Charter revocation rules not yet final
Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
The State Board of Education moved closer to adoption but has not yet passed new rules for revoking poorly performing charter schools. At their meeting last week, members appeared to agree with using API scores to determine which charters should be annually reviewed for possible revocation. However, they also want alternatives to the proposal to consider revoking charters of schools in the lowest 10 percent of API scores or those whose scores ranked in the lowest 20 percent of schools with similar student populations. (more...)