David Frank

David Frank is the Director of the New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) Charter School Office.  In his role, David oversees the new charter school authorization process as well as the oversight of all 101 Board of Regents-authorized charter schools across New York State. Prior to joining NYSED, David was the Director of Charter Policy and Analytics at the New York City Department of Education and the Director of School Supports at the New York City Charter School Center. In those positions, David provided oversight, regulatory guidance, operational, financial, academic, and professional development support for all New York City charter schools. David has also worked on the development of educational programs for at-risk youth and students with disabilities. He has been involved in learning science, curriculum development, educational policy research, and program evaluation with the aim of improving teaching and learning in our nation’s public-school systems for all students. David has been an invited speaker at Teacher’s College, the Columbia School of Law, the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, and for community and educational groups across New York State
and the country. He is a co-founder of the Western New York Special Education Collaborative and holds a BS and MS in Developmental Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. David is a product of the New York City public school system and grew up in Queens, NY.

AAPF19 Session

Alternative Accountability Options for New York City Transfer Schools
​Measuring outcomes of transfer schools, that primarily serve students who are over-aged and under-credited, using traditional outcome measures paints an incomplete picture of the academic and developmental impact that these schools have on at-risk students. Traditional evaluative measures also pose difficulty for the schools and their authorizers. These schools receive negative ratings for the graduation rates and high school exit exam participation, resulting in them being labeled “failing schools.” To tell the whole story, this session will feature measures and potential ideas for alternative accountability frameworks that accurately describe the progress of a transfer school’s educational program and will discuss and seek feedback regarding national initiatives such as the “A-GAME” (Advancing Great Authorizing & Modeling Excellence) grant, funded through USDOE CSP dissemination funds, that are bringing authorizers from around the country together to develop exemplars for alternative accountability performance frameworks.