The National Study of Charter Management Organization (CMO) Effectiveness. Report on Interim Findings

Autor/inn/en	Lake, Robin; Dusseault, Brianna; Bowen, Melissa; Demeritt, Allison; Hill, Paul
Institution	University of Washington, Center on Reinventing Public Education; Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Titel	The National Study of Charter Management Organization (CMO) Effectiveness. Report on Interim Findings
Quelle	(2010), (90 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Charter Schools; School Organization; Program Effectiveness; School Districts; Minority Group Students; Low Income; School Administration; Longitudinal Studies; Educational Policy; Organizational Effectiveness; School Effectiveness; Educational Finance; Urban Schools; Interviews; Surveys; Case Studies; Economics; Administrative Organization; Nonprofit Organizations; Organizational Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charter school; Charter-Schule; School organisation; Schulorganisation; School district; Schulbezirk; Niedriglohn; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Unternehmenserfolg; Schuleffizienz; Bildungsfonds; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Nonprofit-Organisation; Organisationstheorie
Abstract	The National Study of CMO (charter management organizations) Effectiveness is a national, longitudinal research effort designed to measure how nonprofit charter school management organizations (CMOs) affect student achievement, and to examine the internal structures, practices, and policy contexts that may influence these outcomes. The study began in May 2008 and will conclude in summer 2011. This is an interim report on the work; the final report will be issued in 2011. Outcomes of this interim report will inform the final report's analysis of CMOs' academic effectiveness, which uses a combination of experimental and quasi-experimental data. This interim report reveals that CMOs are still a young and regionally concentrated phenomenon. CMO schools serve a primarily low-income and minority population, similar to that of the big city school districts in which most operate. CMOs differ on the methods they use to create new schools and to support schools once they are up and running. CMOs may differ from traditional school districts in important ways, both in terms of central office and school organization. Most CMO business plans acknowledged early reliance on foundation funding, but projected break-even points when fees from affiliated schools would cover the cost of central offices and services to schools. Interviews with heads of CMOs indicate that many are struggling to find a way to operate at scale on fees obtainable from charter schools. Tough CMOs were created in part to compensate for the fact that charter schools receive less funding than district-operated public schools, some CMO heads suggest the "scaling up" problem cannot be solved without more equitable public funding or access to district-owned facilities. Appendices include: (1) List of All Identified CMOs as of 2007; (2) Construction of the Survey Indices; (3) CEO Survey; and (4) Case Study Protocol. (Contains 35 exhibits and 83 footnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Center on Reinventing Public Education. University of Washington Bothell Box 358200, Seattle, WA 98195. Tel: 206-685-2214; Fax: 206-221-7402; e-mail: crpe@u.washington.edu; Web site: http://www.crpe.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10