As required by the U.S Department of Education (U.S. DOE), the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has recalculated the academic performance of charter schools for 2011-12, with the data showing a marked decline in the number of schools that met targets for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and an increase in those charter schools that are in warning, improvement or corrective action status.

The recalculations affected 144 bricks-and-mortar charter schools, and 12 cyber charter schools. According to the recalculations released in January:

• In total, 34 fewer charter schools met AYP, dropping from 77 (49%) to 43 (28%).