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://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?contentid=251238&knlgAreaID=110&subsecid=134
This report proposes ways of transforming public school oversight so that everything depends on performance. The document has three parts: why the existing structure of oversight does not promote school performance; what performance-focused oversight of schools would entail; and how the missions and activities of school boards and district central offices must change.
Date: 2003
Source: Progressive Policy Institute
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