California Charter Authorizing Professionals (CCAP) Urges State Board of Education to Recognize
Authorizer Capacity Challenges as it Considers Charter School Assessment Measures
The California Charter Authorizing Professionals (CCAP) sent a letter to the California State Board of Education (SBE) on October 30th to express its concerns and urge flexibility that acknowledges the challenges faced by many of the state’s charter authorizers before the SBE took action to define the type of “verified data” that the state’s charter school authorizers — school districts and county offices of education — must use to evaluate school quality and assess student outcomes.
“We wholeheartedly support the use of evidence-based evaluation measures, but we urge the SBE to consider the specific needs of school districts and county offices of education, especially small districts and offices, in evaluating charter school student achievement,” said David Patterson, president of CCAP’s Board of Directors. CCAP Executive Director Tom Hutton added, “In the best of times, California’s small charter authorizers need flexibility and support to fulfill their important responsibility under widely varying local conditions. At a time when our whole public education system is under incredible strain, this is even more important.”
Of California’s approximately 330 charter authorizers, more than 90 percent are small authorizers — authorizing no more than six charter schools. Small authorizers face unique staffing and funding challenges that are not addressed in the current evaluation criteria before the SBE.
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