Where Is The NJ Charter Report?
Matt DiCarlo asked a question on the Twitter machine a couple of days ago:
Matt has an excellent post from back in March that recaps the early skirmishes. Everyone knows both ACTING Ed Commissioner Chris Cerf and Governor Christie are big backers of charter school expansion. So it was no surprise when the NJDOE released a report that purported to show the superior performance of charter schools compared to their home districts. Cerf and Christie both crowed long and hard about the results.
Problem is, the report did not take student characteristics into account. "Cream skimming" - taking the easiest
In March, C. Cerf promised an "independent analysis" of NJ charters "as soon as humanly possible." Any progress? http://bit.ly/eEo1KOAh, yes - the old charter data war. Let's revisit the battlefield:
Matt has an excellent post from back in March that recaps the early skirmishes. Everyone knows both ACTING Ed Commissioner Chris Cerf and Governor Christie are big backers of charter school expansion. So it was no surprise when the NJDOE released a report that purported to show the superior performance of charter schools compared to their home districts. Cerf and Christie both crowed long and hard about the results.
Problem is, the report did not take student characteristics into account. "Cream skimming" - taking the easiest
