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/Colorado_Charter_1220.pdf
This study examines the evolution and current status of charter schools in Colorado. Charter schools first started in the state in 1993; now, more than 108 charter schools serve nearly 40,000 students (about five percent of the state’s public school population). Unlike the national trend for charter schools, Colorado's charters serve smaller percentages of minority and low-income students than traditional public schools, but recently those gaps have started to narrow. The state's charter schools outperform non-charter public schools, except at the high school level. The author says a challenge facing the state's charter school movement is to expand without sacrificing the commitment to create high-quality public school options that raise the achievement levels of all students.
Date: 2005
Source: Progressive Policy Institute
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