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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. The College Park Academy's charter is already approved. I am looking for charters that are being proposed in the county.

There are several ways that you measure the success of a school, charter or public.  Here is what I am looking for in a school:

Active and engaged parents
Responsive administration
Progressive curriculum
Continuing education for teachers
Onsite structured aftercare program
Language program
Healthy lunch options
Community partnerships
Integrated technology in the classroom
Daily physical education with team sports

Test scores are not a good determiner of a school's success; education is so much more than a test score.

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PP here, I absolutely agree that there is more to it than test scores, but I think as a parent how are you to know how the curriculum compares to other schools?  What high schools are these kids going to after 8th grade and are they prepared?  What level classes are they taking at the high school level?  The things you listed make for a good school environment, but you can get that in quite a few private schools in PG and that doesn't necessarily translate into a better education.  If test scores are not great, what other measures do the schools use to ensure the kids are prepared academically when compared to their peers in other schools with better scores.  It would be different if they approximated some of the neighboring schools, but a couple of them have test scores that are ranked in the bottom 20% for the state.  In that case, why choose that school over the neighborhood school.  I am not trying to bash charters at all, but I know these are things I was concerned about when trying to decide whether to apply for DC.  I have similar concerns for the privates that I looked at.  The only thing differing for privates was that I had info regarding what high schools the 8th graders were getting into so that helped in terms of understanding preparedness.  How does it work for charters?

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