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.ncsrp.org/downloads/HopesandFears2005_Ch2.pdf#search=%22Hopes%2C%20Fears%2C%20%26%20Reality%3A%20A%20Balanced%20Look%20at%20American%20Charter%20Schools%20in%202005%22
This first annual report on the nation's charter schools, created by the new National Charter School Research Project, finds that the nation's charter schools serve a larger percentage of minority and low-income students than do traditional public schools. Charters remain a predominantly urban phenomenon, the researchers determined, with charter schools three times as likely as regular public schools to be in located in a big city. Researchers found an expanding movement, but one where growth is concentrated in only seven states, with much of the nation maintaining strict limits on charter schools. The document offers a series of essays exploring charter school student achievement, bringing charters to scale, charter school closures, charter schools and NCLB, apples-to-apples comparisons, and an examination of the challenges facing a maturing reform movement.
Date: 2005
Source: National Charter School Research Project
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