Study Shows Apollo 20 Academic Achievement Gains Match Top Charters
Apollo 20 campuses produced "strikingly similar" academic gains to those seen in charter schools
October 06, 2011
Students in nine historically underperforming Houston Independent School District middle and high schools made extraordinary gains in math during the first year of the Apollo 20 school turnaround program, according to a working research paper presented Thursday.
After implementing five of the best charter school practices during the 2010–2011 school year, the Apollo 20 campuses produced "strikingly similar" academic gains to those seen in charter schools such as the renowned Harlem Children's Zone and KIPP, according to Dr. Roland Fryer's report to the National Bureau of Economic Research. The combined enrollment of the nine Apollo 20 secondary schools is roughly 7,000 students, which is about the same as the combined enrollments of the Houston-based KIPP and YES charter networks.
You can read the full press release here (.pdf), the paper itself here (.pdf), or view Dr. Fryer’s presentation (.pdf).
October 06, 2011
Students in nine historically underperforming Houston Independent School District middle and high schools made extraordinary gains in math during the first year of the Apollo 20 school turnaround program, according to a working research paper presented Thursday.
After implementing five of the best charter school practices during the 2010–2011 school year, the Apollo 20 campuses produced "strikingly similar" academic gains to those seen in charter schools such as the renowned Harlem Children's Zone and KIPP, according to Dr. Roland Fryer's report to the National Bureau of Economic Research. The combined enrollment of the nine Apollo 20 secondary schools is roughly 7,000 students, which is about the same as the combined enrollments of the Houston-based KIPP and YES charter networks.
You can read the full press release here (.pdf), the paper itself here (.pdf), or view Dr. Fryer’s presentation (.pdf).