Charters Lagging on NAEP? NOPE!
Charter schools ROCKED the NAEP:
Charters Lagging on NAEP? NOPE!
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There has been a fair amount written about the recently released NAEP results for 4th and 8th graders in math and reading, and most of the discussion has focused on the minimal overall gains from 2009 to 2011. But a closer look at charter schools compared with traditional public schools demonstrates that students in charter schools made some very large gains (see table below).
In nearly every category that we examined, students in charter schools made larger gains than students in traditional public schools. And these gains are substantial. At the overall level, charter school gains decreased the gap between students in charters and traditional public schools. In many of the breakouts by student and school categories, charter schools exceeded traditional public schools and the gains charters made are quite large.
Take a look at the gains ELL students attending charter schools made—a 15 point gain in 4th grade reading, a 10 point gain in 8th grade reading, and a 7 point gain in 4th grade math. In every assessment, ELL students who attended charter schools scored higher than ELL students in traditional public schools. Charter schools still have work to do to close achievement gaps between subgroups, but with these kind of gains charter schools are making good progress.
NAEP certainly has its limitations—the assessment is administered every two years to different students, and only to a sample of schools nationwide. However, NAEP has value as a national indicator of achievement trends. And the trend for charter schools appears to be on the rise. These NAEP results are consistent with the findings from the UCSD meta-analysis that showed positive results for elementary and middle school students who attend charter schools.
NAEP Gains between 2009 & 2011, Charter and Traditional Public Schools
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| Overall | Black | White | Hispanic | FRL | ELL | City | Suburb | Town | Rural |
| 4th Grade Math | CPS | +6 (237) | +4 (224) | +3 (251) | +9 (234) | +6 (229) | +7 (222) | +7 (233) | +6 (241) | +9 (247) | +5 (248) |
| TPS | +1 (240) | +2 (224) | +1 (249) | +2 (229) | +1 (229) | +1 (219) | 0 (235) | +1 (244) | 0 (237) | +2 (242) | |
| 4th Grade Reading | CPS | +6 (218) | +3 (206) | +5 (232) | +9 (212) | +6 (208) | +15 (195) | +9 (213) | +1 (223) | +12 (232) | +10 (232) |
| TPS | 0 (220) | +1 (205) | +1 (229) | +1 (205) | +1 (207) | 0 (188) | 0 (214) | +1 (225) | 0 (217) | +1 (223) | |
| 8th Grade Math | CPS | +6 (281) | +7 (266) | +5 (296) | +6 (277) | +6 (271) | 0 (254) | +7 (275) | +8 (287) | -6 (289) | +3 (290) |
| TPS | +1 (283) | +2 (262) | +1 (293) | +3 (269) | +3 (269) | +1 (243) | +1 (277) | 0 (286) | +2 (281) | +1 (285) | |
| 8th Grade Reading | CPS | +4 (261) | +8 (251) | -1 (274) | +6 (255) | +6 (253) | +10 (231) | +4 (256) | +4 (264) | -3 (270) | +4 (271) |
| TPS | +2 (264) | +1 (247) | +1 (272) | +3 (251) | +2 (251) | +4 (223) | +1 (257) | 0 (267) | +3 (263) | +2 (266) |
Data compiled by NAPCS from: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/dataset.aspx
Note: 2011 NAEP Average Scores in parenthesis; CPS - Charter Public School; TPS -Traditional Public School; FRL - Students Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch; ELL - English Language Learners
posted by Whitney Tilson at 8:41 AM
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