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Preface | p. iii |
Figures | p. xi |
Tables | p. xv |
Summary | p. xix |
Acknowledgments | p. xxix |
Acronyms | p. xxxi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Background: Charter Schools Nationally and in California | p. 1 |
What We Know from Prior Research | p. 5 |
Focus of This Research | p. 6 |
Data Sources | p. 8 |
Primary Data | p. 8 |
Secondary Data | p. 10 |
How We Categorized Charter Schools | p. 11 |
Conversion and Start-Up Charter Schools | p. 12 |
Classroom-Based and Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools | p. 13 |
School Size | p. 14 |
Independent and Dependent Charter Schools | p. 15 |
Limitations of the Study | p. 16 |
Data Limitations | p. 16 |
Budgetary and Time Constraints | p. 17 |
How the Report Is Organized | p. 17 |
Students Served by Charter Schools | p. 19 |
Introduction | p. 19 |
Access to Charter Schools | p. 21 |
Student Admissions Processes | p. 22 |
Focus of School Services | p. 24 |
Characteristics of Students in Charter Schools | p. 25 |
School-by-School Analysis | p. 30 |
Summary | p. 36 |
Academic Outcomes | p. 37 |
Introduction | p. 37 |
School-Level Performance | p. 39 |
Statewide Nonlongitudinally Linked Student-Level Data | p. 44 |
Longitudinally Linked Student-Level Data | p. 53 |
Competitive Effect of Charter Schools | p. 57 |
Summary | p. 60 |
School-Level Analysis of API Scores | p. 60 |
Statewide Nonlongitudinal Student Data | p. 60 |
Longitudinally Linked Student Data | p. 61 |
Competitive Effects of Charter Schools | p. 62 |
Authorization, Governance, and Oversight of Charter Schools | p. 63 |
Introduction | p. 63 |
Authorization of Charter Schools | p. 64 |
Description of Chartering Authorities | p. 64 |
Development and Evaluation of Charter Petitions | p. 66 |
The Outcomes of Charter Petitions | p. 68 |
Closed or Revoked Charter Schools | p. 70 |
Denied Charter Petitions | p. 70 |
Governance of Charter Schools | p. 71 |
Dependent and Independent Charter Schools | p. 72 |
Legal Liability in Charter Schools | p. 73 |
Charter School Autonomy | p. 74 |
Oversight of Charter Schools | p. 77 |
Characteristics of Chartering Authority Oversight of Charter Schools | p. 78 |
Chartering Authority Actions Toward Charter Schools | p. 79 |
Services Provided by Chartering Authorities | p. 82 |
Summary | p. 82 |
Authorization | p. 82 |
Governance | p. 83 |
Oversight | p. 84 |
Services | p. 84 |
Charter School Finances and Facilities | p. 85 |
Introduction | p. 85 |
Charter School Funding | p. 85 |
Meeting Legislative Requirements | p. 88 |
Participation in Categorical Aid Programs | p. 91 |
Private Donations to Charter Schools | p. 100 |
Charter School Expenditures | p. 103 |
Facilities | p. 106 |
Other Fiscal Challenges | p. 112 |
Summary | p. 113 |
Academic Environments of Charter and Conventional Public Schools | p. 115 |
Introduction | p. 115 |
Professional Development | p. 117 |
Chartering Authorities' Involvement in Professional Development | p. 117 |
Teacher Participation in Professional Development | p. 118 |
Curriculum and Instruction | p. 122 |
Programs and Scheduling Modifications | p. 122 |
Courses and Academic Program Requirements | p. 125 |
Computers | p. 128 |
Student Testing | p. 129 |
Parent Involvement | p. 133 |
Student Discipline | p. 137 |
Summary | p. 140 |
Staffing in Charter and Conventional Public Schools | p. 143 |
Introduction | p. 143 |
The Characteristics of Teachers | p. 144 |
Teaching Credentials | p. 144 |
Teaching Experience | p. 147 |
The Characteristics of Principals | p. 148 |
Credentials and Qualifications of Principals | p. 149 |
Administrative and Teaching Experience | p. 150 |
Working Conditions and Compensation of Teachers | p. 152 |
Working Conditions and Compensation of Principals | p. 153 |
The Composition of the Instructional Staff | p. 154 |
Principals' Use and Perceptions of Control | p. 154 |
Summary | p. 159 |
Special Education in Charter and Conventional Public Schools | p. 161 |
Introduction | p. 161 |
Identification of Special Education Students | p. 162 |
Special Education Service Delivery | p. 164 |
The Use of Special Education Aides | p. 167 |
Inclusion of Special Education Students in Assessments | p. 168 |
Funding and Provision of Special Education Resources | p. 169 |
Summary | p. 172 |
Conclusions and Implications | p. 175 |
Introduction | p. 175 |
Findings | p. 175 |
Student Achievement | p. 175 |
Accessibility | p. 176 |
Authorization, Governance, and Oversight | p. 177 |
Operation | p. 178 |
Challenges | p. 180 |
Recommendations | p. 181 |
Appendix | |
Research Methods | p. 185 |
Charter and Conventional Public School Comparison Methods | p. 199 |
Academic Outcomes | p. 201 |
Surveys Administered for the Study | p. 219 |
Bibliography | p. 273 |
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