District Administration - July 2006 - (Page 34)
Education leaders and politicians debate the effectiveness of charter
schools MIXED REVIEWS By Alan Dessoff WITH A PROCLAMATION Democrats. The
American Federation achievement in 2003 had shown that of Teachers is
sticking by a study it in most cases, charter school students by President
George W. Bush and a reported last November showing that were not
performing as well as other series of visits by federal education charter
school students in 2005, on public school students. In every case,
officials, charter schools enjoyed a average, scored the same or lower in
the percentage of fourth and eighth week of national attention in May,
almost every comparison with other graders in the roughly 390 charter
celebrating their supporters' claim public school students. schools
scoring at or above basic level that they can be more effective than The
study used the 2005 National in reading and math in 2003 and other public
schools in boosting stu- Assessment of Educational Progress to 2005 was
below typical pubic school dent achievement. compare student achievement
in char- students in about 30,400 schools. C ha r ter schools are raising
the ter schools and other public schools. A A nd the 2005 results revealed
bar about what's possible and what NAEP pilot study of charter schools' no
significant changes. Charter should be expected in public educa- t ion,
said Nelson Smith, president of the National Alliance for Public Charter
schools generally are Charter Schools, at a media brief- i ng in
Washington during National about the same or slightly Charter Schools Week
May 1-5. But others in the educational worse than the regular community are
not so sure. And as expected, those who promote positive public schools.
highlights over charters lie along char- ter supporters, or those in the
presi- dent's camp, and those who highlight Larry Feinberg, assistant
director for reporting the negative tend to be charter oppo- and analysis,
National Assessment Governing Board nents, such as union leaders and more
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - July 2006
Contents
Editor's Letter
Letters
Update
Inside the Law
Curriculum Update
Administrator Profile
District Profile
Mixed Reviews
Making Reading Count
No-Nonsense Networking
Cover Story: Money Talks
Making Choices
The Online Edge
Speaking Out
Public Opinion
Problem/Solution
New Products
By the Numbers
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