Charter study was not designed to compare charters with regular district schools.
When Alaska’s charter schools topped the nation in an analysis of student test scores, even the Harvard researchers who authored the study were stunned.
“New York, New Jersey, Florida are all states that are well known to be high-performing states — but Alaska outranks them all,” he said.The news also surprised Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who has subsequently said he would like to prioritize charter schools and replicate their success.has drawn scrutiny from lawmakers as they attempt to distill which lessons they may draw from charters and if the conditions that led to success are replicable in the state’s regular public schools.
There are some other potential barriers to access for all students to charter schools. Charter schools receive state funding, but operate independently of the established school system. As such, they are not bound by all the same rules and do not have to provide all of the same services as regular public schools, like transportation and free and reduced lunch, for example — although some do.
In a House Education Committee meeting, Rep. Jamie Allard, R-Eagle River, asked Peterson if he could distill what Alaska’s charters are doing right. He said he could only speculate. Rep. Rebecca Himschoot, I-Sitka, asked what the state would need to find that information.
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