Revised: 7/2/08 (due to calculation error)

Highlights from the Institute's analyses of the 2007-08 test data:

Overall, SUNY authorized charter schools performed well:

• 35 of 38 or 92% of SUNY authorized charter schools outperformed their local district in the state's 2007-08 standardized exam in mathematics.  

• 29 of 38 or 76% of SUNY authorized charter schools outperformed their local district in the state's 2007-08 standardized exam in English language arts.
  
  
• Individually, 28 SUNY authorized charter schools exceeded the state-wide average of 81% of students at proficiency (levels 3 & 4) in mathematics.
  

• Individually, 15 SUNY authorized charter schools exceeded the state-wide average of 69% of students at proficiency (levels 3 & 4) in English language arts.

When looking at the total percent of students who performed at Levels 3 and 4 (proficient and advanced performance), the following charter schools are standouts:

Top six SUNY authorized charter schools with the largest difference
from their local districts—English Language Arts:

                                  

	% at Levels 3 & 4
Charter School	Charter  School	Local District	% difference
Carl C. Ichan (Bronx):	85.1%	38.5%	Charter School +46.6
Tapestry (Buffalo):	88.5%	42.5%	Charter School +46.0
Excellence CS of Bed Stuyvesant (Brooklyn)	93.4%	53.9 %	Charter School +39.5
Grand Concourse CS (Bronx):	78.0%	43.9%	Charter School +34.1
Bronx CS for Excellence (Bronx):	86.6%	57.8%	Charter School +28.8
Leadership Village Academy (Manhattan):	81.8%	54%	Charter School +27.8

Top six SUNY authorized charter schools with the largest difference
from their local districts—Mathematics:

	% at Levels 3 & 4
Charter School	Charter  School	Local District	% difference
Tapestry (Buffalo):	91.1%	50.0%	Charter School 41.1%
Buffalo United CS (Buffalo)	88.6%	50.0%	Charter School          +38.6
South Buffalo CS (Buffalo):	87.3%	50.0%	Charter School +37.3
Carl C. Icahn (Bronx):	97.6%	61.4%	Charter School +36.2
True North Rochester Prep (Rochester):	93.5%	57.8%	Charter School +35.7
KIPP Tech Valley (Albany):	90.7%	56.5%	Charter School +34.2

SUNY authorized charter schools that outperformed their local
districts in both English language arts and mathematics:

  1.   Amber Charter School (Manhattan)
  2.   Arc Community Charter School (Troy)
  3.   Bronx Charter School for Better Learning (Bronx)

  4.   Bronx Charter School for Excellence (Bronx)
  4.   Bronx Preparatory Charter School (Bronx)
  5.   Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School (Brooklyn)
  6.   Buffalo United Charter School (Buffalo)
  7.   Carl C. Icahn Charter School (Bronx)

  8.   Community Partnership Charter School (Broklyn)

  9.   Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School (Rochester)

10.   Excellence Charter School of Bedford Stuyvesant (Brooklyn)

11.   Family Life Academy Charter School (Bronx)
12.   Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York (Manhattan)
13.  Grand Concourse Academy Charter School (Bronx)
14.   Harbor Science and Arts Charter School (Manhattan)

15.   Harlem Village Academy Charter School (Manhattan)
16.   International Charter School of Schenectady (Schenectady)
17.   King Center Charter School (Buffalo)
18.   KIPP S.T.A.R. Charter School (Manhattan)
19.   KIPP Tech Valley Charter School (Albany)

20.   Leadership Village Academy Charter School (Manhattan)

21.   Merrick Academy-Queens Public Charter School (Queens)
22.   Our World Neighborhood Charter School (Queens)
23.   Roosevelt Children's Academy (Roosevelt)
24.   Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem (Manhattan)
25.   South Buffalo Charter School (Buffalo)
26.   Tapestry Charter School (Buffalo)
27.   True North Rochester Preparatory Charter School (Rochester)
28.   UFT Charter School (Brooklyn)

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• Institute Analysis of 2006-07 New York State Test Data for SUNY Authorized Charter Schools
  
  
• Institute Analyses of 2005-06 New York State Test Data for SUNY Authorized Charter Schools:  English Language Arts and Mathematics