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.ecs.org/
ECS, a nonprofit, non-partisan, nationwide compact of states and territories, helps governors, state legislators, and state education officials to develop education policy. ECS has written, sponsored, and published several documents on charter schools, such as the "Charter School Issues Brief" and "Emerging Issues in Charter School Financing." To find these and other relevant documents on-line, search the ECS Information Clearinghouse.
Date: 2002
Source: Education Commission of the States
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