Cindy Couture’s Feb. 24 letter criticized Arizona’s public charter schools. She omitted the fact that those schools spend less than district schools per pupil, yet have more positive outcomes.
Specifically: Per pupil taxpayer support for students in district public schools is 14 percent higher than in public charter schools ($10,680 vs. $9,407).
Scores on state academic achievement tests released in 2019 (last year for which data are available) showed charter students outperformed by nine percentage points the state average on English/language and six percentage points on the mathematics test.
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George Mitchell
Cindy Couture’s Feb. 24 letter criticized Arizona’s public charter schools. She omitted the fact that those schools spend less than district schools per pupil, yet have more positive outcomes.
Specifically: Per pupil taxpayer support for students in district public schools is 14 percent higher than in public charter schools ($10,680 vs. $9,407).
Scores on state academic achievement tests released in 2019 (last year for which data are available) showed charter students outperformed by nine percentage points the state average on English/language and six percentage points on the mathematics test.
While some claim that charter schools “cream” students from district schools, a 2015 analysis showed that students transferring from district schools to charter schools performed below the statewide average on Arizona academic achievement tests.
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