Innovation Schools Raise Learning Outcomes for Students

December 17, 2009 by Anonymous

A study done by Washington Policy Center out of Washington State. This is a PDF file (see link at the bottom of Key Findings) of the study the state did on Innovation Schools. This is a very interesting conglomeration of school choice and Charter-type schools.

Key Findings

1. Under Colorado’s Innovation Schools Act, school leaders
are allowed to obtain waivers from the heaviest state regulations and the most restrictive collective bargaining agreements to offer new, creative teaching models for delivering high-quality education to schoolchildren.

2. A principal in an Innovation School is allowed to hire
teachers on one-year contracts and pay them bonuses for raising student achievement.

3. The Innovation School status of a school can be revoked
if, after three years, the academic performance of its
students does not improve.

4. An Innovation School policy would significantly increase
Washington’s chances of winning up to $250 million in
the Obama Administration’s Race to the Top competition.

http://www.washingtonpolicy.org/Centers/education/policynote/InnovationS...