by Robert Davis, The Center Square | February 22, 2021 02:00 PM Print this article
A report by an education policy nonprofit ranks Colorado second in the nation for its charter school laws.
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) released the report Thursday. It compares state charter school laws against the organization’s “model law,” which is based on 21 criteria like accountability, authorization, flexibility, performance-based contracts, and funding equity.
Colorado scored 181 out of a total of 240 points because the state has no cap on charter school growth, allows a variety of charter schools, and provides a clear process to renew charters.
These three criteria also contributed to the year-over-year growth in states like New York, South Carolina, and North Carolina, according to the report. Pennsylvania was the only state that grew out of the bottom 10 states, specifically because of the growth in full-time virtu
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released its annual ranking of state charter school laws,
. This report analyzes how well each state s charter school law compares to our model law. States are ranked by their composite score, which is based on 21 critical benchmarks like accountability, authorization, flexibility, performance-based contracts, and funding equity.
While there was relatively little movement in the order of state rankings this year, the team at the National Alliance noticed an interesting trend related to the pandemic. Over the past year, the nation saw a sharp increase in charter school enrollment marked by heightened p