Sentences with phrase «conventional public school students»

The scores of conventional public school students have largely been static since 2009.

In math, the average score of a charter student was 272, while the average score of a conventional public school student was 280.

Not exact matches

After all, charters are public schools too — and their students have as strong a moral claim on the public fisc as conventional pupils.

To address the issue of student self - selection into charter schools, the researchers compared high school and postsecondary outcomes for 8th - grade charter students who entered charter high schools with outcomes for 8th - grade charter students who entered conventional public high schools, ensuring that both the comparison group and the treatment group of students were once charter choosers.

According to conventional wisdom, the students Match serves struggle to succeed in public schools.

That is, we compare high school and postsecondary outcomes for 8th - grade charter students who entered charter high schools (the treatment group) with outcomes for 8th - grade charter students who entered conventional public high schools (the comparison group).

Colorado requires that 95 percent of students be in a high - risk group before a school can be labeled an AEC and the D.C. Public Charter School Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving alternative student populaschool can be labeled an AEC and the D.C. Public Charter School Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving alternative student populaSchool Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving alternative student populations.

Charters have more flexibility than conventional public schools in exchange for being held to additional standards to make sure they are meeting their student goals.

Charter opponents used to claim, without much in the way of evidence, that these schools would harm conventional public schools by «cherry - picking» white, high - achieving students and leaving poor, struggling minority students behind.

Defenders of the status quo fear charter schools because they see them as a threat to funding for conventional public schools, even ones that fail to educate students.

Every student deserves a quality elementary, middle and high school learning experience, but conventional public schooling isn't always a good fit.

Specifically, students enrolled in charters in the state - run district made learning gains, on average, almost twice those of their peers in conventional public schools.

At the same time, the scores of students at conventional public schools have remained roughly the same.

The same can be said of a student moving from a conventional public school to a charter school.