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.gao.gov/new.items/d0673.pdf
The General Accounting Office (GAO) is required by Congress to evaluate D.C.'s two charter school authorizers -- the Board of Education (BOE), which has an Office of Charter Schools responsible for oversight, and the independent Public Charter School Board (PCSB). Examining the authorizers' resources, oversight practices, and actions taken once charter schools close, GAO researchers found that the PCSB, with its larger staff and funding, has done a much better job at focusing attention on schools that need the greatest assistance. The PCSB also granted more flexibility to well-managed schools. The BOE failed to regularly review reports from its charter school monitoring staff. The study concludes with a set of recommendations, including that the BOE Office of Charter Schools implement a risk-based oversight system and that the authorizing bodies jointly establish a process to guide their actions after schools close.
Date: 2005
Source: United States General Accounting Office
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