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Charter schools:
Test scores are the only things that matter



Profit – the only thing corporate charter schools care about

Corporate charters kick out students who they see as trouble or not fitting their business model.

Fewer ELL students, FEWER students with disabilities Statewide compared to community public schools

All corporate charters care about is students who will do well on tests and they kick out students who won’t

“Usually around March, we start to see an influx of kids from charter schools, because state testing is coming up, and so they’re sending them back to us,” Mark Laurrie, Superintendent of the Niagara Falls City School District said. “It’s my opinion that it is because they're trying to shape their test scores around sorting and selecting kids. I find that ability to dismiss kids without any sort of formal review or due process disgraceful.”