Download or read book Charter School Accountability Action Guide written by Jennifer Nahas and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Increasing Charter School Accountability Through Interventions and Closures written by Joey Gustafson and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A basic premise of charter school reform in public education is offering more autonomy in the use of funds and the design of curriculum in exchange for greater accountability in academic and financial outcomes. This premise poses a significant policy challenge for state policymakers to establish an appropriate level of regulation; charter schools must be sufficiently independent yet still conform to most state and federal education and financial management laws. This guide examines the laws, policies, and programs that states use to establish consequences for financial mismanagement in charter schools. It discusses how states define the financial conditions for intervention. It also describes the approaches to corrective actions for deficient charter schools and the procedures for closing charter schools. The guide reviews the prevalent policy options and provides examples from existing state laws and practices. It also raises issues that state policymakers may want to consider when adopting or amending approaches to establishing consequences for charter school financial mismanagement. Specifically, this guide will help state policymakers consider the various policy options for defining financial conditions for state intervention, determining appropriate corrective actions for deficient schools, and establishing procedures for closing schools. The guide concludes by stating that policymakers must create appropriate oversight procedures and processes for intervention and closure that are clear, fair, and effective. (Contains 4 footnotes and a list of resources.) [This publication was written with Nina Salomon and William Schmid and produced by the National Resource Center on Charter School Finance and Governance, a collaborative effort of the Center on Educational Governance at the University of Southern California, The Finance Project, and WestEd.].

Download or read book Charter School Accountability written by Bryan C. Hassel and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Charter Schools and Accountability in Public Education written by Paul T. Hill and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-05-13 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charter schools are among the most debated and least understood phenomena in American education today. At the heart of these matters is a contested question of accountability. To survive, charter schools must make and keep promises about what students will experience and learn under their purview. However, unlike public schools, charter schools do not rely exclusively on their relationship with school districts. They must also look to parents, teachers, and donors to cooperatively establish expectations of a particular school and its mission. Aimed toward elected officials, school reform activists, and educators, this book is the result of the first national-scale study of charter school accountability. The authors researched one hundred-fifty schools and sixty authorizing agencies in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Michigan. These states contain the majority of charter schools that have been operating for three years or more and represent the major differences in state charter school legislation. The authors include interviews from a range of participants in the field©¡from state legislators and administrators to principals, teachers, and parents. In assessing the structure of accountability as it works internally to bolster external confidence, Hill and Lake suggest the struggle of charter schools actually complements those of standards based reform. Both seek to transform public education to make schools responsible for performance, not compliance.

Download or read book Guidelines for Writing Charter School Accountability Plans written by Massachusetts State Department. of Education, Malden and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charter school creates an Accountability Plan to articulate to the community and the state what goals the school will use to measure its success. These "Guidelines" are intended to give schools guidance on the type of data that provide compelling evidence, the desirable structure for goals and objectives, and how to most clearly present results. With these tools in mind, schools can write rigorous and measurable accountability plans that will serve them well as they participate in the charter school accountability process, especially at the time of renewal. Accountability Plans are written in a school's first year of operation and serve as an important tool to guide the use of data and policy decisions regarding the school's program. Sections in this document include: (1) Executive Summary; (2) Charter School Accountability Plans; (3) Why Guidelines; (4) The Accountability Cycle and Accountability Plans; (5) Organization, Format, and Structure; (6) Academic Program Goals; (7) Organizational Viability Goals; (8) Faithfulness to Charter Goals; and (9) Drafting, Approval, and Reporting. The following are appended: (1) Methods and Tools for Measuring Student Achievement; (2) Statistically Sound Measurement; and (3) Use of Surveys. (Contains 2 footnotes.).

Download or read book Charter School Accountability written by Chester E. Finn (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploration into charter schools; what they are, who they serve, and how successful they are.

Download or read book Guidelines for Creating an Accountability Plan written by Charter Schools Institute (N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Guide to Help Charter Schools Create Their Accountability Plans written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruno V. Manno created "A Guide to Help Charter Schools Create Their Accountability Plans" in March of 1999. The Center for Education Reform (CER) presents the full text of the guide online. The guide includes a discussion of the importance of a results-driven accountability plan. The guide focuses on information relevant to charter schools in the United States.

Download or read book Where Charter School Policy Fails written by Amy Stuart Wells and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on their own in-depth study of 17 diverse charter schools in California and other recent studies from around the country, the authors explore how the laissez-faire policy of charter schools interacts with the lives of children, educators, and parents in diverse social, economic, and political contexts.

Download or read book Holding Schools Accountable Toolkit written by Valaida Fullwood and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Charter School Accountability Program Review written by Utah State Office of Education. Charter School Section and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Accountability written by Bruno V. Manno and published by . This book was released on 1998* with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book OPPAGA written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Public Charter School Accountability written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A public charter school is a publicly funded elementary or secondary school that is operated according to the terms of a charter or contract granted by a public chartering agency. The terms of a school charter typically include provisions granting autonomy in the operation of the school in exchange for adherence to specific accountability requirements, and are limited to a set number of years. In order to retain or renew its charter, a school must adhere to the accountability requirements written into its charter and also must continue to attract enough students to continue functioning as a viable school. A public charter school may be accountable to a number of concerned actors, both internal and external to the school, for a variety of actions or outcomes. This report focuses on accountability relationships external to the school, such as those involving students' families, communities, and the broader society. Means through which a charter school may be held accountable for specific actions or outcomes include the terms of its charter, provisions in federal and state statutes that apply generally to all schools or more specifically to all charter schools, and the satisfaction of parents and community members. Currently, 39 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have charter school laws, and charter schools are operating in all but three of those states. Charter schools are being held accountable for results, as outlined in charter agreements or as required by federal and state law, by chartering agencies and state educational agencies, although through somewhat differing means and to degrees of effectiveness that vary from state to state. Charter schools also are being held accountable through market mechanisms, such as parental satisfaction, with the result that many have waiting lists while others have been forced to close because of insufficient enrollment. The federal government supports charter schools primarily through the Charter Schools program, a competitive federal grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Education which awards funds for charter schools that have met certain eligibility, including accountability provisions. While in general public charter schools have received broad support during the past several Congresses, a proposal to legislate more rigid accountability requirements specific to public charter schools was among a host of accountability issues debated during the recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Ultimately, in passing the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA) to reauthorize the ESEA, the Congress voted to retain the Charter Schools program accountability requirements as previously enacted, and to enact comprehensive accountability requirements that will apply generally to each public school, irrespective of its charter status. As the 108th Congress oversees implementation of NCLBA accountability requirements, it may pay close attention to the performance of charter schools.

Download or read book Charter School Outcomes written by Mark Berends and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sponsored by the National Center on School Choice, a research consortium headed by Vanderbilt University, this volume examines the growth and outcomes of the charter school movement. Starting in 1992-93 when the nation’s first charter school was opened in Minneapolis, the movement has now spread to 40 states and the District of Columbia and by 2005-06 enrolled 1,040,536 students in 3,613 charter schools. The purpose of this volume is to help monitor this fast-growing movement by compiling, organizing and making available some of the most rigorous and policy-relevant research on K-12 charter schools. Key features of this important new book include: Expertise – The National Center on School Choice includes internationally known scholars from the following institutions: Harvard University, Brown University, Stanford University, Brookings Institution, National Bureau of Economic Research and Northwest Evaluation Association. Cross-Disciplinary – The volume brings together material from related disciplines and methodologies that are associated with the individual and systemic effects of charter schools. Coherent Structure – Each section begins with a lengthy introduction that summarizes the themes and major findings of that section. A summarizing chapter by Mark Schneider, the Commissioner of the National Center on Educational Statistics, concludes the book. This volume is appropriate for researchers, instructors and graduate students in education policy programs and in political science and economics, as well as in-service administrators, policy makers, and providers.

Download or read book A Study of Charter School Accountability written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how the relationships of charter schools with authorizers affect their day-to-day operations and how they develop relationships of trust and confidence with parents, teachers, and other community members.

Download or read book In Search of Deeper Learning written by Jal Mehta and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-22 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The best book on high school dynamics I have ever read."--Jay Mathews, Washington Post An award-winning professor and an accomplished educator take us beyond the hype of reform and inside some of America's most innovative classrooms to show what is working--and what isn't--in our schools. What would it take to transform industrial-era schools into modern organizations capable of supporting deep learning for all? Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine's quest to answer this question took them inside some of America's most innovative schools and classrooms--places where educators are rethinking both what and how students should learn. The story they tell is alternately discouraging and hopeful. Drawing on hundreds of hours of observations and interviews at thirty different schools, Mehta and Fine reveal that deeper learning is more often the exception than the rule. And yet they find pockets of powerful learning at almost every school, often in electives and extracurriculars as well as in a few mold-breaking academic courses. These spaces achieve depth, the authors argue, because they emphasize purpose and choice, cultivate community, and draw on powerful traditions of apprenticeship. These outliers suggest that it is difficult but possible for schools and classrooms to achieve the integrations that support deep learning: rigor with joy, precision with play, mastery with identity and creativity. This boldly humanistic book offers a rich account of what education can be. The first panoramic study of American public high schools since the 1980s, In Search of Deeper Learning lays out a new vision for American education--one that will set the agenda for schools of the future.