Interesting article from the Opinion section of the Christian Science Monitor indicating that charter schools and tying teacher pay to student performance don’t work.
Margaret Raymond of Stanford University released the results of her study of charter schools in 15 states and the District of Columbia. She found that 37 percent of charter schools posted worse standardized test scores than comparable traditional schools, 46 percent did about the same, and only 17 percent were superior….according to the data, regular public school students have almost always out performed charter schools.
Raymond study is the largest study of charter schools so far, it offers hard data to help taxpayers judge the merits of expanding the movement.
Performance pay for teachers has not fared any better…May 2009, the Texas Educator Excellence Grant was quietly retired after getting lackluster results, even though payments to teachers were based overwhelmingly on the test scores of their students.
Click on the following for more details: Obama’s Race to the Top competition won’t fix public schools / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com
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