It seems like the South Carolina Public Charter School District is making changes that the AYP measurement system of No Child Left Behind could not touch upon, well at least it is supposed to. In the thirteen schools of the SCPCSD if one of the schools does not make adequate progress then it is recommended for closure, according to Wayne Brazell, superintendent of the South Carolina Public Charter School District. In his article, he says that the AYP is "sluggish and not proactive" and when the schools are not performing well the AYP just gives intervention money to stave off the inherent problems.
So far, it seems like this school system is producing the results that it claims to. According to the data for the 2009 ELA HSAP(the exit exam required for South Carolina public schools) only 11.4% of the students were considered below basic, and in 2010 the same test produced 14% of students below basic, but that could very well be due to the 300% increase in students.
The only possible problem is that 6 of the schools are online. Most students are kinesthetic learners, so looking at a computer screen should not produce good results. However, in Provost Academy there have been Merit Scholar Semifinalists, and in South Carolina Connections the scores for the ELA HSAP have gone down, even with more than twice the amount of students.
The South Carolina Public Charter School District, seems to be doing its job, but it will have to be monitored closely to make sure it is progressing to be better than the regular public schools. If it keeps increasing its good results, then there might be a solution to the South Carolina education system.
Here is the map of the school district.
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