Abstract: This first annual report on the nation's charter schools, created by the new National Charter School Research Project, finds that the nation's charter schools serve a larger percentage of minority and low-income students than do traditional public schools. Charters remain a predominantly urban phenomenon, the researchers determined, with charter schools three times as likely as regular public schools to be in located in a big city. Researchers found an expanding movement, but one where growth is concentrated in only seven states, with much of the nation maintaining strict limits on charter schools. The document offers a series of essays exploring charter school student achievement, bringing charters to scale, charter school closures, charter schools and NCLB, apples-to-apples comparisons, and an examination of the challenges facing a maturing reform movement.
Resource Type: Research/ Reports (Non Federal) Resource Format: PDF File Target Audience: Authorizers, Founders, Administrators, Teachers, Policy Makers, Researchers Resource Topic: Legislation & Policy, Accountability, Achieving Standards, Assessment, Impact of Charter Schools, Demographics of Charter School Students, Monitoring & Oversight
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