Sentences with phrase «of charter students»

Just 23 percent of charter students scored proficient in language arts, compared with 31 percent in public schools overall.

These less restrictive placements may be facilitated by the higher number of charter students with less severe disabilities, i.e., specific learning disabilities.

On the new tests, just 31 percent of charter students scored proficient, the same as in public schools overall.

About 70 percent of these charter students attend an A or B - rated school, compared to 56 percent of district students and 58 percent of the state.

For math, 24 percent of charter students with disabilities scored at proficient levels, as did 12 percent of public - school kids.

More than two - thirds of charter students were found to perform better in reading and math and to have a significant achievement advantage over students in the nearest regular public school.

The week is dedicated to celebrating the success of our charter students, teachers and administrators while raising awareness of the increasing demands placed on our schools.

For the first time, more than half of charter students scored proficient or above in reading on the city tests.

The vast majority of charter students and families served by our members are lower income students of color.

A practice called «standards based grading», which allows students to receive credits for mastering standards as the year progresses, has been instrumental in raising the academic performance of charter students.

And a whole new crop of education - minded candidates — many of whom are community leaders and parents of charter students — is popping up at the local levels.

In total, the states covered by the new report educate over 95 percent of charter students nationwide.

Despite this, 80 % of charter students perform the same or worse than students in public schools.

About 60 percent of charter students receive free and reduced - price lunches, for example, compared to just less than 50 percent at public schools.

Students of color make up over 90 % of public charter school students, and over 70 % of charter students come from low - income families.

Our estimates, based on state data, are that 98 percent of charter students took the test, far above the 80 percent of district students who did.

The charter community, however, is diverse - half of charter students attend schools intentionally designed to be individual, stand - alone alternatives.

This figure indicates extremely high levels of isolation, particularly given the fact that black students comprise less than one - third of charter students.

As a result — and also because they are usually located in urban areas — over half of all charter students are either African American or Hispanic.

One in ten district students is an English language learner, compared to less than 1 percent of charter students.

We do not have any set goals regarding the number of charter schools or number of charter students in Los Angeles.

A higher percentage of charter students graduate high school and are accepted into a college or university than students in traditional public schools.

These costs have become more pronounced as the share of charter students in Durham now approaches 16 percent.

For students in the class of 2016, 94 % of charter students graduated within 4 years, outpacing both district (67 %) and state averages (91 %).

At the same time, enrollment of charter students surged by over 13 %.

While we wonder about fewer charter schools, the number of charter students continues to climb, averaging around 200,000 more per year — with a healthy six percent overall gain in 2015 — 16.

In July 2005, the California Court of Appeals affirmed that districts must consider the needs of charter students and district students equally.

In 2010, the law was amended to double the number of charter students permitted in the state's lowest - performing districts, from about 9 percent to 18 percent of public school students.

We'd be remiss if we didn't mention that WNYC recently did its own dive into the data to find out if charters or districts are better at retaining their students — and they found that in NYC, across all grades, a smaller percentage of charter students transferred out of their schools than did students at district schools.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio completely discredited the performance of charter students on the state's ELA and math exams, saying charters just focus on test prep.

Grossmont Union High School District has the largest proportion of charter students among California districts: 21 percent (4,884 of 23,570).

Any attempt to stifle this type of progress and innovation is to the detriment of the charter students who depend on a high quality education the most, to ensure they are prepared for life after high school,» continued Wallace.

Still, while 83 percent of charter students eat lunch at school, fewer than half — 46 percent — start the day with school breakfast, compared to 65 percent in Newark's district schools.

Remarkably, this growth is occurring despite Mayor Bill de Blasio's distaste for school choice, as well as his continuing disparagement of charter student achievement that often outstrips students in traditional schools.

Of the students tested, 82 percent of charter students qualified as low - income, compared to 80 percent for traditional schools, according to LA Unified.

Read some of their stories and check out other examples of charter students» outstanding achievements.

About 30 percent of Oakland students attend charter schools — one of the highest concentrations of charter students in the state.

Some said it made sense to stockpile extra seats during the charter - friendly Christie administration, under which the number of charter students doubled.

The stats are similarly dismal in DeVos» home state of Michigan — which loses a billion dollars a year in funding to charter schools — and across the country: Only about 23 percent of charter students persist through college.

The families of these charter students understand what's at stake with the next NYC schools chancellor, and this past October, thousands of students, parents and teachers marched across the Brooklyn Bridge in support of the city's charter schools.

Meanwhile, the percentage of charter students considered «exceptional children» by DPI is about 2.4 percent lower than that of traditional schools, according to January's report, despite Vinroot's claims to the contrary.

National Charter Schools Week highlights the growth of the charter community, the amazing academic successes of charter students, and the strong parental demand for more schools.

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.

In some communities, the growth of public charter schools has been significant: The report highlights 12 urban communities now enrolling at least 30 percent of their public school students in charter schools, a notable jump from last year when only seven urban communities reported the same enrollment share of charter students.

Yall Politics: MS Justice Institute argues for parents of charter students in chancery hearing

Last year's Duke report found that more than two - thirds of charter students in North Carolina attend schools considered «highly segregated,» meaning their enrollment is more than 80 percent white or less than 20 percent white.

However, the reanalysis shows that, if the comparison is restricted to students in the central city, the percentage of charter students attending segregated schools stays roughly the same, but the percentage of students attending segregated traditional public schools jumps to 85 percent.

Students with special needs in charter schools change schools less often than those in traditional public schools: Five years after enrolling in kindergarten, about 65 percent of charter students with special needs are still in their original schools, while only 37 percent of traditional public school students with special needs are still in their original schools.

Several of these districts have the state's largest numbers of charter students, with over 120,000 of them in Miami - Dade, Palm Beach, and Broward alone.