Last fall, multiple research studies found that virtual charter schools yield significantly worse academic
results than traditional public schools.
Not exact matches
The
results from this study showed a number of charters (17 %) doing significantly better (at the 95 % level)
than the
traditional public schools that fed the charters, but there was an even larger group of charters (37 %) doing significantly worse in terms of reading and math.
Charter
schools have become a popular alternative to
traditional public schools, with some 5,000
schools now serving more
than 1.5 million students, and they have received considerable attention among researchers as a
result.
These
results tell us whether a student attending a randomly selected charter
school will perform better, on average,
than a similar student attending a
traditional public school.
If you look at Figures 1 and 2 in the report on Detroit that I cited from Stanford's CREDO research center, you will see that the city's charter
schools do look somewhat better
than the comparison
traditional public schools, but there are four problems with taking these
results literally.
Our
results suggest that the charter sector was initially characterized by
schools whose quality was highly variable and, on average, less effective
than traditional public schools.
A 2009 Stanford University report, lauded as most authoritative research yet on the issue, concluded that 17 percent of the charter
schools studied outperform
public schools and 37 percent «deliver
results that are significantly worse»
than those expected of
traditional public schools.
As a
result, our scholars spend approximately 25 percent more time at
school than their peers in
traditional public schools.
Our
public charter
schools are given more academic and budgetary flexibility
than traditional public schools, and in exchange commit to deliver high - quality academic
results for students.
Public charter schools, however, are given more academic and budgetary flexibility than traditional public schools, and in exchange commit to delivering specific re
Public charter
schools, however, are given more academic and budgetary flexibility
than traditional public schools, and in exchange commit to delivering specific re
public schools, and in exchange commit to delivering specific
results.
The study of charter
schools in 15 states and the District of Columbia found that, nationally, only 17 % of charter
schools do better academically
than their
traditional counterparts, and more
than a third «deliver learning
results that are significantly worse
than their student [s] would have realized had they remained in
traditional public schools.»
In order to meet this parental demand for choice and the
public's desire for more high quality
public educational options for families, three key things must be addressed in California: the funding inequity which
results in charter
school students being funded at lower levels
than their
traditional public school counterparts, the lack of equitable facilities for charter
school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choice.
As the lead researchers on some of the most comprehensive (and controversial) national studies of charter
schools, she and her colleagues have found that while charter
schools seem to be doing slightly better
than traditional public schools in reading and about the same in math, great variation exists within these
results (CREDO, 2013).
In others, the academic
results have been no better
than those in
traditional public schools.
A study conducted at Stanford University's Hoover Institution presents evidence that students in only 17 percent of charter
school show greater improvement in math and reading
than students in similar
traditional public schools, whereas 37 percent, deliver learning
results that are significantly worse
than the student would have realized had they remained in
public schools.
CPE finds that that while many
schools of choice do an exemplary job, «the
results aren't universally better
than those produced by
traditional public schools.»
«But even as many parents have embraced the new
schools, there's little evidence in standardized test results that charters are performing better than traditional schools operated by the Chicago Public Schools system, an examination by the Chicago Sun - Times and the Medill Data Project at Northwestern University has
schools, there's little evidence in standardized test
results that charters are performing better
than traditional schools operated by the Chicago Public Schools system, an examination by the Chicago Sun - Times and the Medill Data Project at Northwestern University has
schools operated by the Chicago
Public Schools system, an examination by the Chicago Sun - Times and the Medill Data Project at Northwestern University has
Schools system, an examination by the Chicago Sun - Times and the Medill Data Project at Northwestern University has found.
The most authoritative study on the issue — out of Stanford University in 2009 — found that only 17 percent of the charter
schools studied outperform
public schools and that 37 percent «deliver
results that are significantly worse»
than those expected of
traditional public schools.
A report, Charter
Schools and the Achievement Gap, finds that, though charter schools on average perform no better than traditional public schools, urban «no - excuses» charter schools — which often use intensive discipline to enforce order — demonstrate promising r
Schools and the Achievement Gap, finds that, though charter
schools on average perform no better than traditional public schools, urban «no - excuses» charter schools — which often use intensive discipline to enforce order — demonstrate promising r
schools on average perform no better
than traditional public schools, urban «no - excuses» charter schools — which often use intensive discipline to enforce order — demonstrate promising r
schools, urban «no - excuses» charter
schools — which often use intensive discipline to enforce order — demonstrate promising r
schools — which often use intensive discipline to enforce order — demonstrate promising
results.
An analysis of 2011 - 12 MEAP
results by the Michigan Association of
Public School Academies concludes that black urban students perform better in charter schools than in traditional public schools in both math and read
Public School Academies concludes that black urban students perform better in charter
schools than in
traditional public schools in both math and read
public schools in both math and reading...
Students in the District's
traditional public schools scored higher
than ever on the city's math and reading tests this year, also posting the largest single - year gain since 2008, according to test
results released Tuesday.
As a
result, the state's charter
schools were receiving $ 3,845 per pupil — or 23.3 % — less
than what the
traditional public schools would have received for those students.
State funds received based on the average daily attendance of students,
resulting in $ 1200 less in total revenue per pupil
than traditional public schools