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May 20, 2011

Close bad charters faster

Jay Matthews:

The D.C. Public Charter School Board might soon close the Ideal Academy Public Charter School, more than a year and a half after I told it to.

When I made that suggestion in a December 2009 column, Ideal was a prime example of a charter school overdue for termination. Its high school, after four years, had shown that most of its students would be better off elsewhere.

"Of the 31 sophomores who took the D.C. Comprehensive Assessment System test in math last spring," I said then, "only 25.8 percent scored at the proficient level or above. Only 38.7 percent reached that level in reading. Among secondary schools [in the District], only six regular schools and two charter schools had lower math proficiency rates. Only 11 regular schools and three charters were worse in reading proficiency."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 20, 2011 1:22 AM
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