter school, or an online charter school between the 2009 - 10 and 2012 - 13 school years.

Despite dramatic growth in enrollment in online charter schools in Ohio, students are not achieving the same academic success as those in brick - and - mortar charter and public schools, finds a study by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and RAND Corporation.

Online charter school enrollment grew around 60 percent during the period studied, from approximately 22,000 students in 2010 to over 35,000 students in 2013, with high schools making up the majority of online charter enrollment.

Low - income minority adolescents who were admitted to high - performing public charter high schools in Los Angeles were significantly less likely to engage in risky health behaviors than their peers who were not admitted to those schools, according to a new UCLA - led study.

«Over the years, a program that is similar to those employed in private charter schools has been implemented, but the results of this study can not be extrapolated to those schools because it is not clear that they have the same level of teachers prepared to implement the program,» the professor states.

It has also reviewed hundreds of thousands of reports to aid in distinguishing the best - quality research from weaker work, including studies on such subjects as the effectiveness of charter schools and merit pay for teachers, which have informed the ongoing debate about these issues.

In examining the causes of charter school closures in the United States, former National Charter Schools Institute CEO Brian Carpenter reported in 2008 that low enrollment was pivotal in the demise of almost three - fourths of the 100 cases he studieIn examining the causes of charter school closures in the United States, former National Charter Schools Institute CEO Brian Carpenter reported in 2008 that low enrollment was pivotal in the demise of almost three - fourths of the 100 cases he scharter school closures in the United States, former National Charter Schools Institute CEO Brian Carpenter reported in 2008 that low enrollment was pivotal in the demise of almost three - fourths of the 100 cases he studiein the United States, former National Charter Schools Institute CEO Brian Carpenter reported in 2008 that low enrollment was pivotal in the demise of almost three - fourths of the 100 cases he sCharter Schools Institute CEO Brian Carpenter reported in 2008 that low enrollment was pivotal in the demise of almost three - fourths of the 100 cases he studiein 2008 that low enrollment was pivotal in the demise of almost three - fourths of the 100 cases he studiein the demise of almost three - fourths of the 100 cases he studied.

The United Federation of Teachers Elementary Charter School has declined to participate in the study so far, but it does not yet have any students in test - taking grades.

Ron Zimmer, of the RAND Corporation, and two colleagues studied the impact of charters in Michigan, one of the most chartered states in the nation, and determined that private schools were taking as big a hit as traditional public schools because of charters.

The study included 1,205 students at five urban middle schools in the same charter system.

In four studies, charter school programs that produce impressive test score gains appear to yield no or little improvement in educational attainmenIn four studies, charter school programs that produce impressive test score gains appear to yield no or little improvement in educational attainmenin educational attainment.

CREDO had done a national study that found more charters doing badly compared to their feeder schools from the traditional public sector, and an NBER study in New York City found substantially better performance of charters versus traditional public schools.

The decade between 1999 and 2009 saw a dramatic expansion in CMO schools, with increases of approximately 20 percent per year, a higher growth rate than seen by independent charter schools, according to a recent study by Mathematica Policy Research.

Five years of studies on charter schools prove they are meeting the needs of traditionally underserved children and forcing regular public schools to change for the better, the Center for Education Reform concludes in a report released last week.

The [RAND] study determined that in five of the seven locales, the movement of black students to charter schools meant these students attended more segregated schools (Zimmer, et al., 2009; see also Bifulco & Ladd, 2007).

[5] This central finding, together with our study, only reinforces our ultimate conclusion: it is critical to consider what kinds of choices we are offering families in urban, suburban and rural areas across the country, and in charter or traditional public schools alike.

Rather, we found that the particular charter schools in the Boston area (especially those that were part of the lottery study) seem to be having large impacts on student achievement.

The New York Center for Autism Charter School is not included in the study because it serves a very special population and is not compatible with many elements of the study.

In studying charter schools nationally, Paul Hill of the University of Washington observed in 2008 that, while money doesn't assure educational success, it's needed to innovate successfullIn studying charter schools nationally, Paul Hill of the University of Washington observed in 2008 that, while money doesn't assure educational success, it's needed to innovate successfullin 2008 that, while money doesn't assure educational success, it's needed to innovate successfully.

Our study data are collected as follows: First, the information from each charter school application is sent to the New York City Department of Education for inclusion in its administrative database.

In a recent study called «Sector Switchers: Why Catholic Schools Convert to Charters and What Happens Next,» Andrew Kelly and I examined a set of schools that tried to get the best of both educational worlds by «converting» from Catholic schools to charter schools when their enrollment dipped below sustainable Schools Convert to Charters and What Happens Next,» Andrew Kelly and I examined a set of schools that tried to get the best of both educational worlds by «converting» from Catholic schools to charter schools when their enrollment dipped below sustainable schools that tried to get the best of both educational worlds by «converting» from Catholic schools to charter schools when their enrollment dipped below sustainable schools to charter schools when their enrollment dipped below sustainable schools when their enrollment dipped below sustainable levels.

The study reported here thus differs from virtually all other published research on charter schools in its reliance on experimental methods to determine the schools» effectiveness.

Because most students enter charter schools before the 3rd grade when state - mandated testing begins, only 36 percent of applicants in our study have prior test scores on record and this group is not representative of all applicants.

Brandon Wiley is the Director of Asia Society's International Studies Schools Network, a design - driven network of 34 public and charter schools, located in eight states, focused on nurturing students to be globally competent and college and careerSchools Network, a design - driven network of 34 public and charter schools, located in eight states, focused on nurturing students to be globally competent and college and careerschools, located in eight states, focused on nurturing students to be globally competent and college and career ready.

EN: Some studies have shown charter schools in Florida are no better than the district - operated schools.

In the months following the study's release, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino both revised their positions on charter schools.

Boston's oversubscribed charter schools are of particular interest, as multiple studies have exploited the lottery admissions process to document the schools» effectiveness in raising student test scores (see «Boston and the Charter School Cap,» features, Wintercharter schools are of particular interest, as multiple studies have exploited the lottery admissions process to document the schools» effectiveness in raising student test scores (see «Boston and the Charter School Cap,» features, WinterCharter School Cap,» features, Winter 2014).

The schools that agreed to participate in the study included 22 open - enrollment district schools, five oversubscribed charter schools, two exam schools to which students are admitted based on their grades and standardized test scores, and three charter schools that were not oversubscribed at the time the 8th - grade students in our study were admitted.

Eleven studies have examined whether charter schools will have positive or negative indirect effects on students in district public schools.

These charges seemed odd, given that the best studies available on the subject — from Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO)-- show that Michigan charter students make large academic gains relative to similar students at district schools, particularly in Detroit.

Margaret Raymond, director of CREDO at Stanford University, sits down with Paul Peterson to discuss CREDO's latest study on charter schools in New York City.

In studying the simple and immensely practical question of how charter schools handle teacher retirement when state law allows them to opt out of the state's pension system, Podgursky and Olberg examine just how much rethinking charters are doing when it comes to the familiar, expensive, and binding routines of schooling — and what lessons that holds for schools more broadly.

• More than half of the charter kids studied live in poverty — higher than the traditional public school rate.

In our study, we assigned states without charter school laws a CER law strength score of 0.

In Public Impact's latest Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New Charter With Experienced Leader Learns From Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee, led the school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instructioIn Public Impact's latest Opportunity Culture case study, Touchstone Education: New Charter With Experienced Leader Learns From Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee, led the school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instructioin their focus on literacy, and how the school combined her leadership with online instruction.

Our survey results are quite consistent with these ethnographic studies, and suggest that charter schools generally fall somewhere in between those in the district and private sectors.

The study, «Leveraging Local Innovation: The Case of Michigan's Charter Schools,» found that the schools have mostly seized on innovative practices already in use for years in regular public schools, rather than coming up with new ideas of theSchools,» found that the schools have mostly seized on innovative practices already in use for years in regular public schools, rather than coming up with new ideas of theschools have mostly seized on innovative practices already in use for years in regular public schools, rather than coming up with new ideas of theschools, rather than coming up with new ideas of their own.

This is a remarkable document, covering in extensive detail the design and results of dozens of charter school studies from recent years.