SBAC Summary 2018-19

Oct 15, 2019 | Blog

Based on end-of-year testing data, Washington’s established charter public schools demonstrated strong academic outcomes for systemically underserved students in the 2018-2019 school year. 

Sector-wide:

  • Low-income students outperformed their traditional public-school state or district peers in at least two out of three subjects at five out of seven currently operating schools that tested in the last assessment; 
  • Low-income students outperformed their traditional public-school peers in all tested subjects in three out of seven currently operating schools that tested. 

Here is a look at how low-income students performed across the charter school sector.

SCHOOLS WITH TESTED SUBJECTS 2018-2019 SYSTUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
Pride Prep Above district in state in 2 out of 3 tested subjects
Spokane International AcademyAbove district and state in 3 out of 3 tested subjects
Rainier PrepAbove district and state in 3 out of 3 tested subjects
Summit OlympusAbove district and state in 2 out of 3 tested subjects
Summit SierraAbove district and state in 1 out of 2 tested subjects with enough students to be significant
Summit AtlasAbove district and state in 2 out of 2 tested subjects
Rainier Valley Leadership AcademyAbove state in 1 out of 2 tested subjects

While the still-young sector also has made impacts on the larger traditional public school system in a variety of ways, including bringing scalable learning models to Washington state—such as the Summit Learning Platform, which is being taken up by a number of rural district, and advocating for increased public funding for systemically underserved students, which has resulted in significantly more public resources for students with disabilities.