A new analysis of performance with at-risk student groups shows Georgia’s state charter schools as a group performing below what is typical on a measure called “beat the odds.”
The annual statistical analysis by the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement compares schools’ ability to teach based on student characteristics that are “outside the school’s control.” Race, ethnicity, disabilities, English fluency, economic “disadvantage” and transience were considered in Thursday’s report for 2017.
Typically, 40 percent of Georgia schools beat the odds, but 26 percent of schools with a charter from the State Charter Schools Commission did, according to a review by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. See how your school performed:
State charter schools that beat the odds:
Atlanta Heights Charter School
Coweta Charter Academy
Dubois Integrity Academy
Fulton Leadership Academy
Ivy Preparatory Academy, Inc
Mountain Education Charter High School
State charter schools that didn’t beat the odds:
Brookhaven Innovation Academy
Cherokee Charter Academy
Cirrus Charter Academy
Foothills Charter High School (Madison Campus)
Georgia Connections Academy
Georgia Cyber Academy
Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics
Graduation Achievement Center Charter High School
International Charter School of Atlanta
Ivy Preparatory Academy At Gwinnett, Inc.
Liberty Tech Charter Academy
Odyssey School
Pataula Charter Academy
Scintilla Charter Academy
Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charter Academy
Statesboro STEAM Academy
Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School
The AJC's Ty Tagami keeps you updated on the latest in Georgia education at myAJC.com, the subscriber website of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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