We are pleased that the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has announced that its audit of the results of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessments (PSSA) for 2009, 2010 and 2011 at Chester Community Charter School is now officially closed without any disciplinary action taken against the school.
Chester Community Charter has rapidly become known for groundbreaking education innovations. The continued success and high value placement of our students in outstanding high schools is in large measure due to a dedicated, hard-working teaching staff, freed of administrative responsibilities to focus on educating our children.
To ensure the integrity of the testing process, and that any and all suspicions or accusations can be avoided in the future, Chester Community Charter is instituting the following supplemental testing protocols:
- All school employees will be trained by an outside agency familiar with PSSA test administration requirements on the proper administration of the PSSA,
- All test materials will be stored in a locked location, which will be recorded by a 24-hour surveillance camera and monitored by an outside security firm,
- Assessments will be administered in rooms equipped with a security camera,
- CCCS will engage an independent auditing firm to ensure that the school has followed all test administration requirements,
- CCCS will form a PSSA Security Committee, comprised of a CCCS parent, a CCCS teacher, a CCCS principal, the Assistant CEO and the Executive Director of Academic Services, which will be responsible for ensuring that the School follows all testing procedures,
- No CCCS test administrators will be permitted to administer a statewide assessment to their own students,
- No CCCS test administrator will be permitted to supervise any students taking a test without other students, teachers or administrators present, and
- Testing rooms will be made available to representatives of the PDE so that the department may also monitor the administration of future PSSA’s at CCCS.
CCCS is pleased that this matter is now behind us and our teachers and staff can focus on improving an already-stellar track record of success in providing a valuable education for the children of Chester.
For additional information please contact A. Bruce Crawley (215) 751-0140 or abcrawley@m3mpr.com.Statement of Dave Clark, CEO, Chester Community Charter School
Upon the Completion of the PSSA Audit by the Pennsylvania Department of Education
We are pleased that the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has announced that its audit of the results of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessments (PSSA) for 2009, 2010 and 2011 at Chester Community Charter School is now officially closed without any disciplinary action taken against the school.
Chester Community Charter has rapidly become known for groundbreaking education innovations. The continued success and high value placement of our students in outstanding high schools is in large measure due to a dedicated, hard-working teaching staff, freed of administrative responsibilities to focus on educating our children.
To ensure the integrity of the testing process, and that any and all suspicions or accusations can be avoided in the future, Chester Community Charter is instituting the following supplemental testing protocols:
All school employees will be trained by an outside agency familiar with PSSA test administration requirements on the proper administration of the PSSA,
All test materials will be stored in a locked location, which will be recorded by a 24-hour surveillance camera and monitored by an outside security firm,
Assessments will be administered in rooms equipped with a security camera,
CCCS will engage an independent auditing firm to ensure that the school has followed all test administration requirements,
CCCS will form a PSSA Security Committee, comprised of a CCCS parent, a CCCS teacher, a CCCS principal, the Assistant CEO and the Executive Director of Academic Services, which will be responsible for ensuring that the School follows all testing procedures,
No CCCS test administrators will be permitted to administer a statewide assessment to their own students,
No CCCS test administrator will be permitted to supervise any students taking a test without other students, teachers or administrators present, and
Testing rooms will be made available to representatives of the PDE so that the department may also monitor the administration of future PSSA’s at CCCS.
CCCS is pleased that this matter is now behind us and our teachers and staff can focus on improving an already-stellar track record of success in providing a valuable education for the children of Chester.
Statement of Dave Clark, CEO, Chester Community Charter School
For additional information please contact A. Bruce Crawley (215) 751-0140 or abcrawley@m3mpr.com.
they cheated
ReplyDeleteWhat would the outcome have been if the biggest single donor to the
ReplyDeleteGovernor of this Commonwealth hadn't been the owner of this Charter
School? Now that they are under the microscope, let's see where the
test scores are going to fall. The proof is in the pudding.
Whitewash. The school remained on the list of schools being investigated for a reason, "widespread" inconsistencies. They are trying to take over the CUSD and cannot afford to have bad news. Corbett squashed the investigation for his own and Gureghian's sake. Time will tell. I hear that school is out of control, but you wouldn' know it because the staff apparently is forced to sign a SLAPP-type document to keep scrutiny out.
ReplyDeleteThey dump their difficult children into the public system, thereby ensuring a two-tiered system that they can work with, though you can be sure the real teachers are the ones who are in the public system.