Grade Shock: Regular Schools Top Charters
Grade shock: Regular schools top charters
By YOAV GONEN Education Reporter
City charters fell harder.
Traditional public schools bested the city's charter schools on annual report-card grades --scoring 10 points higher on average on a 100-point scale, new data shows.
The city's more than 1,000 public elementary and middle schools averaged a B on their so-called "progress reports," which assign letter grades to schools based largely on how much students improve on state math and reading tests in a given year.
By comparison, the city's 60 charter schools that received letter grades this year
By YOAV GONEN Education Reporter
City charters fell harder.
Traditional public schools bested the city's charter schools on annual report-card grades --scoring 10 points higher on average on a 100-point scale, new data shows.
The city's more than 1,000 public elementary and middle schools averaged a B on their so-called "progress reports," which assign letter grades to schools based largely on how much students improve on state math and reading tests in a given year.
By comparison, the city's 60 charter schools that received letter grades this year