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Friday, February 8, 2013

New charter school report: Success or failure set by year three | Get Schooled

New charter school report: Success or failure set by year three | Get Schooled:


New charter school report: Success or failure set by year three

Interesting study on charter school successes and failures:
A new report by Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes found that charter schools, as they age or replicate into networks, are very likely to continue the patterns and performance set by their early years of operation, and that for most charter schools their ultimate success or failure can be predicted by year three of a school’s life.
“This report’s findings challenge the conventional wisdom that a young underperforming school will improve if given time. Our research shows that if you start wobbly, chances are you’ll stay wobbly,” said Dr. Margaret Raymond, CREDO’s director and the study’s lead author. “Similarly, if a school