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 Edison School in San Francisco Posts Strong and Consistent Academic Gains; Teachers and Parents are Overwhelmingly Satisfied Tuesday, September 03, 2002 Edison Schools announced that its charter school in San Francisco, Edison Charter Academy has posted outstanding marks on the Stanford 9 Achievement Test (SAT9), which serves as California's primary assessment of academic accountability. Overall, students at the school gained an average of 7.6 percentile points since spring 2001 and have gained an overall average of 10.2 percentile points since Edison began management of the school in 1998-99. Edison second, third, fourth and fifth graders took the SAT9 exam in the subject areas of reading, math, language, and spelling. From spring 2001 to spring 2002, students made overall average gains across all grade levels of 8.3 percentile points in reading, 6.8 percentile points in math, 8.3 percentile points in language arts and 7 percentile points in spelling, respectively. Across all subject areas, the second graders made an overall gain of 19.3 percentile points, third graders made an overall gain of 4 percentile points, fourth graders an overall gain of .3 percentile points and fifth graders made an overall again of 6.8 percentile points, respectively. Despite the transfer of the school's charter authority from the city to the state and intensive media attention, overall satisfaction at Edison Charter Academy is extremely high. In an independently administered and anonymous survey of parent, teacher and student satisfaction, as measured by Harris Interactive, one of the nation's leading independent pollsters, 93 percent of parents rate Edison Charter Academy an A or B (of which 60 percent of parents rate their child's Edison school an A and 33 percent rate their child's Edison school a B). This is twenty-five points higher than parents at public schools in general, where only 68 percent of parents rate their child's public school an A or B, as measured by the most recent Gallup Poll published by Phi Delta Kappa in September 2001. In addition, 82 percent of Edison Charter Academy teachers rate the school an A or B, and 79 percent of students rate the school an A or B. "Our school's success reflects the gains that can be achieved when a school's community -- the teacher, staff, students and parents -- stays motivated and focused on a common goal: educating kids. Everyone pulled together and worked hard to produce these results," stated Heather Mobley, PTC Co-Chair and parent. "We are thrilled with these results," said John Chubb, Chief Education Officer. "Edison Charter Academy has been through so much over the past few years, and the school's most recent gains, as well as accumulating gains on the SAT9 demonstrate that despite these outside distractions, this school under strong and focused leadership, has managed to create a dynamic culture of achievement. The level of commitment of teachers, staff, parents and students at this school is truly astounding."
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