Sentences with phrase «school authorizers used»

In the past two years, our researchers have determined, charter school authorizers used school performance data to approve 944 new, quality charter schools and to close 416 schools that have persistently failed.

Not exact matches

This student growth and achievement system is now available for use by any authorizer or school in the country through the National Charter Schools Institute.

They are used by regulators — whether authorizers, portfolio managers, or harbor masters — to identify good and bad schools, to determine whether they should be included as choice options, and to shape the goals schools should pursue.

The state has the authority to close schools and revoke an authorizer's license but has never used it.

The reason is that authorizers use accountability plans to make high - stakes decisions — such as school corrective action, non-renewal, revocation, and closure — that directly impact the hundreds or thousands of families whose children are enrolled in charter schools.

The bad news is there aren't any authorizers I could find that are using measures of non-cognitive skills or social and emotional learning for their entire portfolio of schools.

As the head of Fordham's authorizing shop in Dayton, I set out to determine which indicators the best charter school authorizers in the nation were using — measures that transcended test scores.

Smith, who used to be president of the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools and is now a senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, provides and fair and accurate description of our book's thesis: that we should return to Albert Shanker's original vision of charter schools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgSchools and is now a senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, provides and fair and accurate description of our book's thesis: that we should return to Albert Shanker's original vision of charter schools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgschools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgschools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgrounds.

The good news is that it's common for authorizers to use parent or student satisfaction survey data as one of many pieces of information in school accountability plans.

So, he asks «whether regulators are any good at identifying which schools will contribute to test score gains» and then says this: «The bottom line is that none of the factors used by authorizers to open or renew charter schools in New Orleans were predictive of how much test score growth these schools could produce later on.»

Now Governor John Kasich wants to use the QSPR to put Ohio's worst charter authorizers out of business and incentivize charter schools to sign up with the stronger ones.

We have also worked with the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) to develop an «academic performance framework» authorizers can use to identify high - and low - performing schools based on cleaAuthorizers (NACSA) to develop an «academic performance framework» authorizers can use to identify high - and low - performing schools based on cleaauthorizers can use to identify high - and low - performing schools based on clear criteria.

Whether a district becomes an authorizer or not, charter schools may open in their service area as early as fall 2014 and become the public school for children who used to attend district schools, taking dollars away from those districts.

These issues will ultimately impact a diverse array of authorizer responsibilities including the appropriate selection and use of annual assessments, school compliance with parental notification provisions, and how charter schools demonstrate they are using Title I funds appropriately.

Authorizers in Florida are just now completing their review of new charter proposals using a much more robust process, and we are hearing that authorizers are making better decisions about which schools to open based on better iAuthorizers in Florida are just now completing their review of new charter proposals using a much more robust process, and we are hearing that authorizers are making better decisions about which schools to open based on better iauthorizers are making better decisions about which schools to open based on better information.

The Addendum is intended as a template for authorizers to use in developing their own application addenda for use by applicants seeking to replicate an existing school or school model.

Charter schools and their authorizers use test data to continuously monitor student learning and take actions to improve.

This template is intended for authorizers to use to keep a clear record of important criteria for existing schools in one place for easy comparison.

Other recent work includes identifying high - performing charter school authorizers for further study, and developing a tool that teacher residency programs can use to model their budgets, improve sustainability, and scale up their programs

We think these 11 dimensions are useful not just for our work studying authorizers with strong outcomes, but can be used in states and local communities to check if schools are achieving critical student and community outcomes.

During this webinar, participants will hear examples of different practices CSOs are using to close poor performing schools through strategic data analysis, community engagement / authorizer partnership, and advocacy.

Authorizers also have the direct ability to hold charter schools accountable for their use of federal funds and compliance with all federal obligations, particularly through actions such as revocation or non-renewal.

The authorizer's primary task is to determine if the charter school is using federal funds and fulfilling federal requirements in full compliance with its charter agreement and charter law.

CCSA encourages authorizers to use this data in making their decision about whether to renew a school's charter.

CCSA encourages authorizers to use this data in making their decisions about whether to renew a school's petition.

In this white paper, Prof. Roberto Bifulco (Maxwell School, Syracuse University) reflects on the proper goals of the target - setting process and offers the authorizers a series of recommendations, including the use of longitudinal, cohort comparisons; and the use of statistical confidence intervals to set enrollment targets that are appropriately flexible but not arbitrary.