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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According to this analysis, which draws on data from the National Center for Education Statistics, teachers in the nation's charter schools have half the experience of traditional public school teachers and are far less likely to be certified. The report finds that traditional public school teachers had an average of 14.6 years of experience in comparison to 7.1 years for charter school educators. In addition, 73 percent of charter school teachers were certified, compared to 93 percent of public school teachers. The report also found that charter schools are taking advantage of opportunities to be innovative in their hiring. They are placing more of an emphasis on the selectivity of the teachers' undergraduate institution and less on their certification and experience when making hiring decisions. In fact, charter school teachers were more likely to have attended selective colleges than traditional public school teachers (35 percent to 29 percent).
Date: 2004
Source: Education Policy Center at Michigan State University
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