NHEG EDGuide December 2016

Unlike Their Neighbors:

Unlike Their Neighbors: Charter School Student Composition Across States BY NAT MALKUS (Continued from previous page) Differences Among State’s Charter Schools Individually, each report gives a clear and concise description of how the students served by that state’s charter sector differ from the students served by neigh-boring public schools. The differences among states are substantial. In some states, such as Ohio, the char-ter sector as a whole serves far more black and poor students and far fewer white students than the public schools located nearest to charters. The fact that Ohio charters serve a relatively higher proportion of histori-cally disadvantaged students is reflected in their relative proficiency rates, which, although mixed, are predom-inantly lower than neighboring TPSs. In other states, such as North Carolina, the charter sector serves much smaller proportions of black, Hispanic, poor, and LEP students, and far more white students, than the schools located near them. Unsurprisingly, given these differ-ences in student composition, far more North Carolina charters have markedly higher proficiency rates than their neighboring TPSs. Most states fall somewhere in between these extremes, and in most, charters defy a simple description, as more charters than TPSs serve both higher and lower percentages of multiple student types. A few, notably New York, both serve more histor-ically disadvantaged students and have higher relative proficiency rates. Collectively, these reports are more than the sum of their parts, and readers are encouraged to look at all the state profiles because they provide context for individual states. The entire report gives readers a compara-tive view of charter sectors across states, which shows that charter sectors, like charter schools themselves, are quite diverse. In total, they reflect variety in char-ter laws and regulations, diversity in charter authorizers and operators, and differences in the families that are attracted to charter schools across the states. 24

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