| Introduction of Charters Shown to Increase Achievement in Traditional Public Schools |
6/9/04 6:43 AM |
Author:
Michelle Godard Terrell
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An interesting study from the National Bureau of Economic Research investigated how the introduction of charter schools in my home state of North Carolina affected the performance of traditional public schools on statewide assessments. Researchers found that charter school competition raised the composite test scores in district schools, even though the students leaving district schools for the charters tended to have above average test scores.
The introduction of charter schools in the state caused an approximate one percent increase in the score, which constitutes about one quarter of the average yearly growth. The gain was roughly two to five times greater than the gain from decreasing the student-faculty ratio by 1.
You can read the study at: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w9683
Posted as a reply to:
Positive Outcomes by Otho Tucker 
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