| The Five Habits of Highly Successful Charter Schools |
| posted by: Cindy Omlin | August 23, 2012, 12:30 AM |
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The results showed that policies like lowering class size, raising per-pupil spending, and hiring teachers based on advanced degrees did not correlate with higher levels of effectiveness. On the contrary, implementing such policies were found to actually lower student performance in many charter schools. Instead, report authors found five qualities that make up about 50% of a charter school's overall effectiveness. Included in their findings are:
For example, a high-achieving charter middle-school teacher gets feedback 13.42 times per semester, versus 6.35 times at other charter schools. Additionally, high achieving middle-schools test their students 4 times per semester, compared to 2.4 at other schools. Authors suggest that teachers need meaningful feedback and students must receive frequent assessments to produce results. Originally posted by Alix at AAE.
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