EdSource Research Studies
June 2007
EdSource's fourth annual analysis of the state's charter schools, yields findings that are similar to last year’s report.
This third annual analysis of charter school performance in California compares how well charter schools did versus noncharters on 2006 academic achievement tests. It also looks at how the academic performance of different kinds of charter schools varied.
This study describes what can schools do with their time, energies, and resources to make a difference in the academic achievement of English learner students.
This study examines financial management in California school districts, including how districts vary in the qualifications and stability of the responsible personnel, the nature of their governance and leadership, and their management practices. It also looks at the relationship between those aspects of district operations and a measure of district fiscal health. In addition, it examines the extent to which conditions outside a district’s control relate to fiscal health.
Based on a large-scale survey of principals and teachers in 257 California elementary schools serving many low-income students, this study identified four interrelated practices associated with higher API scores and suggested implications for district and principal leadership. Further analysis (April 2006) examined whether a school's API performance related to use of particular curriculum program. In addition, study findings shed light on the relationship between district practices and school performance as well as on the pivotal, and changing, role of the principal. Interviews with a subset of superintendents in participating districts helped illuminate specific approaches schools and districts have used to improve achievement.
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