Studies on Charter Schools
Because knowledge is power!
Changing the public's opinion of Ohio's charter schools starts with education. The Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools works hard to keep people informed about what charter school leaders are doing around the state, and to bust the common myths surrounding charter schools.
OAPCS Annual Report
OAPCS Studies
The OAPCS is proud to provide the following studies.
2012
2011
- Value Added Analysis 2010-2011
- Building Charter School Quality in Ohio
- White Paper: Charter Schools and the Case for Increased Funding
- White Paper: Community School and Access to Bonds for Facilities
2010
2009
- E-schools Show Superior Results
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
- An Evaluation of the Economic Benefits of High School Education
- Analysis of Gov. Strickland's Biennial Budget and OEBM and the final ARRP Bill
2008
- Value-Added Analysis 06-07
- Shattering the Myth
- Building Charter School Quality (BCSQ) Phase One
- Understanding Your LRC
- OAPCS Analysis of the Public-Private Collaborative Commission Report
- Value-Added Analysis 07-08
Other Studies of Interest
- Evaluation of Evidence-based Practices in Online Learning
- LSC Greenbook Analysis of the Enacted Budget Department of Education
- Ohio Department of Education's Public-Private Collaborative Commission Report
- The True Cost of School Study
Recommended Reading
Ohio ESEA Waiver Full Application
K-8 Charter Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap, US Dept of Education Innovations in Education
Charter High Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap, US Dept of Education Innovations in Education
Successful Charter Schools, US Dept of Education Innovations in Education
Steadying the Three-Legged Stool, NACSA
Challenges of Starting and Operating Charter Schools
Charter Schooling in the Buckeye State: A Tough Nut to Crack in Ohio, Progressive Policy Institute
Why Do Parents Choose Charter Schools? KidsOhio
Toledo School for the Arts Events Guide 2009-2010
Find at your local bookstore or order online:
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America
A Place Called School, John Goodlad
Sweating the Small Stuff: Inner-City Schools and the New Paternalism, David Whitman, Chester Finn
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America, Jay Matthews
Inside Urban Charter Schools: Promising Practices and Strategies in Five High-Performing Schools, Katherine Merseth
The Seven Outs: Strategic Planning Made Easy for Charter Schools, Brian Carpenter, PhD
Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea, and the School That Beat the Odds, Joanne Jacobs
