Comments on: Charters help local public schools http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/10/charters-help-local-public-schools/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Charters help local public schools « Joanne Jacobs School http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/10/charters-help-local-public-schools/#comment-51885 Charters help local public schools « Joanne Jacobs School Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:05:57 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=11796#comment-51885 [...] View original here: Charters help local public schools « Joanne Jacobs [...] [...] View original here: Charters help local public schools « Joanne Jacobs [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/10/charters-help-local-public-schools/#comment-51884 Chris Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:47:43 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=11796#comment-51884 correlation, but not causasation hence the supposition on why. as importantly, using student transfers is a nice proxy, but by looking at who left between grades at a school, it misses the decision to enter the charter school at the initial grade. I would be curious if the grade level (or even just elementary/middle/high school level) mattered correlation, but not causasation hence the supposition on why.

as importantly, using student transfers is a nice proxy, but by looking at who left between grades at a school, it misses the decision to enter the charter school at the initial grade.

I would be curious if the grade level (or even just elementary/middle/high school level) mattered

]]> By: cb http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/10/charters-help-local-public-schools/#comment-51883 cb Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:39:14 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=11796#comment-51883 I teach 6th grade at a charter school. Some (not all) of the students we receive as new students at the 6th grade level are kids that are clearly failing at the local school. Parents think a change of locale will magically fix their child's problem. Unfortunately, the "geographical cure" rarely works. The end result is that the public school district scores improve (by eliminating the lowest scoring children) and the charter school, with fewer financial and personnel resources, is hammered for under performing the district. The score movement of the local district is not going to be large because there are not a huge number of charter spots available. The impact on the charter's test scores with the smaller student number base can be pretty dramatic. I teach 6th grade at a charter school. Some (not all) of the students we receive as new students at the 6th grade level are kids that are clearly failing at the local school. Parents think a change of locale will magically fix their child’s problem. Unfortunately, the “geographical cure” rarely works. The end result is that the public school district scores improve (by eliminating the lowest scoring children) and the charter school, with fewer financial and personnel resources, is hammered for under performing the district. The score movement of the local district is not going to be large because there are not a huge number of charter spots available. The impact on the charter’s test scores with the smaller student number base can be pretty dramatic.

]]> By: Margo/Mom http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/10/charters-help-local-public-schools/#comment-51882 Margo/Mom Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:26:06 +0000 http://www.joannejacobs.com/?p=11796#comment-51882 It always strikes me how responsive a group is that group of kids on the bottom. It seems as though no matter what you do, things improve most for that particular group. It always strikes me how responsive a group is that group of kids on the bottom. It seems as though no matter what you do, things improve most for that particular group.

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