Building Charter School Quality
A project funded by the United States Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement

Publications & Tools

Building Charter School Quality's partner organizations worked together to create a variety of important Publications and Tools designed to help align expectations and create clarity among charter school operators, charter support organizations, authorizers and policymakers around how a quality charter school performs and how different stakeholders can work together to hold these schools accountable for both academic and operational quality.

Click on an audience button below to access BCSQ Publications and Tools for Charter Schools, Charter Support Organizations, Authorizers and Policymakers.

For Charter Schools
Information for charter school operators on establishing goals and measures that are indicative of quality education.
For Charter Support Organizations
Tools for associations, resource centers and support organizations working to achieve quality educational institutions.
For Charter Authorizers
Assisting authorizers in improving practices around charter approval, oversight, renewal, and closure.
For Policymakers
Designed to assist in implementing policies that pave the way for high quality charters to flourish.
"“As the state implementation partner for Building Charter School Quality, we continue to use this work as our blueprint to elevate the quality and performance of New Mexico’s charter sector. Our 2011 Legislative Agenda incorporates many items that will help improve our state’s charter school law and increase the quality and accountability for all entities involved in our movement.”"

Michael Vigil, Chief Executive Officer
The New Mexico Coalition for Charter Schools

Building Charter School Quality Partner Organizations

Learn more about these organizations by visiting their websites at the links below.

Colorado League of Charter Schools National Association of Charter School Authorizers National Alliance for Public Charter Schools CREDO at Stanford University Building Charter School Quality