KidsOhio » Reports by KidsOhio.org’s Partners http://www.kidsohio.org Improving the lives and education of Ohio's children. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:59:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Ohio Education Matters report: The Pursuit of High-Quality High Schools http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/08/31/ohio-education-matters-report-the-pursuit-of-high-quality-high-schools/ http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/08/31/ohio-education-matters-report-the-pursuit-of-high-quality-high-schools/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:38:28 +0000 ann http://www.kidsohio.org/?p=2306 Click here to read a report about Ohio’s highschool dropout rate by Ohio Education Matters: http://www.ohioeducationmatters.org/sites/default/files/Pursuit%20of%20High-Quality%20High%20Schools.pdf.

]]> http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/08/31/ohio-education-matters-report-the-pursuit-of-high-quality-high-schools/feed/ 0 RAND Releases Study of Charter Schools in Eight States Including Ohio http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/03/23/rand-releases-study-of-charter-schools-in-eight-states-including-ohio/ http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/03/23/rand-releases-study-of-charter-schools-in-eight-states-including-ohio/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:26:54 +0000 eric http://www.kidsohio.org/?p=1515 The RAND Corporation-a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization-recently released a report titled: Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition (see below for the full report). The report details the findings of a longitudinal study of charter schools in Chicago, San Diego, Philadelphia, Denver, Milwaukee, and the states of Texas, Florida, and Ohio.

The study was intended to examine the characteristics of students who transfer to charter schools, the effects of charter schools on test-scores and educational attainment for charter school students, and the impact of charter schools on the test scores of students in neighboring traditional public schools.

Researchers examined three years of Ohio data. The most recent year of analysis (2007-2008) included 246 schools-more than for any other location in the study. Out of the research came a number of key findings about Ohio charter schools and their students. In Ohio, the report claims: 

 

  • Students who transfer to charter schools tend to be lower achieving upon entering a charter school than their former peers at traditional public schools. Among the other locations included in the study, only Texas shared this trend.

 

  • The academic performance of charter middle and high schools is not significantly different from that of corresponding traditional public schools.

 

  • When schools with kindergarten as the entry-level grade are included in the comparison, charter schools are substantially lower performing than the corresponding traditional public schools.

 

  • The lower performance of these “K-entry” charter schools may be due to the poor performance of virtual charter schools serving those grades. (RAND recommends that these results be interpreted cautiously.)

 

  • The academic performance of charter schools varies more widely than that of corresponding traditional public schools. This discrepancy was not found in the other locations included in the study. RAND points out that closing the lowest-performing charters would raise the average performance of Ohio charter schools overall.

 

  • The wide variation may be due in part to the diversity of charter school authorizers in Ohio and to the state’s funding system for charter schools.

 

  • As in other states, charter schools have trouble raising achievement among students in their first year of operation. RAND adds that opening a new school is challenging-charter or otherwise-and that charter schools tend to improve over time.

 

For the full-length report, click here. RAND also provides a useful summary of the report here.

]]> http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/03/23/rand-releases-study-of-charter-schools-in-eight-states-including-ohio/feed/ 0 “Schools That Matter: Facts, Findings and Ohio’s Future” by Kati Haycock of the Education Trust http://www.kidsohio.org/2007/05/09/schools-that-matter-facts-findings-and-ohio%e2%80%99s-future-by-kati-haycock-of-the-education-trust/ http://www.kidsohio.org/2007/05/09/schools-that-matter-facts-findings-and-ohio%e2%80%99s-future-by-kati-haycock-of-the-education-trust/#comments Wed, 09 May 2007 21:29:02 +0000 leslie http://www.kidsohio.org/2007/05/09/schools-that-matter-facts-findings-and-ohio%e2%80%99s-future-by-kati-haycock-of-the-education-trust/ A special presentation by Kati Haycock of the Education Trust.Recently cited as one of America’s top three most influential educational leaders, Kati Haycock is consistent in her values, plain speaking and clear in her logic, and detailed and objective in her research. She is THE education advisor respected by national leaders of both political parties, state governments, teachers and school boards. Her sold-out speech at last year’s CMC event led to a research partnership between KidsOhio and her D.C.-based organization, the Education Trust. This year, Kati brings new information to Columbus on the issues of school accountability, innovative school models for urban districts and an overall look at what is working in other urban districts in America.

5/9/2007

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]]> http://www.kidsohio.org/2007/05/09/schools-that-matter-facts-findings-and-ohio%e2%80%99s-future-by-kati-haycock-of-the-education-trust/feed/ 0 Hope for America’s Schools: Lessons for Ohio (Kati Haycock, Education Trust) http://www.kidsohio.org/2006/05/10/hope-for-americas-schools-lessons-for-ohio-kati-haycock-education-trust/ http://www.kidsohio.org/2006/05/10/hope-for-americas-schools-lessons-for-ohio-kati-haycock-education-trust/#comments Wed, 10 May 2006 21:59:37 +0000 leslie http://www.kidsohio.org/2006/05/10/hope-for-americas-schools-lessons-for-ohio-kati-haycock-education-trust/ National education policy expert Kati Haycock, President of Washington, DC-based Education Trust, presented “Hope for America’s Schools: Lessons for Ohio” at the May 10, 2006 Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum.

5/10/2006

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