Sentences with phrase «overall charter school growth»

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Strong overall enrollment growth also tends to engender relatively liberal regulatory practices toward charter schooling.

The school that stuck with the program (IS 228 in Brooklyn) posted student growth gains on the state assessment that were twice the average of NYC schools overall in its second year, and proficiency gains that exceeded both the city and charter school norms.

When reform - friendly commenters and cheerleading journalists write about the NOLA transformation, it's become de rigueur to offer a standard qualifier — words to the effect of, «We still have a long way to go, but...» In this formulation, poor overall reading and math proficiency based on standardized test scores is a mere speed bump before long and laudatory discussions of the remarkable growth demonstrated by the city's charter schools and students since Katrina.

While the city's charter schools ran independently of Rhee's efforts to reform the public school system, the slow improvement in the schools overall paralleled the city's growth — as the city's population grew over the last decade, more parents chose to enroll their children in the city's school system, creating pressure for better schools and more schools.

While Arizona's overall charter school enrollment is growing, three - fourths of that growth was captured by 10 charter organizations during FY2014 - FY2017.

Net growth is the number of charter openings minus closures in a given year, and shows whether the overall number of charter schools in operation is expanding.

Despite two decades of charter - school growth, the state's overall academic progress has failed to keep pace with other states.

Despite two decades of charter - school growth, the state's overall academic progress has failed to keep pace with other states: Michigan ranks near the bottom for fourth - and eighth - grade math and fourth - grade reading on a nationally representative test, nicknamed the «Nation's Report Card.»

We examined charter school effects on test score growth overall, by charter type, and across four different cohorts of students, only for those students who remain in a charter or traditional public school during the time series.

According to a recent study conducted by the Florida - based research firm MGT of America, growth of charters will harm Nashville public schools overall.

The growth of charter schools in Hartford is faster than magnet schools, but magnet schools have higher overall enrollment.)

As the amount of students attending charter schools reaches a critical mass, some proponents worry that the schools» overall quality is not outstanding enough to politically justify their growth.

Proponents contend that caps help limit the growth of the sector, and thus control the overall quality of charter schools (by encouraging authorizers to be more discerning in approving applications and more rigorous in closing low - performing schools).79 On the other hand, opponents argue that charter school caps stifle the growth of high - quality schools and may deter high - performing operators from even applying to operate in the state.

If you are a Black, Hispanic, or Native American parent, and your zoned option is predominantly Black, Hispanic, or Native American, your best option is to send your child to a charter school if you value their overall growth, excellence, and the culture of the building they are being educated in.

In fact, if the 667 schools that were found to be performing significantly lower than district schools on student growth measures were closed, the overall charter sector would improve dramatically.

In Massachusetts, the state's tight regulatory statutes governing the opening of new charters have slowed the pace of charter growth, and kept overall school quality high.