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://www.csrq.org/documents/ESCSRQReport-Full_000.pdf
This report, and searchable database, provides a scientifically-based, easy-to-use review of the effectiveness and quality of 22 widely-adopted elementary school comprehensive school reform (CSR) models. Each model serves a minimum of 20 elementary schools in at least three states and is available for adoption in almost all states. Most models serve high-poverty students in low-performing schools. Education stakeholders can use these items as decision-making tools to help them sort through options among the hundreds of elementary school improvement choices available. Only two models (Direct Instruction and Success for All) were found to have moderately strong evidence of positive effects on student achievement.
Date: 2005
Source: Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center
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