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School ChoiceHere you will find reports, research and articles covering various views on school choice issues, i.e. charters, magnets, vouchers. Posting here does not indicate Georgia Partnership endorsement. Public Charter School Success: A Summary of the Current Research on Public Charters' Effectiveness at Improving Student Achievement Several studies from major regions across the country since 2010 found positive academic performance results for students in public charter schools compared to their traditional public school peers, suggesting a strong upward trend. Introduction. Related story. (April 2013) In Service of Citizenship - YES Public Schools and Civic Education This policy brief is the fourth in a series of in-depth case studies exploring how high-performing charter schools have incorporated civic learning in their school curriculum and culture. (April 2013) Education's Fiscal Cliff, Real or Perceived? (Draft) This report looks at public funding during the economic downturn and the impact it has had on charter schools. Introduction. Press release. Related story. (April 2013) Governance in the Charter School Sector: Time for a Reboot When they first emerged more than two decades ago, charter schools represented an innovation in public school governance and much else. But maybe it's time now for some governance changes (April 2013) The ABCs of School Choice - The Comprehensive Guide to Every Private School Choice Program in America This report offers a nationwide overview of the various private school choice programs in play in the states—vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, individual tax credits and deductions, and education savings accounts (Ed Week). Related story. (February 2013) School Choice Regulations: Red Tape or Red Herring? This report explores the effect of government regulations on the participation of private schools in school choice programs such as vouchers and tax-credit scholarships. Related story - same story as above. (February 2013) Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws This ranks states against the organization's model charter law. It finds the top-rated states are Minnesota, Maine, Washington, Colorado, and Florida. Related story. (February 2013) Charter School Growth and Replication Charter schools that start out doing poorly aren’t likely to improve, and charters that are successful from the beginning most often stay that way. Related story. (January 2013) Charter School Performance in New Jersey Study finds New Jersey charter public schools significantly outperform their district school peers. This provides first-ever in-depth examination of results for charter schools in New Jersey. Related – press release – news article. (November 2012) A Growing Movement: America's Largest Charter School Communities The authors report that a record seven school districts have at least 30 percent of their public school students enrolled in public charter schools. (November 2012) Longer Hours, Less Experience for Charter Teachers, Analysis Finds Charter school teachers tend to have fewer years of experience, and work longer hours than their counterparts in public, non-charter schools, a new analysis suggests. (October 2012) Learning from Successes and Failures of Charter Schools This report examines charter schools across the quality spectrum in order to learn which practices separate high-achieving from low-achieving schools. An expansive data collection and analysis project in New York City charter schools served as the basis for this report. Related story. (October 2012) Twice Considered: Charter Schools and Student Achievement in Utah Given the measured though continuous efforts to expand charter school options, this research has implications for local and state charter school policies, particularly policies that avoid "start-up" costs with new charter schools. (September 2012) From A Single Charter School, A Movement Grows City Academy in St. Paul, Minn., became the nation's first publicly funded, privately run charter school when it opened its doors in 1992. Its founders had tried but failed to create new programs for struggling students in their own schools. Related story. (September 2012) The Effects of School Vouchers On College Enrollment: Experimental Evidence from New York City In the first study, using a randomized experiment to measure the impact of school vouchers on college enrollment, the researchers examine the college-going behavior through 2011 of students who participated in a voucher experiment as elementary school students in the late 1990s. Related story. (September 2012) The Impact of Charter Schools on Public and Private School Enrollments While most students are drawn from traditional public schools, charter schools are pulling large numbers of students from the private education market and present a potentially devastating impact on the private education market, as well as a serious increase in the financial burden on taxpayers. Here's the report. Related story. (August 2012) Is Administration Leaner in Charter Schools? Resource Allocation in Charter and Traditional Public Schools. Proponents of school choice argue that instead of spending on instruction that could improve student learning, traditional public schools spend too much on central administration. In contrast, charter schools are said to devote a larger share of their budgets to instruction to improve student outcomes and thereby attract more families. But is this the case? (PEN) April 2012 The National Study of Charter Management Organization (CMO) Effectiveness - CMOs: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Impacts A follow-up to a major study on the performance of charter school networks shows that they are yielding varied results when it comes to their students' progress in graduating from high school and going on to college. Relating story. (January 2012) The Road to Autonomy: Can Schools, Districts, and Central Offices Find Their Way? This report looks at whether a culture of autonomy in education brings the same rewards that it does in business, as proponents claim. (August 2011) Keeping Informed About School Vouchers - A Review of Major Developments and Research Voucher proponents have shifted their advocacy efforts from extolling the academic achievement of voucher participants to focusing on the value of school choice as a virtue in itself. Relating article. (July 2011) KIPP Schools' Report Card This report includes school profiles and student achievement data for the 82 KIPP schools with reportable results from the 2009-10 school year. It also shares both the academic and non-academic factors that KIPP believes matter most to school health. (June 2011) Charter School Performance in Pennsylvania This study concludes that "students in Pennsylvania charter schools on average make smaller learning gains" when compared with their traditional counterparts (ECS). Relating article. (June 2011) A Failed Experiment: Georgia's Tax Credit Scholarships for Private Schools This report finds that the state's program of tax credit scholarships for private K-12 schools has failed to achieve its primary public aim of providing the state’s low income children attending troubled public schools with new, affordable opportunities for a good education. Relating article. (June 2011) Reforming Districts Through Choice, Autonomy, Equity, and Accountability: An Overview of the Voluntary Public School Choice Directors Meeting This conference report provides specifics on the most pressing issues faced by localities committed to public school choice. Panelists addressed several areas open to choice districts. (May 2011) Preparing for Growth: Human Capital Innovations in Charter Public Schools Charter schools and successful charter management organizations that run them have grown significantly over the past decade but they must dramatically increase their scale in order to meet the demand for high-quality public school options for America’s children. (May 2011) You're Leaving? Sustainability and Succession in Charter Schools Seventy-one percent of charter school leaders say they plan to leave their schools within five years, raising questions about the stability of the culture of those schools, according to this report. (December 2010) A Growing Movement: America's Largest Charter School Communities Public charter schools have been part of America’s public education system for 18 years, and the number of these unique public schools is growing more each year. (November 2010) Charter School Autonomy: A Half-Broken Promise This study finds that the typical charter school in America today lacks the autonomy it needs to succeed, once state, authorizer, and other impositions are considered. (April 2010) Trends In the Use of School Choice - Statistical Analysis Report Did you know that more school-age children are schooled at home full time than attend charter schools? That statistical tidbit comes from federal data released earlier this month. (April 2010) Teacher Turnover in Charter Schools This report looks at higher teacher turnover in charters, a key distinction from traditional public schools. (December 2009) School Choice Issues in the State - The Economic and Fiscal Costs to Failing to Reform K-12 Education in Georgia The study's author, emphasized the real world impact of the high school diploma. "Because so many of Georgia's young people fail to graduate from high school, a high percentage of native Georgians have not been able to contribute or fully participate in the fruits of Georgia's new economy." (December 2009) Better Value, Fewer Taxpayer Dollars This free market think tank believes in limiting government and is recommending that Vermont save money by allowing students to choose what schools to attend - PEN. (December 2009) Growing Pains: Scaling Up the Nation's Best Charter Schools This report that takes an objective look at how prepared the nation's best charter schools are to meet the challenge of rapid expansion. (November 2009) National Charter School Study This report found that there is a wide variance in the quality of the nation’s several thousand charter schools with, in the aggregate, students in charter schools not faring as well as students in traditional public schools. (Published June 2009 posted December 2009) The Effects of New York City's Charter Schools on Student Achievement Students who entered lotteries and won spots in one of NYC's 99 charter schools performed better on state exams than students who entered the same lotteries but did not secure charter school seats - ECS. (September 2009) Matchmaking: Enabling Mandatory Public School Choice in New York and Boston These choice systems, though not without challenges, have stimulated a new entrepreneurialism among many public educators, improved the perception of public education among middle-class families, and more. See relating video.(September 2009) An Examination of the Financial Health of Georgia's Start-up Charter Schools This report sheds light on the financial health of start-up charter schools in Georgia during the 2006-07 school year. (August 2009) A New Model Law For Supporting The Growth Of High-Quality Public Charter Schools The organization's intent is for the new law to be useful to the 41 jurisdictions with charter laws as well as the 10 states that have yet to enact a charter law. (June 2009) Multiple Choice: Charter School Performance in 16 States As charter schools play an increasingly central role in education reform agendas across the United States, it becomes more important to have current and comprehensible analysis about how well they do educating their students. (June 2009) Food for Thought: Building a High Quality Choice Market Nearly 20 years after the first charter schools were founded, it has become increasingly clear that opening up markets to new providers is only the first step in dramatically improving the supply and demand for great public schools. See accompanying article. (May 2009) Local Demand for School Choice: Evidence from the Washington Charter School Referenda Are charter schools a partisan issue? This paper looks at precinct-level returns from three ballot referenda in Washington State. (May 2009) We should expect excellence in schools We have both served as U.S. Secretary of Education -- under the first President Bush from 1991-1993 and now under President Obama -- and have seen the potential that charter schools can have in getting results for American students. (April 2009) School Choice Demonstration Project - Milwaukee Parental Choice Program A new study comparing the academic progress of students in Milwaukee's voucher program with students in public schools shows no major differences in success between the two groups. (March 2009) When Private Schools Take Public Dollars: What's the Place of Accountability in School Voucher Programs? Voucher opponents often argue that it's unfair to hold public schools accountable for results under the No Child Left Behind Act and various state rules while allowing private schools that participate in voucher programs to receive taxpayer dollars without similar accountability. This report doesn't entirely buy that argument but argues there's room for a reasonable middle ground. (March 2009) Charter Schools in Eight States - Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration and Competition This study aims to inform the policy debate by examining four primary research questions in several geographic locations. (March 2009) Vouchers Are Not the Silver Bullet The organization feels that school vouchers are not the silver bullet that will heal all public school ills. Accountability of taxpayer money must be at the heart of voucher legislation. (March 2009) Inside Urban Charter Schools - Promising Practices and Strategies in Five High-Performing Schools A new book "Inside Urban Charter Schools" by researchers at the Harvard School of Education looks at five consistently high-performing charter schools in urban areas in Massachusetts. Read the introduction and a sample chapter here. (Public Education Network - February 2009) Return on Investment? Public Schools in Georgia Using publicly available data from federal and state government sources almost exclusively, this paper analyzes K12 education spending and public high school graduation rates in Georgia over the last generation. Hope, Fears and Reality The fourth annual analysis from the National Charter School Research Project, looks at what's going on in charter schools, how well they're doing, where they need to improve, and what can be learned from the research on these types of public schools. |
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