Sentences with phrase «traditional public school achievement»

Are reports of charter vs. traditional public school achievement gains valid?

Not exact matches

Bill Gates» philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is making an about - face on its education priorities to focus on networks of traditional public schools aimed at improving student achievement.

Charter school students in grades 3 through 8 perform better than we would expect, based on the performance of comparable students in traditional public schools, on both the math and reading portions of New York's statewide achievement tests.

These studies show, consistently, that parental schools of choice not controlled by public school districts 1) are usually prohibited by law from screening out students based on admission exams, 2) use ability tracking less frequently than traditional public schools even when, legally, they can, and 3) may use ability tracking, but when they do, it is less likely to have a negative effect on the achievement of low - track students.

Despite the united front of opposition, with studies like Carol Klein's 2006 Virtual Charter Schools and Home Schooling finding high levels of parent satisfaction and student achievement at virtual schools, it is highly unlikely that independent home schoolers and advocates for traditional public schools will be able to stoSchools and Home Schooling finding high levels of parent satisfaction and student achievement at virtual schools, it is highly unlikely that independent home schoolers and advocates for traditional public schools will be able to stoschools, it is highly unlikely that independent home schoolers and advocates for traditional public schools will be able to stoschools will be able to stop them.

Our results indicate that, on average, New York City's charter schools raise their 3rd through 8th graders» math achievement by 0.09 of a standard score and reading achievement by 0.04 of a standard score, compared with what would have happened had they remained in traditional public schools (see Figure 3).

Schools operated by Achievement First, for example, have helped their students gain an additional 125 days of learning in math and 57 days in English over traditional public sSchools operated by Achievement First, for example, have helped their students gain an additional 125 days of learning in math and 57 days in English over traditional public schoolsschools.

The next step is to identify what's working in charter schools that can be transferred back into the traditional public schools to improve student achievement.»

These patterns suggest that the positive effects of charter school attendance on educational attainment are not due solely to measured differences in the achievement of students in charter and traditional public high schools.

And, finally, do students who attend traditional public schools subject to competition from charter schools make larger achievement gains than they would have in the absence of charter schools?

We address three main questions: Do students attending charter schools in these grades make larger or smaller gains in achievement than they would have made in traditional public schools?

The difference in the rate of achievement growth between students enrolled in charter schools and students in traditional public schools is substantial.

Critiques like this do not deny that KIPP schools improve the achievement of the students who attend them, but rather argue that these improvements reflect advantageous enrollment patterns at KIPP that are not possible at traditional public schools.

Charter schools have the potential to have broader effects on student achievement if traditional public schools respond to the threat of losing students to charter schools by improving the quality of their own education programs.

Students in these grades make considerably smaller achievement gains in charter schools than they would have in traditional public schools, and the negative effects are not limited to schools in their first year of operation.

Still, if North Carolina's traditional public schools improved in response to their presence, the apparently negative effects of charter schools on the achievement of students who attend them could be offset by more positive statewide effects.

Whether these practices can be replicated in traditional public schools or raise academic achievement across the full range of traditional public - school students remains to be seen.

The key question is whether KIPP's positive effects on learning are attributable to a peer environment that is more conducive to academic achievement than the peer environment found in traditional public schools.

A study released earlier this month by Mathematica finds that students attending charter high schools in Florida scored lower on achievement tests than students in traditional public schools, but years later, the charter students were more likely to have attended at least two years of college and also had higher earnings.

CREDO controlled for the unique characteristics of students enrolled in virtual charter schools by comparing their performance to a «virtual twin,» a student with the same demographic characteristics and similar prior achievement enrolled in a traditional public school.

It alleges that a review of the research on charter schools leads to the conclusions that, overall, charter schools: 1) fail to raise student achievement more than traditional district schools do; 2) aren't innovative and don't pass innovations along to district schools; 3) exacerbate the racial and ethnic isolation of students; 4) provide a worse environment for teachers than district schools; and 5) spend more on administration and less on instruction than public schools.

The report is the first national study of the efficiency of charter schools relative to traditional public schools, and to tie funding to student achievement.

Charters nationally are producing student achievement gains that are very similar to the levels in traditional public schools but receive about 30 percent less money per pupil.

Some advocates also stressed that charter - school students were outperforming traditional public - school students on various measures of achievement, a tactic used in Florida as well.

In general, charter schools that serve low - income and minority students in urban areas are doing a better job than their traditional public - school counterparts in raising student achievement, whereas that is not true of charter schools in suburban areas.

By 2011, charter schools were roughly equivalent to traditional public schools in terms of their ability to raise academic achievement.

But do charters vary more in terms of their ability to promote student achievement than comparable traditional public schools?

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(Update: For a review of systemic effect research — how expanded competition affects achievement in traditional public schools — see here.)

This evaluation addresses two specific questions: How does student achievement in charter schools compare with student achievement in demographically similar, traditional public schools?

Proponents contend that charter schools expand educational choices for students, increase innovation, improve student achievement, and promote healthy competition with traditional public schools.

Second, the absence of effects on achievement in nearby traditional public schools suggests that the loss of students to charter schools is not having negative achievement effects on traditional public schools, but it also suggests that charter schools may not produce the hoped - for positive competitive effects in traditional public schools.

The researchers examined student achievement in traditional public schools that had charter schools nearby, and they found that the presence of the charter schools did not appear to help or harm student achievement in the traditional public schools.

On average, charter schools show higher achievement than traditional public schools, especially with traditionally underserved student groups and in urban environments.

Charter schools do not appear to help or harm student achievement in nearby traditional public schools.

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For middle - and high - school levels, the research team found that achievement gains in charter schools and traditional public schools were about the same, with two exceptions.

Charter middle and high schools produce test - score achievement gains that are, on average, similar to those of traditional public schools.

The RAND team found no evidence that charter schools substantially affect achievement in nearby traditional public schools.

But the U.S. lags behind other developed countries in student achievement, about 1 million students are on charter school waiting lists nationwide, and many student groups are still underserved by all public schools, traditional and charter.

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.

Studies conducted by Mathematica Policy Research show that KIPP schools achieve significantly greater gains in student achievement than do traditional public schools teaching similar students.

Also, while some might point to the fact that both programs show signs of helping lift achievement in traditional public schools a bit by increasing competition between schools, I don't think anyone would argue that we should sacrifice the achievement of students using vouchers in order to help others.

In the nations leading the world in student achievement, the schools look quite traditional; and the classrooms in many of America's best traditional public, charter public, and private schools look like they did 40 years ago.

Because these charters held a lottery to select their students, the research team could compare the achievement of applicants who were admitted with a similar group who remained in a traditional public school.

The authors examined the student achievement data of each school included in the turnaround initiatives — and in LPS, each traditional public school in the district — to select schools that have made notable academic gains since implementing these practices.

CLAIMS Charter schools are marketed to the public as incubators of innovation offering superior levels of student achievement and college and career readiness when compared to traditional public schools.

In spite of the sincere efforts that have been made to date to spur innovation in teaching and learning in the traditional public school sector, the data show that just infusing more per - pupil public school spending in the past has failed to propel the U.S. beyond its peer countries on international rankings of student achievement.

Federal appropriations for programs that charters may not provide and gifts and grants specifically targeted toward traditional public schools that support innovative methods to boost student achievement could all be up for grabs by charter schools, if House lawmakers concur with the Senate's changes to H539.