A majority of the states in our sample have charter sectors that enroll a higher percentage of low - income
students than their traditional public schools peers.
Not exact matches
«Our findings reveal that, across all grades and subjects,
students in online charter
schools perform worse on standardized assessments and are significantly less likely to pass Ohio's test for high
school graduation
than their
peers in
traditional charter and
traditional public schools,» said McEachin.
Students in KIPP
schools may be surrounded by classmates who are, on the whole, more supportive of academic achievement
than peers in
traditional public schools with similar poverty rates.
Students transferring to charter
schools had prior achievement levels that were generally similar to or lower
than those of their TPS [
traditional public school]
peers.
The KIPP
schools we observed emphasize teamwork and assuring success for all («team beats individual»; «all will learn «-RRB-, encouraging more - advanced
students to help their
peers rather
than just fend for themselves, in contrast to more individualistic
traditional public schools.
Public charter school students already receive nearly $ 4,000 less per child in public operating support than their peers in traditional district sc
Public charter
school students already receive nearly $ 4,000 less per child in
public operating support than their peers in traditional district sc
public operating support
than their
peers in
traditional district
schools.
So when the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the nation's second - largest teachers» union, published a study in August 2004 that found
students at charter
schools performing worse
than their
peers at
traditional public schools, more
than a few hopes were dashed.
In fact,
public charter
school students currently receive nearly $ 4,000 less on average
than their
peers in
traditional district
schools.
She found that
students at charter
schools performed 5 % better on state reading tests
than their
traditional public school peers and that charter
school students performed 3 % better on state math tests
than similar
students at
public schools.
Though they are
public school students like any other, each
public charter
school student is given, on average, $ 2,800 dollars less per year
than their
peers in
traditional public schools.
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students in charter
schools are not necessarily faring better
than their
peers in
traditional public schools.
Texas
students in charter
schools are not necessarily faring better
than their
peers in
traditional public schools.
The fifth Portrait of the Movement report shows that California charter
schools continue to beat the odds by helping their
students achieve at higher levels
than their
peers in
traditional public schools.
A number of researchers have found evidence that
students in charter
schools are more racially segregated
than their
traditional public peers.
In fact, like most charter
schools, even those in
public - private partnerships, receive on average 30 % less per pupil
than their
traditional school peers whose management has no accountability or incentive to improve
student outcomes.
These FCAT grades are clear: Charter
students are at a dramatically higher - risk of attending an F
school than their
peers are at
traditional public schools.
«This report shows that California charter
schools continue to beat the odds by helping their
students achieve at higher levels
than their
peers in
traditional public schools,» said Jed Wallace, president and CEO, CCSA.
A independent national study released this year by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes shows charter
school students have greater learning gains in reading
than their
peers in
traditional public schools.
A 2011 report (PDF) by Stanford's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), using a different methodology, indicated
students in Pennsylvania's online charter
schools «have significantly smaller gains in reading and math
than those of their
traditional public school peers.»
Higher percentages of charter
school students of every race attend predominantly minority
schools (50 - 100 % minority
students) or racially isolated minority
schools (90 - 100 % minority
students)
than do their same - race
peers in
traditional public schools.
But at the same time, a second study from the university released in tandem with the first shows that charter
school students tend to be loyal to their
schools: They were up to 80 percent less likely to leave their charter
schools than their
peers at
traditional public schools.
A 2015 study on urban charter
schools by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University found that D.C. charter
students are learning the equivalent of 96 more days in math and 70 more days in reading
than their
peers in
traditional public schools.
As Commissioner of Education, Dianna Wentzell commented, «In some cases,
students in choice programs made greater academic gains
than their
peers not enrolled in these programs (
students in
traditional public schools), thereby closing the achievement gap, while in other cases they did not.»
Given that many more
students in charter
schools have the advantages of a positive family structure, a
peer group that is a positive influence, and their own inner drive that many
students in
traditional public schools do not, it is reasonable to expect that charter
school students would perform very much better
than they do.
The most recent charter
school study, from Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), finds that academic growth among Boston charter
school students is more
than four times that of their
traditional public school peers in English and more
than six times greater in math.
Though they are
public school students like any other, each
public charter
school student is given, on average, nearly $ 4,00 dollars less in
public operating support per year
than their
peers in
traditional public schools.
What's more, a new study published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (the top
peer - reviewed policy journal in the country) has shown that
students from charter
schools not only persist longer in college
than those from
traditional public schools, but also earn more in income later.
When the American Federation of Teachers published a study that found
students at charter
schools performing worse
than their
peers at
traditional public schools, more
than a few hopes were dashed.