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://blueweb.qblue.com/publicimpact/high-stakes/startingfresh.pdf
This report investigates the strategy of replacing schools that consistently fail to meet the educational needs of students with "new" schools. Though these new schools operate in the same buildings as the schools they replace, they are "new" in every other important sense. They have new leaders as well as substantially new staffing. Because they are starting from scratch, the new schools can build their cultures, routines, and systems from the ground up. They have the freedom to select new staff who are committed to the chosen design and the autonomy to manage staff and resources as they go forward. The report finds that when these schools open anew they begin to implement well thought out designs, developed or adapted specifically to address the needs of the target population of students.
Date: 2004
Source: Public Impact
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