The PA Charter Performance Center improves the quality of education, especially for at-risk students, by producing unbiased, accurate and timely information that will build momentum for the adoption of sound state-level charter school policy.
Charter schools are educating a growing share of Pennsylvania’s K-12 students. In 2021, 146,000 students attended a Pennsylvania charter school, an astonishing 85% increase in just ten years. Low-income and at-risk students are more likely than other students to enroll in charters. While only 16% of district schools are located in high poverty areas, 58% of brick and mortar charter schools are operating in high poverty census tracts. This raises significant equity issues about who attends charters and how are they doing.
While enrollment is growing, student learning is not keeping pace. The 2022 state education assessments show that 83% of 3rd through 8th grade charter students failed their Math PSSA and 62% failed English Language Arts. Over two-thirds of 11th graders attending charter schools failed the Algebra Keystone Exam and 55% failed Literature. More concerning is the fact that all cyber charter schools are currently performing in the lowest 5% of all schools in the state.
缺乏无偏见的可访问信息，就没有任何责任来提高特许学校的表现或关闭表现不佳的运营商。该中心旨在通过为租船学校和地区学校提供可靠的学校表现信息来弥补这一差距，以促进哈里斯堡的政策对话，并帮助父母为子女做出最佳决定。
该中心的工作是通过艾维伍德基金会的慷慨捐助而得以实现的。
MOST RECENT RESEARCH
- Letter to the PA Senate on Cyber Charter Schools (2024)
- Philadelphia Charter School Students Not Immune to Consequences of State Underfunding
- Quarter Billion Dollar Cyber Surplus (2023)
- The Unfulfilled Charter School Promise (2023)
- PA Disconnect in Cyber Charter Oversight and Funding (2022)
- A New Look at Cyber Charter Fund Balances (2021)
- Surprising Outcomes for Students in Charter Schools in New Orleans (2021)
(scroll down for additional research materials)
相关工具
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宾夕法尼亚州宪章表演中心顾问委员会：
- 全国特许学校授权者协会政策临时副总裁Veronica Brooks-Uy
- 大匹兹堡城市联盟总裁兼首席执行官埃丝特·布什（Esther Bush）
- 哥伦比亚大学师范学院经济与教育副教授Sarah Cohodes
- Sharif El-Mekki，黑人教育者发展中心主任
- 宾夕法尼亚州立大学教育学院的埃里卡·弗兰肯伯格（Erica Frankenberg）
- 宾夕法尼亚州立大学评估与教育政策分析中心主任Ed Fuller
- Mathematica的高级研究员兼中大西洋地区教育实验室主任Brian Gill
- PSD特许学校办公室特许学校和创新负责人Christina Grant
- 马萨诸塞州中小学教育部学校发展经理Alyssa Hopkins
- 特许学校家长TerryAnn Hudson-Mitchell
- 行动研究政策研究总监David Lapp
- 加州特许学校协会政府事务副总裁Colin Miller
- 纽约州立大学特许学院执行董事Susie Miller Carello
- Kathy Schultz, Dean of the School of Education, University of Colorado – Boulder
- 罗杰斯·史密斯（Rogers Smith），克里斯托弗·H·布朗（Christopher H. Browne），宾夕法尼亚大学政治学杰出教授
- 希瑟·威尔克斯（Heather Wilkes），特许学校的家长
特许学校问责制
2014年续期寻求特许学校的绩效审计
PCCY确定了《费城宪章》的10所学校中的入学障碍并进行了更新。
点击这里 下载报告。
PCCY Recommendations to Improve Charter School Accountability
PCCY analysis finds several improvements that School District of Philadelphia can make to improve accountability of city charter schools.
点击这里 下载报告。
PCCY Brief on Charter School Law
点击这里 下载报告。
PCCY Testimony Regarding Charters
Testimony to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission: Charter Renewals – April 18, 2014 点击这里
Testimony to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission: Proposed Philadelphia School District Charter School Authorizing Policy – March 19, 2014 点击这里
Testimony to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission: Proposed Philadelphia School District Charter School Authorizing Policy – March 7, 2014 点击这里
Chart: Charter School Tuition Grows while Reimbursements Disappear
Download this chart to share on social media to show how Philadelphia charter school tuition continues to increase, while state reimbursement has disappeared.
Source: PA Auditor General’s report: Pennsylvania Charter School Accountability and Transparency: Time for a Tune-Up
点击这里 to read the report.
