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2004 - Non-EPRU Publications/Writing
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Children's Reading Scores Stalled in Major States
Children's reading scores have stalled or declined in the nation's
largest states since Congress passed
the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001, according to new data released by
governors and state school chiefs.
PDFDate:
August 20, 2004
Authors:
F.Howard Nelson, Bella Rosenberg, and Nancy Van Meter
Source:
American Federation of Teachers
This report on charter school achievement by the American Federation of
Teachers finds that public schools performed better than charter schools in general and in several important
categories.
Date:
August 2004
Authors:
Robert Bifulco and Helen F. Ladd
Institutions:
University of Connecticut and Duke University
This report analyzes annual achievement gains in end-of-grade
state reading and math test scores for students in North Carolina who between 1996 and 2000 transferred from
public to charter schools. Here, each student has gain scores while in a public school and while
in a charter school, so students are compared to themselves. The authors conclude that "... students
in North Carolina do less well in charter schools than they would have done in traditional public
schools and ... the effects of attending a charter school are large."
Date:
January 8, 2004
Authors:
Luis A. Huerta and María-Fernanda González
Source:
National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education
Almost 10 percent of all charter school students nationwide are enrolled in
nonclassroom-based schools rather than traditional brick-and-mortar school houses.
HTMLFailing our Children: How "No Child Left Behind" Undermines Quality and Equity in Education
Date:
May 2004
Authors:
Monty Neill, Lisa Guisbond, and Bob Schaeffer
Source:
Fairtest: The National Center for Fair and Open Testing
According to this report, the first two years of implementation of the controversial
"No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) law have damaged education quality and equity because of
the law's incorrect assumptions and arbitrary requirements.
In addition to critiquing NCLB,
the authors outline a fundamentally different approach to assessment and accountability that
would better promote needed school reforms.
Date:
January 2004
Source:
FairTest: National Center for Fair and Open Testing
The increasingly visible flaws of the "No Child Left Behind" law and the growing, bi-partisan
criticisms of its provisions demonstrate that the law will do more harm than good.
WordAmerica's Charter Schools
Date:
December 15, 2004
Source:
U.S. Dept. of Education
The National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP) conducted a pilot study of America's charter schools and their students as part of the
2003 NAEP assessments in reading and mathematics at the fourth-grade level. NAEP also surveyed
participating charter schools about their practices, structure, and governance.
A Second Report Shows Charter School Students Not Performing as Well as Other Students
Date:
December 16, 2004
Author:
Diana Jean Schemo
Source:
The New York Times
A federal Education Department analysis
of test scores from 2003 shows that children in charter schools generally did not perform as well on exams
as those in regular public schools. The analysis, released Wednesday, largely confirms an earlier report
on the same statistics by the American Federation of Teachers.
Date:
November 14-20, 2004
Authors:
Dennis J. Willard and Doug Oplinger
Source:
Akron Beacon Journal
This seven-day series on
home-schooling, differing in focus each day, covered the following topics: registration, academic performance,
socialization, crime and abuse, abductions, political strength, and constitutional issues.
Date:
September 17, 2004
Author:
Sam Dillon
Source:
The New York Times
It has been a month since one of the nation's largest
charter school operators collapsed, leaving 6,000 students with no school to attend this fall and the school
superintendent to clean up the mess.
Date:
September 3, 2004
Author:
Sam Dillon
Source:
The New York Times
School ratings issued under the terms of the
president's No Child Left Behind law have clashed with
school report card systems administered by some states, leaving parents unsure which level of government
to believe or whether to transfer their children, an option offered by the law.
Date:
August 29, 2004
Author:
Diana Jean Schemo
Source:
The New York Times
The Department of Education is sharply cutting
back on the information it collects about charter schools
for a periodic report that provides a detailed national
profile of public, private and charter schools.
Date:
August 17, 2004
Author:
Diana Jean Schemo
Source:
The New York Times
The first national comparison of test scores among children in charter schools and regular public schools shows charter
school students often doing worse than comparable students in regular public schools.
Date:
January 2004
Source:
Palm Beach Post
This webpage is a collection of newspaper articles from the Palm Beach Post which address issues regarding
school voucher initiatives in Florida.