Sentences with phrase «comparable public school students»

First, he uses a 2002 GAO study to say that students who receive vouchers fare no better than comparable public school students, even though a veritable mountain of evidence to the contrary has been published since then.

Not exact matches

The measure also would require charters — publicly funded but privately managed schools — to enroll special - education students and English - language learners at rates comparable to traditional public schools in their districts.

It also requires charters to enroll a number of English - language learners and special - education students comparable to traditional public schools, and to adopt a code of ethics to prevent business conflicts.

The UFT is calling on the state Legislature to enact legislation that will require taxpayer - funded charters and charter chains to accept and keep comparable numbers of high - needs students as traditional public schools.

It's this sort of stark disparity that has propelled the UFT to fight for charter equity legislation in Albany that requires taxpayer - funded charters to accept and keep numbers of high - needs students comparable to those in district public schools.

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.

Students who attend five charter schools in the San Francisco Bay area that are run by the Knowledge Is Power Program, or kipp, score consistently higher on standardized tests than their peers from comparable public schools, an independent evaluation of the schools concludes.

On the third page of the study, the authors write: «Negative voucher effects are not explained by the quality of public fallback options for LSP applicants: achievement levels at public schools attended by students lotteried out of the program are below the Louisiana average and comparable to scores in low - performing districts like New Orleans.»

Paul E. Peterson speaks with Patrick Wolf of the University of Arkansas about his study finding that students in Milwaukee who received vouchers to attend private schools were 2 - 5 percentage points less likely to be accused or convicted of crimes than comparable students who attended public schools.

Your article on the Milwaukee school - choice evaluation («New Studies on Private Choice Contradict Each Other,» Sept. 4, 1996) accurately reports that our study of the Milwaukee choice program found that choice students outperformed a comparable control group of Milwaukee Public Schools students on standardized tests by a considerable amount after three and four years of experience in the choice sSchools students on standardized tests by a considerable amount after three and four years of experience in the choice schoolsschools.

The same Stanford researcher conducted an RCT of charter schools in Chicago and found: «students in charter schools outperformed a comparable group of lotteried - out students who remained in regular Chicago public schools by 5 to 6 percentile points in math and about 5 percentile points in reading....

What other policy has produced comparable gains for African American students at a fraction of the cost of traditional public schools?

Because good private schools have discovered this secret, African - American students who attend them are much more likely to complete college than are comparable students from public schools.

Even when researchers can evaluate charter schools that are large enough to contribute useful results to a study, old enough to have a track record, and representative of a substantial share of all charter schools, they face a daunting analytical challenge: finding students in the regular public schools who are truly comparable to the charter school students.

After one year, the results show that students who used a scholarship to attend a private school scored 5.9 percentile points higher on the math section of the ITBS than comparable students who remained in public schools.

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

According to a 2015 study of charters in urban regions across the country, conducted by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University, African - American students at charters out - performed comparable students at nearby public schools in math by roughly a half years» worth of learning.

a student with a disability as defined in section 200.1 (zz) of this Title, who transfers school districts within the same academic year, is provided with a free appropriate public education, including services comparable to those described in the previously held individualized education program (IEP) pursuant to section 200.4 (e)(8) of this Title.

And the achievement of students receiving vouchers appears to be as high as or higher than that of students in comparable public schools.

That includes the public school student gains under Vance and Janey that were comparable to those under Rhee.

ONE OF THE long - standing misperceptions about charter schools is that they cherry - pick the better students from an area, resulting in higher test scores than in comparable regular public schools...

Good Morning A new study from Patrick J. Wolf at the University of Arkansas found that students in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program were likely to commit crimes than comparable students who attended Milwaukee public schools.

But students who use vouchers or attend charter schools generally do no better academically than comparable students who remain in regular public schools.

The United Federation of Teachers yesterday proposed state legislation that will require charter schools to accept and keep comparable numbers of high - needs students as traditional public schools or risk reductions in state funding, state renewals, expansions or new schools and — for repeated offenses — forfeiting their charters.

Unfortunately, though, the main premise of the equity argument has not been fulfilled — inner - city poor students attending private schools with vouchers in general show no greater gains in academic achievement than comparable students in public schools.

In the past few years, charter public schools in Colorado have outperformed comparable public schools in nearly every area, while serving high percentages of minority students in urban areas.

A large - scale government - financed study has concluded that students in regular public schools do as well or significantly better in math than comparable students in private schools.

A 2015 study by MIT Department of Economics and the National Bureau of Economic Research measuring the effectiveness of the Louisiana voucher program, finding students that participated in the program performed substantially worse than comparable students who stayed in public schools.

Atkinson would like to see a requirement that private schools and home schools receiving a tax credit administer EOGs and EOCs in the third grade and the eighth grade, so that students» academic performance would be comparable against students who are in public schools.

He said it would take years to build a test comparable to the Smarter Balanced Assessment, a Common Core - linked test that public school students are set to take next school year.

«The first national comparison of test scores among children in charter schools and regular public schools shows charter school students often doing worse than comparable students in regular public schools,» read the opening sentence.

Over the last several years, charter public schools in Colorado have outperformed comparable public schools in nearly every area, while serving high percentages of minority students.

First: The Times claims that the NAEP - based comparison «shows charter school students often doing worse than comparable students in regular public schools.»

TEAM's student population is comparable to Newark Public Schools in both its demography and academic preparedness.

Conversely, transparency and accountability is something we don't have for our our nascent school voucher program, which is scheduled to shift up to $ 1 billion in taxpayer dollars over the next ten years to private schools that are not required to adhere to any curricular standards or assess students in a way that is comparable to public schools.

A new study from Patrick J. Wolf at the University of Arkansas found that students in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program were likely to commit crimes than comparable students who attended Milwaukee public schools.

The law requires that public schools provide qualified students with disabilities the reasonable accommodations necessary so they get an education comparable to the education of students without disabilities.

Since the courageous parents and students of the Sherman Public Schools pushed - back against the unproven and invalid SBAC tests in ways comparable to our determined ancestors at Lexington and Concord 240 years ago, the proverbial shots have been heard around the State.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

In 2017 - 18, statewide data regarding students enrolled in charter schools demonstrates comparable diversity to traditional public schools:

Education and Youth indicators may not be directly comparable to data provided by either the Baltimore City Public School System or the Maryland Department ofEducation due to several reasons including differences in methodology used to create indicators, excluding students who can not be matched between data filesprovided by BCPSS, and excluding students whose home address can not be geocoded.

Despite the painfully bad educational outcomes in many public schools in ghettos across the country, there are also cases where charter schools in the very same ghettos turn out students whose test scores are not only far higher than those in other ghetto schools, but sometimes are comparable to the test scores in schools in upscale suburban communities, where children come from intact families with highly educated parents.

The Pecks therefore contended that the Lansing School District must provide Elizabeth's PT and OT at Our Savior Lutheran School, because at that time, the IDEA required a school district to provide benefits to private school students with disabilities which are comparable to the benefits provided for students enrolled in public schools.2 Thus, because students in public schools could receive PT and OT at their schools, Elizabeth also should be able to receive those services at her sSchool District must provide Elizabeth's PT and OT at Our Savior Lutheran School, because at that time, the IDEA required a school district to provide benefits to private school students with disabilities which are comparable to the benefits provided for students enrolled in public schools.2 Thus, because students in public schools could receive PT and OT at their schools, Elizabeth also should be able to receive those services at her sSchool, because at that time, the IDEA required a school district to provide benefits to private school students with disabilities which are comparable to the benefits provided for students enrolled in public schools.2 Thus, because students in public schools could receive PT and OT at their schools, Elizabeth also should be able to receive those services at her sschool district to provide benefits to private school students with disabilities which are comparable to the benefits provided for students enrolled in public schools.2 Thus, because students in public schools could receive PT and OT at their schools, Elizabeth also should be able to receive those services at her sschool students with disabilities which are comparable to the benefits provided for students enrolled in public schools.2 Thus, because students in public schools could receive PT and OT at their schools, Elizabeth also should be able to receive those services at her schoolschool.

The vouchers are worth up to $ 4,650 for pupils in grades K — 8 and up to $ 5,900 per high - school student; these amounts are typically less than half the per - pupil funding received by comparable public schools.

Similarly for students attending charter schools, those students generally do not have higher academic achievement than comparable students in regular public schools.

The first national comparison of test scores among children in charter schools and regular public schools shows charter school students often doing worse than comparable students in regular public schools...

On the contrary, the Duke report noted, comparable students who remain in public schools are scoring better than voucher students on national tests.

The seven schools were selected for three reasons: 1) they had a representative number of private and public schools with a large number of enrollments, 2) students» characteristics were comparable to all students in the Gulu municipality area, and 3) the school head teachers were willing to participate in the study.