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.ppionline.org/documents/DC_Charter_1004.pdf
Washington, D.C. public charter schools, which enroll more than one in five public school students, are the subject of this new Progressive Policy Institute report. More than 98 percent of the charter students in the district’s 51 charter schools are black or Hispanic and 74 percent come from low-income families. Test score analysis show these students outperform their peers in the city’s traditional schools: 54.4 percent of charter school students are proficient in math versus 44.19 percent of students in traditional schools. In reading, 45.37 percent of charter school students are proficient, compared to 39.14 percent for other public schools. The author offers several recommendations, including: charter schools should receive expanded access to space in District of Columbia Public Schools buildings; low performing charter schools should be closed; authorizer roles should be clarified; and the quality and accessibility of data should be improved.
Date: 2005
Source: Progressive Policy Institute
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