Georgia’s Charter School Pipeline
…of freestanding approvals of any state in the study. NACSA Takeaway: Charter schools offer Georgia’s families and communities a tremendous variety of charter school models and approaches. Every great charter…
…of freestanding approvals of any state in the study. NACSA Takeaway: Charter schools offer Georgia’s families and communities a tremendous variety of charter school models and approaches. Every great charter…
…50 authorizer evaluations NACSA has completed since 2009. It identifies common strengths and weaknesses and provides empirically-based and detailed findings on specific practices authorizers use. Authorizers Are Not Monolithic On…
…authorizer evaluations NACSA has completed since 2009. It identifies common strengths and weaknesses and provides empirically-based and detailed findings on specific practices authorizers use. Authorizers Are Not Monolithic On School…
…of its operations internal control systems and federal funds received during the school’s fiscal year. The Single Audit is divided into two areas: Compliance: the study, understanding, testing, and evaluation…
…not perfect nor free of risk—as no charter school application is, demonstrate OW’s commitment to centering communities. These applications, and their founders, communicated the vision, creativity, experience, needs, and aspirations,…
The Charter School Growth and Replication study released last week by Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) has important implications for charter authorizers. The study’s key findings–that…
A new report, Searching for Excellence: A Five-City, Cross-State Comparison of Charter School Quality, by researchers at Public Impact and published by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute examines charter school…
…to choose its own assessment, it must be considered valid and reliable and test in all four domains of English. Individuals administering this assessment should be trained and qualified to…
…TerraNova test—a nationally norm-referenced test—which students had not prepared for, and which carried no consequences for students or schools. The impacts shown in the TerraNova test were consistent with those…
…Founder & CEO of The Oakland REACH. Her formula has guided the REACH’s work since day one: Ask families questions. Listen to their aspirations. Build the solutions. Liberate our communities….