Challenges of Starting and Operating Charter Schools: A Multicase Study

Autor/inn/en	Sullins, Carolyn; Miron, Gary
Institution	Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo. Evaluation Center.
Titel	Challenges of Starting and Operating Charter Schools: A Multicase Study
Quelle	(2005), (252 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Charter Schools; School Law; School Effectiveness; Accountability; Public Schools; Educational Improvement; Educational Methods; Parent Participation; Teaching Conditions; Special Education; Educational Finance; Institutional Evaluation; Ohio (Cleveland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charter school; Charter-Schule; Law concerning schools; Schulrecht; Schuleffizienz; Verantwortung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Educational method; Erziehungsmethode; Elternmitwirkung; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Bildungsfonds
Abstract	In 1998, The Cleveland Foundation developed a strategy to support select Cleveland area charter schools as part of its commitment to local school reform. The Cleveland Foundation provided start-up funding to four charter schools it deemed both promising and viable. In 2000, The Cleveland Foundation contracted with The Evaluation Center to provide technical assistance to these schools and to evaluate the four schools in terms of how they were developed and implemented. The study also examined the impact of these schools on the students they enroll as well as the communities in which they are located. This report focuses on the evaluation components of the project, addressing the following questions: (1) What has been the process of developing and implementing these schools? (2) What factors influenced the effectiveness of their development and implementation? (3) How are the charter schools utilizing the opportunity space they have been provided by the charter school law, and to what extent are they implementing the ideas contained in charter school theory as far as autonomous and site-level governance, professional opportunities for teachers, parental participation, innovative curriculum and instruction, and cohesion around mission? (4) Are charter schools able to promote academic growth in students? (5) Are charter schools accountable to the market? (6) Have the schools fulfilled the expectations of fiscal and regulatory accountability? (7) How do the charter schools affect Cleveland public schools and the district as a whole? (8) How have these charter schools provided an incentive for other public schools to reform? and (9) To what extent are charter schools using evaluation? In addition to addressing these questions, the full technical report also describes the national, state, and local contexts regarding charter schools and draws lessons from these schools that can apply to charter schools and traditional public schools alike. Appended are: (1) Detailed Description of Methods for Collecting and Analyzing Data; (2) Details on the Comparisons Schools in Terms of Location and Demographics; (3) Survey Results Regarding Charter School Missions; (4) List of Each Charter School's Partnerships and Funding Sources; and (5) Supplemental Results Regarding Academic Performance. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	The Evaluation Center, 401-B Ellsworth Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5237. Web site: http://www.evaluation.wmich.edu.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10