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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Download: 
http://educationevolving.org/pdf/Kolderie_book.pdf
This book, by Ted Kolderie, one of America's foremost charter school pioneers, explains why governors' and legislatures' efforts to open a new-schools sector is imperative for public education. The author argues that states need to move beyond trying to fix their broken systems of education -- the "old public-utility model" which is beholden to special interests -- and focus reform efforts squarely on creating new public schools (charter schools, contracted schools, and site-managed schools). He encourages state policymakers to provide real incentives for districts to change, and recommends that district leaders stop thinking of themselves as the owners and operators of schools, and start thinking of themselves as the "education board" overseeing and managing a portfolio of individually-operated public schools.
Date: 2005
Source: Education Evolving
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