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Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School
Devens, MA
School Type: Public
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School Setting: Suburban
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Level: High
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School Design: Charter
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Content Presented By:
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The Education Alliance at Brown University
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Results
Last year, 39 of 42 seniors at the Francis W. Parker Charter School in Devens, Massachusetts applied and were accepted to U.S. colleges and universities. Acceptances ranged from community college to state schools to Ivy League institutions. Armed with a graduation portfolio and narrative evaluation of their work from juried exhibitions at school, Parker students demonstrated to higher education institutions their complete development personally as well as academically. Because student voices are heard and respected at Parker, attendance averages 93% and students are motivated to help fellow classmates. Also, Parker students’ scores on the 1998 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests were higher on average than the scores from 22 of the 25 districts from which Parker draws its students. As of January 2003, all members of the classes of 2003 and 2004 had met the standard for graduation set by the MCAS tests.
But probably the biggest testament to the success of the school and its personalization of learning is the fact that 86% of students who attended Parker in the eighth grade graduated from the school. According to its annual reports, most students who have left Parker have done so because they wanted to attend school closer to their homes.
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