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A new analysis from the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, "School Performance in Ohio’s Inner Cities: Comparing Charter and District School Results in 2005," was released October 13 and offers an "apples-to-apples" comparison of charter school and district school achievement in four major Ohio cities: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton. The results reveal that while the performance of charter students is not as poor as Ohio's charter opponents assert, most urban public schools in the state are struggling. The analysis uses 2005 School Report Card data from the Ohio Department of Education for comparison and tracks trends in charter performance. It shows that in Cincinnati and Columbus, district schools generally outperformed charters, but in Cleveland performance was split. Dayton district schools and charter schools performed almost equally in all grades, except in 8th grade where charters were ahead.
Source: The Gadfly
Date: 10/13/2005
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