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 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 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 Study of Charter School Accountability written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Department of Education presents "A Study of Charter School Accountability" in PDF and Microsoft Word formats. The June 2001 report discusses the issues of accountability that effect charter schools, which are a new type of public school. The schools are open to all students and must meet state standards, however charter schools have more freedoms and burdens than conventional public schools.
Download or read book A Study of Charter School Accountability written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 118 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 What s Public About Charter Schools written by Gary Miron and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2002-03-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains evidence about charter schools that can provide important data on evaluating this new public-private hybrid and its success at serving the core purpose of public education. The book focuses on charter schools in Michigan, which is regarded as having one of the most permissive charter laws in the country. The first three chapters provide a theoretical framework for, and the descriptive context of, the charter-school reform in Michigan. Chapter 4 analyzes charter-school finance in Michigan. The remainder of the book seeks to evaluate the "public-ness" of Michigan charter schools according to the definitions introduced in the first chapter. The last chapter summarizes evidence and provides an answer to the question, "What's public about charter schools?" These schools appear to be doing a reasonably good job of creating communities of teachers with commonly held educational viewpoints, but may be doing so at the expense of equitable access to the schools and student-achievement gains. Three appendices contain key historical developments in Michigan that affected public and private schooling, background and documentation for analysis of student achievement, and a list of education-management organizations and schools they operated in 2000-01. (Contains 157 references.) (RT)
Download or read book Decentralization and Accountability in Public Education written by Paul Thomas Hill and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 1991 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report distills the experience of school systems that have instituted site-based management. Site-based management involves shifting the initiatives in public education from schoo boards, superintendents, and central administrative offices to individual schools.
Download or read book School and District Leadership in an Era of Accountability written by Bruce G. Barnett and published by IAP. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our fourth book in the International Research on School Leadership series focuses on school leadership in an era of high stakes accountability. Fueled by sweeping federal education accountability reforms, such as the United States’ No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Race to the Top (R2T) and Australia’s Performance Measurement and Reporting Taskforce, school systems around the world are being forced to increase academic standards, participate in high-stakes testing, and raise evaluation standards for teachers and principals. These results-driven reforms are intended to hold educators “accountable for student learning and accountable to the public” (Anderson, 2005, p. 2, emphasis in original). While policymakers and the public debate the merits of student achievement accountability measures, P-12 educational leaders do not have the luxury to wait for clear guidance and resources to improve their schools and operating systems. Instead, successful leaders must balance the need to create learning communities, manage the organizational climate, and encourage community involvement with the consequences testing has on teacher morale and public scrutiny. The chapters in this volume clearly indicate that as school leaders attend to these potentially competing forces, this affects their problem-solving strategies, ability to facilitate change, and encourage community involvement. We were delighted with the responses from colleagues around the world who were eager to share their research dealing with how leaders are functioning effectively within a high-accountability environment. The nine chapters in this volume provide empirical evidence of the strategies school leaders use to cope with problems and negotiate external demands while improving student performance. In particular, the voices and actions of principals, superintendents, and school board members are captured in a blend of quantitative and qualitative studies. The breadth of studies is impressive, ranging from case studies of individual principals to cross-district comparisons to national data from the National Center for Education Statistics. To highlight important findings, we have organized the book into five sections. The first section (Chapters 2, 3, and 4) highlights the problem-solving strategies used by principals and superintendents when pressured to turn around low-performing schools. In the second section (Chapters 5 and 6), attention is devoted to ways in which school leaders act as “buffers” by reducing the impact of external demands within their local school contexts. Next, Chapters 7 and 8 explore creative ways in which financial analyses can be used to assess the cost effectiveness of programs and services. Chapters 9 and 10 examine how principals enact their instructional leadership roles in managing curriculum reforms and evaluating teachers. Finally, in the last section (Chapter 11), Kenneth Leithwood synthesizes the major themes and ideas emerging across these chapters, paying particular attention to practical issues influencing school leaders in this era of school reform and accountability as well as promising areas for future research.
Download or read book A Study of Charter School Accountability June 2001 written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Charter School City written by Douglas N. Harris and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of the tragedy and destruction that came with Hurricane Katrina in 2005, public schools in New Orleans became part of an almost unthinkable experiment—eliminating the traditional public education system and completely replacing it with charter schools and school choice. Fifteen years later, the results have been remarkable, and the complex lessons learned should alter the way we think about American education. New Orleans became the first US city ever to adopt a school system based on the principles of markets and economics. When the state took over all of the city’s public schools, it turned them over to non-profit charter school managers accountable under performance-based contracts. Students were no longer obligated to attend a specific school based upon their address, allowing families to act like consumers and choose schools in any neighborhood. The teacher union contract, tenure, and certification rules were eliminated, giving schools autonomy and control to hire and fire as they pleased. In Charter School City, Douglas N. Harris provides an inside look at how and why these reform decisions were made and offers many surprising findings from one of the most extensive and rigorous evaluations of a district school reform ever conducted. Through close examination of the results, Harris finds that this unprecedented experiment was a noteworthy success on almost every measurable student outcome. But, as Harris shows, New Orleans was uniquely situated for these reforms to work well and that this market-based reform still required some specific and active roles for government. Letting free markets rule on their own without government involvement will not generate the kinds of changes their advocates suggest. Combining the evidence from New Orleans with that from other cities, Harris draws out the broader lessons of this unprecedented reform effort. At a time when charter school debates are more based on ideology than data, this book is a powerful, evidence-based, and in-depth look at how we can rethink the roles for governments, markets, and nonprofit organizations in education to ensure that America’s schools fulfill their potential for all students.
Download or read book Charter Schools and Accountability written by Jarvis Chen and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the market and compliance accountability preferences of statewide charter authorizers and addresses the implementation and standardization of charter school laws across the United States. Framed within the lenses of education policy and accountability, this unique study utilized primary the content analysis of statewide authorizer documents as its primary research tool, along with interviews with authorizer representatives and outcome data of school openings and closures. One of the primary goals of the study was to create a typology of authorizer behavior and accountability strategies in order shed light on an often-overlooked aspect of the charter school experience. The question of accountability is important in assessing the charter school vision, and the role of authorizers is an essential element in researching charter schools. This study found a wide diversity in charter school authorizer policies and behavior and that charter school authorizing remains persistently focused in compliance accountability, despite the emphasis of the market in the charter school movement over the last quarter century. Different authorizer organizations were found to oversee schools in distinctive ways. In addition, the study found that different authorizing strategies, organizations, and environments are related to different policy outcomes.
Download or read book No Child Left Behind written by Paul E. Peterson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003-11-18 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2002 No Child Left Behind Act is the most important legislation in American education since the 1960s. The law requires states to put into place a set of standards together with a comprehensive testing plan designed to ensure these standards are met. Students at schools that fail to meet those standards may leave for other schools, and schools not progressing adequately become subject to reorganization. The significance of the law lies less with federal dollar contributions than with the direction it gives to federal, state, and local school spending. It helps codify the movement toward common standards and school accountability. Yet NCLB will not transform American schools overnight. The first scholarly assessment of the new legislation, No Child Left Behind? breaks new ground in the ongoing debate over accountability. Contributors examine the law's origins, the political and social forces that gave it shape, the potential issues that will surface with its implementation, and finally, the law's likely consequences for American education.
Download or read book Unraveling the Basic Bargain written by Paul A. Herdman and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 682 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 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 Schools in Action written by Chester E. Finn, Jr. and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2001-07-30 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can charter schools save public education? This radical question has unleashed a flood of opinions from Americans struggling with the contentious challenges of education reform. There has been plenty of heat over charter schools and their implications, but, until now, not much light. This important new book supplies plenty of illumination. Charter schools--independently operated public schools of choice--have existed in the United States only since 1992, yet there are already over 1,500 of them. How are they doing? Here prominent education analysts Chester Finn, Bruno Manno, and Gregg Vanourek offer the richest data available on the successes and failures of this exciting but controversial approach to education reform. After studying one hundred schools, interviewing hundreds of participants, surveying thousands more, and analyzing the most current data, they have compiled today's most authoritative, comprehensive explanation and appraisal of the charter phenomenon. Fact-filled, clear-eyed, and hard-hitting, this is the book for anyone concerned about public education and interested in the role of charter schools in its renewal. Can charter schools boost student achievement, drive educational innovation, and develop a new model of accountability for public schools? Where did the idea of charter schools come from? What would the future hold if this phenomenon spreads? These are some of the questions that this book answers. It addresses pupil performance, enrollment patterns, school start-up problems, charges of inequity, and smoldering political battles. It features close-up looks at five real--and very different--charter schools and two school districts that have been deeply affected by the charter movement, including their setbacks and triumphs. After outlining a new model of education accountability and describing how charter schools often lead to community renewal, the authors take the reader on an imaginary tour of a charter-based school system. Charter schools are the most vibrant force in education today. This book suggests that their legacy will consist not only of helping millions of families obtain a better education for their children but also in renewing American public education itself.
Download or read book Accountability to Charter Public Students in Massachusetts written by Ann O'Connor and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are some concerns about the accountability of charter schools since their inception in the United States in the early 1980's. ... The research question addressed in the study is: Are charter public schools accountable to their students? ... The research findings supported the hypothesis that one charter school was accountable to its students in terms of quality of education and quality of teaching. However, the recommendations of the study are that accountability regarding character education and community service should be improved.
