Twelve studies find that overall gains in charter schools are larger than other public schools; four find charter schools’ gains higher in certain significant categories of schools; six find comparable gains; and, four find that charter schools’ overall gains lagged behind traditional schools.
Source: Charter School Achievement: What We Know, July 2005 Update
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http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v9n37.html
Katrina Bulkley, Assistant Professor of Educational Policy at the Rutgers University Graduate School of Education, suggests that contract-based accountability for performance in charter schools may not be working since so few charters have been revoked for failing to achieve academic improvement goals. Bulkley cites several reasons that authorizers may allow a poorly performing charter school to continue to operate despite violations in the charter contract: fervent support of charter school stakeholders; concerns about hurting the overall charter school reform movement; and difficulties in determining educational performance and quality.
Date: 2001
Source: Education Policy Analysis Archives
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