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.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2006/RAND_OP157.pdf
This "Occasional Paper" from the RAND Corporation assesses the state of charter schools in California. The results show that test scores for California's charter school students are keeping pace with comparable students in traditional district schools. Researchers found that the state's charter schools have achieved comparable test score results with fewer public resources and have emphasized non-core subjects more than have traditional schools. In addition, they found evidence that charter schools have not created "white enclaves" or "skimmed" high-performing students from traditional district schools as some opponents had feared. RAND's findings, coupled with the fact that charter schools typically use less public resources, leads them to the conclusion that "charter schooling is a reform initiative worth continuing in California."
Date: 2006
Source: RAND Corporation
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