Abstract: This report offers an assessment of the state of the charter school movement as of 2005, focusing on the most significant trends, issues, and indicators. It contains seven chapters on several topics, including charter school growth, academic performance, accountability, impact, politics and policies, support, and public opinion. One highlight included is the “Charter Dashboard,” a selection of key indicators that describe at a glance the status and momentum of charter schooling. The author finds the movement to be dynamic and strong, with many successes, but faced with the ongoing challenges of start-up and facility problems, re-regulation, caps, state and local resistance, inadequate funding, political pressure, lawsuits, capacity constraints, and well-publicized high-profile meltdowns. He applauds the movement’s accomplishments and tremendous promise, but cautions there is “heavy lifting ahead.”
Resource Type: Research/ Reports (Non Federal) Resource Format: PDF File Target Audience: Authorizers, Founders, Administrators, Teachers, Parents, Policy Makers, Researchers Resource Topic: Starting a Charter School, Legislation & Policy, Accountability, Assessment, Impact of Charter Schools, Effectiveness of Charter Schools, Demographics of Charter School Students
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