In what other ways are charter schools held accountable for student performance?
In addition to assessing students based on state standardized assessment scores, charter schools must develop a school improvement plan (which may be their charter) and are assessed for improvement each year. Charter schools, as public schools, are placed in school improvement and performance categories based on assessment results. Besides state accountability requirements, charter schools are held to high standards of accountability by their sponsors. Sponsors collect annual performance data from charter schools, and a school may have its charter revoked if the sponsor finds that the charter school is not meeting the goals set out in the charter.
