Long school days or years, comprehensive behavioral policies with rewards and sanctions, and an achievement-focused mission are most strongly associated with charter school success¶

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q2 i? The policies most consistently found to be associated with positive charter school impacts are long school days or years, comprehensive behavioral policies with rewards and sanctions, and a mission prioritizing boosting student achievement. → Philip M. Gleason 2016

Evidence¶

Philip M. Gleason 2016¶

Philip M. Gleason. (2016). What's the Secret Ingredient? Searching for Policies and Practices that Make Charter Schools Successful. Working Paper 47. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/whats-the-secret-ingredient-searching-for-policies-and-practices-that-make-charter-schools doi:10.1080/15582159.2017.1395620

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The paper's synthesis identifies the policies "most consistently found to be associated with positive charter school impacts," listing extended time, behavioral policies with rewards and sanctions, and an achievement-focused mission. Associations, not causal estimates, are reported.

"The policies most consistently found to be associated with positive charter school impacts include long school days or years, comprehensive behavioral policies with rewards and sanctions, and a mission that prioritizes boosting student achievement."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• A mission that prioritizes boosting student achievement is associated with positive charter-school impacts — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Comprehensive behavioral policies with rewards and sanctions are associated with positive charter-school impacts — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Long school days or years are among the policies most consistently associated with positive charter-school impacts — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Shared and well-communicated mission, vision, and goals are critical to district and CMO performance — related
• CMOs with the greatest positive impact on student achievement were most likely to establish consistent schoolwide behavior expectations for students — related
• The evaluation examined charter school effects by years of operation, grades served, mission, and demographics, plus student composition and turnover — related
• Policy decisions such as shortening or extending the school year depend on accurate within-year learning estimates — related