The National Study of Online Charter Schools provides the first nationwide data and analysis of online charter schools' operations and instructional approaches, based on a survey of 127 principals¶

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q2 i? The study supplies the first nationwide data and analysis of the operations and instructional approaches of online charter schools, drawing on a survey completed by 127 principals of online charter schools across the country. → Mathematica Policy Research 2015

Evidence¶

Mathematica Policy Research 2015¶

Mathematica Policy Research. (2015). Online Charter Schools' Operational and Instructional Practices: Highlights of Findings (In Focus Brief). Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/online-charter-schools-operational-and-instructional-practices-highlights-of-findings

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The brief describes its own evidence base: a nationwide survey "completed by 127 principals of online charter schools across the country." The claim of being the first nationwide data and analysis is the authors' framing; no effect sizes are reported on this page.

"Mathematica Policy Research’s report provides the first nationwide data and analysis of the operations and instructional approaches of online charter schools, based on data collected in a survey completed by 127 principals of online charter schools across the country."

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Related Claims¶

• Few studies of online instruction's operations and effects existed before the National Study of Online Charter Schools — a broader claim this one bears on
• Student-driven, independent study is the dominant mode of learning in online charter schools, with 33 percent offering only self-paced instruction — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Maintaining student engagement is the greatest challenge reported by online charter school principals, identified nearly three times as often as any other challenge — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• About 200 online charter schools operate in the United States, serving about 200,000 students across elementary, middle, and high school grades — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Online charter schools place significant expectations on parents, with 43, 56, and 78 percent at high school, middle, and elementary levels expecting active parental participation in instruction — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Online charter school students receive less live teacher contact time in a week than conventional-school students receive in a day — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• The charter-school sector has grown to nearly 7,000 schools serving nearly 3 million students since 1992 — related