Charter Schools: What’s the Evidence and How Should It Be Used?
News Advisory:
Charter Schools: What’s the Evidence and How Should It Be Used?
WHAT:
A policy forum on scientific evidence and charter school reform presented by the:
Center for Education at the National Academies
National Education Knowledge Industry Association (NEKIA)
Progressive Policy Institute (PPI)
WHEN:
Thursday, July 28, 2005 from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
WHERE:
The National Academies. 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
Panelists: Josephine Baker (DC Public Charter School Board), James Kohlmoos (NEKIA), Robin Lake (University of Washington), Peter McWalters (Rhode Island Department of Education), Gary Miron (Western Michigan University), Martin Orland (Center for Education), Andrew Rotherham (PPI), Eugene Sanders (Toledo Public Schools, OH), Joe Williams (New York Daily News), Kenneth Wong (Vanderbilt University) and others.
With the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act and the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, scientific evidence has started to play a major role in the development of education policy and practices, including charter schools. Building on the success of their previous co-hosted forums on evidence-based education, the National Education Knowledge Industry Association, the Progressive Policy Institute, and the Center for Education at the National Academies will focus this forum on critical questions relating to charter schools including:
– What is meant by "effectiveness" for charter schools and how should this concept of effectiveness be evaluated?
– What should be the focus of research on charter schools? Impact on student achievement? Affect on governance and choice? Stimulus for reform?
– How useful and relevant is the current body of evidence in shaping charter school policies and practices?
– What are the implications of the evidence on charter schools for the future? What kind of evidence/research is needed to inform future policy and practice?
News media are invited to attend.
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