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 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 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 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 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 Supporting Charter School Excellence Through Quality Authorizing written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 Charter School Board University written by Brian L. Carpenter and published by . This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charter School Board University was written so that charter school board leaders can increase their capacity for good governance.
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 Expect Miracles written by Peter Cookson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cookson and Berger provide a thoughtful summary and insightful critique of the charter school movement. Expect Miracles explodes the myth that the charter schools operating in an educational 'marketplace' will recast public education to better serve America's children and promote democratic civic values. Anyone interested in the future of U.S. school reform should read this book." —Alex Molnar, professor and director, Education Policy Studies Laboratory, Arizona State University, and author of Giving Kids the Business "By far the best book yet to appear on the charter school movement Written with scholarship, insight, clarity, compassion, and fire." —Bruce J. Biddle, professor emeritus of the University of Missouri, and co-author of The Manufactured Crisis "Beautifully written analysis of the charter school movement in terms of its past and present political and educational dynamics as well as where it might go." —Henry M. Levin, director of the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University Charter schools are the most significant educational experiment in the last two decades. In Expect Miracles, Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Kristina Berger focus on the current trend toward deregulation in public education. The issue of deregulation is of critical importance because the spirit of entrepreneurship that is behind deregulation is seldom examined from a sociological perspective. Using the latest research as the basis for discussion, this book provides a fresh look at the growing and politically volatile charter school movement. The authors present the most balanced analysis to date of the movement that is changing the landscape of American education.
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 Guide for Charter School Planning and Results Reporting written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide sets out the requirements for charter school planning and reporting in Alberta, beginning with an overview of accountability in education and the role of planning & reporting in enhancing accountability. It then describes elements & requirements of education plans, and the reporting requirements & elements of annual education results reports. The final section covers specific requirements in such areas as publication & notification, plan goals & outcomes, and student achievement reporting. Appendices include further information on accountability, basic education outcomes, provincial performance measures, setting local targets for student achievement, and conducting surveys.
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 Guidelines for Charter School Annual Reports 2005 2006 School Year written by Massachusetts State Department. of Education, Malden and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Annual Report is a critical document in charter school accountability; it is intended to be a clear, concise report regarding school performance and its success in meeting Accountability Plan goals. The formatting for each school's report may be unique; however, there are required elements set forth in this document that must be included in each report. This document provides guidelines for elements that must appear in the school's annual report. Sections in this document include: (1) General Instructions; (2) Format; (3) Checklist; (4) Content; and (5) Applicable Laws and Regulations.
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 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:
