Second, students who choose to remain in charter schools do not continue to make smaller gains than
students in traditional public schools after their initial year in a charter school.
Not exact matches
In the 25 years since Minnesota passed the first charter school law, these publicly funded but privately operated schools have become a highly sought - after alternative to traditional public education, particularly for underserved students in urban area
In the 25 years since Minnesota passed the first charter
school law, these publicly funded but privately operated
schools have become a highly sought -
after alternative to
traditional public education, particularly for underserved
students in urban area
in urban areas.
Thirty - seven percent of the
students for whom we observe test - score gains at least once
in both sectors attended a
traditional public school after they were
in a charter
school, while the same is true of only 30 percent of all
students in charter
schools.
Nelson Smith, president of the National Alliance for
Public Charter Schools, said many students come to charter schools after doing poorly in traditional public school, and take time to show improv
Public Charter
Schools, said many students come to charter schools after doing poorly in traditional public school, and take time to show impro
Schools, said many
students come to charter
schools after doing poorly in traditional public school, and take time to show impro
schools after doing poorly
in traditional public school, and take time to show improv
public school, and take time to show improvement.
They also said that while California
students, on average, did much worse
in math
in their first year
in a charter
school, they outperformed their
traditional public school counterparts
after two years.
Macomb
Public Schools, a district of about 300
students in Oklahoma, switched back to the
traditional five - day week
after finding the four - day week didn't improve
student performance.
Charter advocates have claimed vindication
in the latest 26 - state CREDO study from Stanford...
After finding
in 2009 that charter
school students lost the equivalent of 7 days a year of learning
in reading compared to
traditional public schools, CREDO found last year that they had instead gained 8 days.
This news comes just days
after DPI released showing
students in Wisconsin's three
school choice programs outperformed their peers
in traditional public school.