Charter schools don't meet standards, says DOE study.A U.S. Department of Education (DOE) study shows charter schools lagging Lagging Strategy used by a firm to stall payments, normally in response to exchange rate projections. behind public schools in meeting state performance standards. "In five case-study states, charter schools are less likely to meet state performance standards than traditional public schools," the report states. The states--Texas, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts and North Carolina--have invested heavily in charter schools, The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times reported Nov. 23. The Times obtained the education department's report only after filing a freedom-of-information request in October. Apparently the report was delivered to education department officials in June. The DOE research revealed that in Texas, 98 percent of public schools met state education standards as opposed to 66 percent of charter schools. The Dallas Morning News reviewed state education data in October that showed charter schools were "performing well behind other public schools." The newspaper's study apparently did not deter Gov. Rick Perry James Richard Perry (b. March 4, 1950) is a Republican politician and the Governor of Texas. He assumed office in December 2000 when then-Governor George W. Bush resigned to prepare for his inauguration as President of the United States. Gov. from announcing in November that Texas needs more charter schools. Perry disclosed information from a report prepared by the Governor's Business Council, which called for a private-school voucher A receipt or release which provides evidence of payment or other discharge of a debt, often for purposes of reimbursement, or attests to the accuracy of the accounts. program and for the state's education commissioner to have the option of converting "low-performing" public schools into charter schools. Home school advocates and education department officials tried to downplay down·play tr.v. down·played, down·play·ing, down·plays To minimize the significance of; play down: downplayed the bad news. Verb 1. the report's significance. Deputy Education Secretary Eugene W. Hickok Dr. Eugene W. Hickok (Born in 1951 Denver and raised mostly in Richmond, Va.) is a leading advocate for public education reform and an expert in constitutional law. President George W. told the Times that the federal study is merely "a snapshot, and it is impossible to know whether charter students are catching up or falling behind." |
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