Freedom notes USA: South Carolina goes farther with charters

Palmetto Promise’s Director of Education Policy, Ryan Dellinger, was quoted in this piece by our State Policy Network colleagues at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

South Carolina charter schools overperform

A new study of state education records indicates that South Carolina charter schools are substantially outperforming traditional schools in preparing students for college and careers. “Among graduates, 32.47% of public charter school district students were considered college ready, compared to 30.48% of students in traditional districts,” writes Ryan Dellinger, director of education policy at Palmetto Promise. “Likewise, 29.63% of charter students were both college and career ready, edging out the 28.6% of traditional public school students who met that mark. Charter students also posted stronger results on specific readiness indicators—17.17% met the college-ready threshold on the SAT, compared to 15.76% in traditional districts, and 26.8% reached the college-ready standard for dual enrollment courses, far ahead of the 18.61% of traditional public school students who did the same.”

Read Ryan’s full report here.