Chicago charter schools are failing on state tests but not facing turnaround or other sanctions - Substance News
Charter school report shows scores of Chicago charters are 'failing' as measured by Illinois tests
Scores of Chicago public schools are being closed for performing poorly on the state tests and replaced by charter schools.
But what if those charter schools that replaced the ‘failing’ public schools are also performing poorly? Should not they be placed on probation, ridiculed and then closed as well?
That question needs to be asked after the Illinois State Board of Education issued the Illinois Charter School Annual Report in January 2009.
According to the Charter School Performance data, there are 12 Chicago charter schools — almost half of the total charters in Chicago — that did not make the Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) on the state’s ISAT and PSAE tests during the 2007-2008 school year.
Charter school report shows scores of Chicago charters are 'failing' as measured by Illinois tests
Scores of Chicago public schools are being closed for performing poorly on the state tests and replaced by charter schools.
But what if those charter schools that replaced the ‘failing’ public schools are also performing poorly? Should not they be placed on probation, ridiculed and then closed as well?
That question needs to be asked after the Illinois State Board of Education issued the Illinois Charter School Annual Report in January 2009.
According to the Charter School Performance data, there are 12 Chicago charter schools — almost half of the total charters in Chicago — that did not make the Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) on the state’s ISAT and PSAE tests during the 2007-2008 school year.
