New York State Charter School Performance

Performance on the New York State standardized exams, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics, is an important indicator of overall school success, contributing significantly to a school’s ability to meet the goals set forth in its acccountability plan.


Updated: 7/2/08

Institute analysis of SUNY-authorized charter school performance on the 2007-08 New York State Exams in English Language Arts and Mathematics, includes comparison to each school's local district from 2005-06 to 2007-08.


   
   
   

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)


 
 

         

         State-wide Test Results

 

         State-wide Performance Reports:

  • The Charter Schools Act requires the New York State Education Department to annually report to the Governor and NYS Legislature on the status of charter schools in the state. Those reports follow for your information:

Annual Report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and The Speaker of the Assembly on the Status of Charter Schools in New York State

-    2004-2005 School Year

-    2003-2004 School Year

-    2002-2003 School Year

-    2001-2002 School Year

-    2000-2001 School Year

Report to the Governor, The Temporary President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the Assembly on The Educational Effectiveness of the Charter School Approach in New York State

-    December 2003