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Virtual Charter School Accountability: What We Can Do Now

Virtual charter schools educate about 180,000 students in 23 states.2 That is a small sector within the charter movement, where students now number nearly three million, and a drop in the bucket …

Virtual Charter School Accountability: A Primer for Better Informed and More Effective Oversight Now

Academic Oversight | Authorizer Accountability | Virtual Schools | Publication | March 2018

Virtual charter schools educate approximately 180,000 students in 23 states1. They account for about seven percent of total public charter school enrollment across the country, but make up a larger share of …

Beyond the Fringe: Full Report

Beyond the Fringe: Guide to Access Issues

NACSA Report

Beyond the Fringe: Executive Summary

Beyond the Fringe: Report Takeaways

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Beyond the Fringe_HMS Report_Takeaways

Authorizer Practices: What’s Working and What’s Not

This report provides a thematic qualitative analysis of 50 authorizer evaluations NACSA has completed since 2009. It identifies common strengths and weaknesses and provides empirically-based and detailed findings on specific practices authorizers …

Authorizer Toolkit: Annual Reports Made Easy

Annual Reports | Ongoing Oversight and Evaluation | Tool Kit | October 2016

This toolkit provides a practical, step-by-step guide to help authorizers report annually on the academic, financial, and organizational performance for each charter school they oversee. This toolkit is useful for any authorizer, regardless …

The ESSA Transition: An Authorizer’s Planning Guide

Tool Kit | September 2016

Authorizers will need to provide for continued accountability during and after the transition to ESSA in a way that is fair, consistent, and transparent for charter schools and the public. “The ESSA …

Authorizers Are Not Monolithic on School Discipline: How Charter School Authorizers Differ in School Discipline Engagement

NACSA Report | August 2016

In theory, authorizers play an important role in decisions regarding charter schools and student discipline, as they are the bodies responsible for protecting the public interest, while balancing school autonomy and accountability. …