Year 1
- To what extent do charter schools differ from traditional
public schools in the following areas:
1.1 Student achievement
1.2 Learning opportunities
1.3 Teaching methods
1.4 Measurement of student learning
and achievement
1.5 Professional opportunities for
teachers
1.6 Parental and community involvement
- To what extent are parents, teachers, staff, and the community
satisfied with charter schools?
- To what extent has each charter school met its stated goals
and objectives?
- To what extent have any changes in traditional public schools
in the host district(s) been a result of the innovations used in charter schools?
- To what extent have charter schools in Illinois met the provisions
of Act 27A of the School Code:
5.1 To improve student learning by
creating schools with high, rigorous standards for student performance.
5.2 To increase learning opportunities
for all pupils, especially for those at risk, without discrimination on the
basis of disability, race, creed, color, gender, national origin, ancestry,
marital status, or special need.
5.3 To encourage the use of innovative
teaching methods.
5.4 To allow the development of innovative
forms of measuring student learning and achievement.
5.5 To increase new professional
opportunities for teachers, including responsibility for the learning program
at the school site.
5.6 To provide parents and pupils
with expanded choices within the public school system.
5.7 To encourage parental and community
involvement with the public schools.
5.8 To hold charter schools accountable
for results.
Year 2
- To what extent do charter schools differ from traditional
public schools in the following areas:
1.1 Student achievement
1.2 Learning opportunities
1.3 Teaching methods
1.4 Measurement of student learning
and achievement
1.5 Professional opportunities for
teachers
1.6 Parental and community involvement
- To what extent have any changes in traditional public schools
in the host district(s) been a result of innovations used in charter schools?
- What is the nature of school governance in Illinois charter
schools? To what extent does the nature of school governance affect
student achievement?
- To what extent are Illinois charter schools viable alternatives
to traditional public schools in terms of school management/governance and
fiscal operations?
- To what extent has the freedom from rules and laws affected
charter schools, either positively or negatively? What rules and laws
are charter schools not following as a part of their operation? From
what rules and laws could traditional public schools be released without adversely
affecting student achievement?
- To what extent have charter schools in Illinois met the provisions
of Act 27A of the School Code? Same as question 5 and items 5.1-5.8
in Year 1 above. (Added to Year 2 by The Evaluation Center)
Year 3
- To what extent do charter schools differ from traditional
public schools in the following areas:
1.1 Student achievement
1.2 Learning opportunities
1.3 Teaching methods
1.4 Measurement of student learning
and achievement
1.5 Professional opportunities for
teachers
1.6 Parental and community involvement
- To what extent have any changes in traditional public schools
in the host district(s) been a result of innovations used in charter schools?
- What conditions must exist for traditional public schools
to embrace and implement any of the innovations successfully used in charter
schools?
- To what extent have charter schools in Illinois met the provisions
of Act 27A of the School Code? Same as question 5 and items 5.1-5.8
in Years 1 and 2 above. (Added to Year 2 by The Evaluation Center)
- To what extent have charter schools had negative impacts on
traditional public schools? (Added by The Evaluation Center)
- To what extent are charter schools using program and personnel
evaluation? (Added by The Evaluation Center)
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