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.cslc.us/pdf/lowincome.pdf
This brief focuses on eight studies that analyze how well charter schools do with economically disadvantaged students. The majority of them find that charters are doing as well or better with low-income students. Four studies show low-income students in charter schools doing better than low-income students enrolled in district schools; two studies show they are performing about the same; and two show they are performing worse. Three of the studies look at change over time, rather than snapshots of one-time performance, and all of these show more progress for high-poverty charter schools.
Date: 2005
Source: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
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