Abstract: This report summarizes findings across a three-year evaluation of the Delaware charter school program. It examines the state's charter schools and the students they serve, teachers and staff that work in charter schools, the relative revenues and expenditures for charter schools, charters' performance and impact, and state challenges of overseeing a charter program. Charter school student performance was mixed with 10th grade charter school students achieving significantly higher reading scale scores than their matched noncharter peers, while 5th grade charter students were not performing at levels comparable to their noncharter peers. In other grades and subjects, district and charter students performed at similar levels. The researchers conclude that, on the whole, the Delaware's charter program has been successful. Charter schools in the state have grown slowly, but steadily, with 17 charter schools in operation in Spring 2007.
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