While there are many important aspects to measuring
the performance of a charter school, CCSA believes student academic outcomes should be the single most important measure of a school's success at the time of charter renewal or replication.
But there is also room for an authorizing entity to determine that the academic
performance of the charter school is at least equal to those traditional public schools in the surrounding area.
Research on
the performance of charter school students should not focus exclusively on standardized test scores but analyze other outcomes as well, including participation in advanced courses, graduation rates, and college attendance and completion.
To promote educational excellence for all students through equitable accountability, certification, and licensure requirements for charter schools, as well as improved research about
the performance of charter school students as compared to traditional public school students.
Rep. Michael Bileca, a Miami Republican who chairs the House education committee and has been a chief proponent of the legislation, said the bill sets «a very high bar» for
the performance of charter school operators that would be eligible to qualify for the incentives.
Since 2011, CCSA has released a total of five (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017) reports assessing
the performance of the charter school movement.
Some standards, which would be developed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education, may include collective academic
performance of a charter school, progress in the API yearly growth, as well as comparing individual pupils in similar demographics.
The latest report from the New York City Charter Schools Evaluation Project compares the academic
performance of charter school students with that of their peers who attempted to enroll in charter schools but were not selected in a random lottery.
For example, Stanford University, in the first national study conducted on the academic
performance of charter school students, found that only 17 percent of charter school students were outperforming their public school peers on math assessments.
Further, the standards under Texas» new Performance Framework (an additional system of standards for charter schools measuring
the performance of a charter school, which are separate and apart from state accountability standards) must take into account the uniqueness of charter schools located within an RTC and truly measure according to the mission of the school.
Layton's article, and the UCLA Civil Rights Project report referenced in it, were based on assumptions and incomplete data, and solely focus their findings on demographics and «exposure» to diversity, rather than the academic
performance of charter school students.
How does the overall academic
performance of this charter school compare to other schools in the area?
She said there were not enough charter schools in New York State to compare
the performance of charter school students here to the performance of students at traditional public schools.
The Atlanta - based organization urges education leaders to foster research about
the performance of charter school students; fully support and adequately finance statewide K - 12...
The CREDO study assessed
the performance of charter schools compared to traditional public schools across 15 states and the District of Columbia.
However, it is important to note that the complications associated with being a new school can not fully explain the poor average
performance of charter schools: the negative effects of attending a charter school in North Carolina remain greater than.10 standard deviations in both subjects, even for schools that have been operating for five years (see Figure 3a and 3b).
Even so, the coefficients on the charter school variable remain statistically significant, suggesting that other factors also play a role in the poor
performance of charter schools.
How does
the performance of charter schools compare to that of the traditional public schools their students would otherwise attend?
Whether competition from charter schools can eventually spur academic improvements in traditional public schools also depends on the academic
performance of the charter schools themselves.
A new national study finds improvement in the overall
performance of charter schools, driven in part by the presence of more high - performing charters and closure of under - performing charter schools.
Last month, we issued our first «Portrait of the Movement» report, analyzing
the performance of all charter schools in California, highlighting schools that are posting phenomenal results, as well as those with unacceptably low scores.
The article described a report that the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) had released on
the performance of charter schools, a rapidly expanding mechanism of education reform.
Charter - school supporters and some academics dispute the federation's interpretation of the test scores, saying it's impossible to reach a conclusion about
the performance of charter schools from a single year.
The direct relationship between hiring inexperienced teachers and the poor
performance of charter schools, however, is still arguable, and needs more convincing evidence.
Critics sometimes say that the superior
performance of charter schools is because the programs cherry - pick the best students from regular schools.
The research is mixed on
the performance of charter schools, and it's a mistake to believe that different is necessarily better.
This week's firestorm over
the performance of charter schools can be traced to a mischief - bearing grenade hand - delivered by the charter - hating American Federation of Teachers to The New York Times.
In his Oct. 27 article, Benjamin Wood reported on the near equal
performance of charter schools and public schools on SAGE.
Our goal was to establish more clarity in measuring
the performance of charter schools that serve dropouts, pregnant teens, adjudicated youth and those with life - disrupting conditions such as homelessness and substance abuse.
The Portrait of the Movement report plays an important role in advancing knowledge about the state's charter schools, as the report features movement - wide analyses to aid efforts to assess, monitor and improve the academic
performance of all charter schools, including tools schools can use directly to assess their strengths and weaknesses.
The news was quite underwhelming regarding
the performance of charter schools.
«Given the outstanding
performance of charter schools, we have to keep them in business so they can continue their great work,» he said.
Today, we wanted to dive into
the performance of charter schools.
Critics of Initiative 1240 have pointed to the uneven
performance of charter schools in the 42 other states that now permit them.
CCSA's Achievement and Performance Management Team use this data to generate an annual Portrait of the Movement report, which features movement - wide analyses to aid efforts to assess, monitor and improve the academic
performance of all charter schools.
Federal officials said they did not intend to hide
the performance of charter schools, and denied any political motivation for failing to publicly disclose that the data were available.
The report is part of a multiyear study examining
the performance of charter schools in New York City by Caroline M. Hoxby, a Stanford economist who has written extensively about her research on charter schools and vouchers.
IDRA's testimony, «The State of Texas Open - Enrollment Charter Schools and a Modest Proposal to Diversify and Improve Public Charter Schools,» focuses on issues impacting the Texas Senate's study of the approval, expansion, and revocation of public charter schools in Texas, including
the performance of charter schools in Texas and efficiency concerns related to the expanded funding of charter schools.
Since 2009, CCSA's Member Council has led CCSA's accountability advocacy efforts for renewing and replicating charter schools, including the development of CCSA's Accountability Framework that sets Minimum Academic Accountability Criteria to measure academic
performance of charter schools.
With the current administration's focus on improving American education, the value and
performance of charter schools has been publicly debated.
Not exact matches
The data on
charter -
school performance is perhaps mixed, but a half century
of research proves, as Ravitch acknowledges, that «minority children in Catholic
schools are more likely to take advanced courses than their peers in public
schools, more likely to go to college, and more likely to continue on to graduate
school.»
The
charter school student must meet the same standards
of acceptance, behavior, and
performance that are required
of other students in extracurricular activities.
Under the controversial proposal,
charter schools that already have demonstrated strong academic
performance would be able to set their own qualifications, with one proposal requiring a bachelor's degree and just 30 hours
of classroom instruction in order to begin teaching students.
As if anticipating that attack, Cuomo released a 250 - page book listing his positions on issues
of the day, including a strong defense
of charter schools and the use
of student -
performance data in assessing teachers.
The governor has also said that he won't increase
school aid in the state budget unless lawmakers agree to a list
of changes, including adding more
charter schools and making teacher
performance tests more stringent.
A group supportive
of charter schools says the de Blasio administration's PROSE program is a flop, contending it has not helped lift student
performance.
But though 80 percent
of the
charters in her home state perform worse than traditional public
schools, DeVos — a billionaire whose family has also opposed workers» rights, gay marriage and has contributed heavily to a variety
of other right - wing causes — has led the way in resisting any attempts to regulate or improve Michigan
charter performance.
Beginning at 9:00 pm host Gary Axelbank will talk with Peter Murphy, the Policy Director
of the New York
Charter School Association, and Dr. Jessica Shiller of the Department of Middle and High School Education at Lehman College about student performance, a cap on the number of charter schools, funding, teacher's union issues, an
Charter School Association, and Dr. Jessica Shiller
of the Department
of Middle and High
School Education at Lehman College about student
performance, a cap on the number
of charter schools, funding, teacher's union issues, an
charter schools, funding, teacher's union issues, and more.
Questions on other topics include: the NYS Attorney General's investigation
of the Puerto Rican Day Parade committee, whether de Blasio's pre-K initiative will include private and parochial
schools, the «absent teacher reserve», a protest by Girls Prep supporters against de Blasio's expected
charter school policies,
performance of Administration for Children's Services and whether de Blasio plans to contact the St. Patrick's Day Parade committee to urge them to lift their exclusion
of LGBT groups and organizations.
«We've noticed that many
charter schools open in areas where there's a concern over
performance of district
schools,» Reilly said.