Stanford University: Concept Schools is a Gap-Busting CMO

Stanford University: Concept Schools is a Gap-Busting CMO

charter students outperform traditional public school students

Stanford University's Center for Research on Educational Outcomes (CREDO) released its first comprehensive study on charter schools in 2009. The initial National Charter School Study (NCSS) was an objective report on how charter schools struggled to demonstrate national success. Its second report in 2013 indicated that pockets of charter schools exceeded academic expectations. The third installment was released in June 2023, and the results proved very positive for charter schools.

NCSS3 examined the academic progress of students enrolled in charter schools (like all Concept network schools) compared with the progress of students enrolled in traditional public schools (TPS). Positive results are not only present in the aggregate but also across student race/ethnicity groups and special populations:

Black and Hispanic students in charter schools advance more than their TPS peers by large margins in math and reading.
Charter school students in poverty had stronger growth.
English-language learner students attending charter schools had stronger growth.

CREDO reported that charter schools associated with charter management organizations like Concept Schools outperform independently run charter schools.

More than 1,000 charter schools have eliminated learning disparities for their students and moved their achievement ahead of their state's average performance. CREDO refers to these schools as "gap-busting" charter schools. They provide strong empirical proof that high-quality education is possible anywhere.

More critically, dozens of CMOs, including Concept Schools, have created these results across their portfolios, demonstrating the ability to scale equitable education that can change lives.

CREDO recognized Concept as a gap-busting CMO.

https://ncss3.stanford.edu/ Source: Stanford University CREDO

Stanford CREDO NCSS3 Report on Charter Schools

Charter public schools outperform traditional public schools.

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for over 15 years the center for research on education outcomes at Stanford University or Credo has studied how well Charter Schools educate their students this current study is the third multi-state study of Charter School Effectiveness as school and District leaders policymakers teachers families and philanthropist build and Implement plans to address pandemic declines in student learning they need analysis of school and system of Chief meant to guide and support their efforts this study covers the education experience of over two million students in charter schools in 31 G across the country and over two million students enrolled in traditional public schools which we call T PS making this one of the largest data sets of student-level observation created to date concerns about occasional inequity and the removal of historical barriers for all students are at the core of our research agenda Guido's work has led to four key lessons first in both reading and math Charter Schools provide their students with Concord learning when compared to the traditional public schools in Reading charter school students on average were found to advance their learning by an additional 16 days in a year for math an average an additional six days the current results are larger and what we've reported in the Second National study which were interned larger than the first national study findings from the three studies when looked at together reveal a solid positive trend in charter school student learning the last 15 school years notably the upward Trend was due to existing Charter Schools improving over time not an influx of higher-performing new schools will some Charter Schools provide less student learning their local district schools a larger proportion deliver Better Learning outcomes charter schools are not all the same and there is a broad range of charter schools operating in the u.s. today when looking at Charter Schools grouped into management organizations at networks and schools that stand alone and operate independently we found low-performing charter schools in each group Hazard analysis shows a disturbing number of charter schools and networks with low levels of persist across our studies at the high end of the performance range good news exist in that a growing share of charter schools are outpacing learning in their local TPS both subject and for both c m o n t schools larger shares of charter schools are better than and a smaller share is weaker then compared to earlier work one very encouraging finding was the high number of schools the chief educational equity for their students we call them Gap busting schools and there is strong evidence that these Gap busting schools can be scaled schools that ensure equivalent yearly growth across student groups not only reduce the achievement Gap they deliver hundreds of independent proof that learning gaps between student groups are not inevitable these reductions in achievement Gap are not only possible but they are happening regularly Across the Nation third world a larger scale of Charter management organizations does not 70 high performance on balance it helps when taken as a whole school's managed by Charter management organizations and Charter networks bring greater learning benefit to students compared to Standalone charter schools the differences both groups of charter schools have had larger Student Success than traditional public schools with respect to reading we note however that Math Games is Standalone Charter Schools were prevalent to TPS learning charter schools in networks improve over time as to the systems that oversee them the charter school Community is strong the majority of charter schools provide better here to your outcomes for students compared to their traditional Public School. the majority of charter schools show more academic gains than other public school options in their communities they produce Superior student games despite enrolling a more challenging student population and they were Jason TPS they move Black and Hispanic students and students in poverty ahead and their learning faster than if they enrolled in their local TBS the policy framework that governs Charter Schools Across the Nation delivers incentives that shape the overall Improvement study reveals the same approach could be used more broadly to expand better educational opportunities to more students the importance of strong academic achievement among America's students has never been greater the children of our nation and I'm strong education to lunch them successfully into the world there is much that the study can contribute to improving education for all our students

Published July 24, 2023 Print