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.texaspolicy.com/pdf/2005-09-charterschools-rr.pdf
This study, written by two economics professors, found that elementary and middle school students who have remained in Texas' public charter schools for several years achieved significantly higher academic gains in math and reading than their peers in traditional public schools. The authors found that students enrolled in at-risk charter schools had larger achievement gains than their counterparts in traditional public schools. The achievement gains findings did not hold for charter high school students, who were found to under-perform in math and reading compared to high students at traditional public schools. Students at traditional public schools facing charter competition generally achieved significantly higher gains in reading and math than schools that did not compete with charters.
Date: 2005
Source: Texas Public Policy Foundation
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