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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This survey, the nation's most extensive sample survey of public and private K-12 schools, compares, for the first time, charter school students, teachers, and principals with those in traditional public schools, a variety of private schools, and BIA schools. Charter schools were more likely to enroll minority students and employee minority teachers and principals than traditional public schools. Charter schools were more likely than traditional schools to use non traditional grade structures. Charter school teachers spent an average of two more hours a week delivering instruction to students than those in traditional public schools. Charter school principals spent slightly more time interacting with students than those in traditional schools. Teachers and principals in charter schools, on average, made less income than those in traditional schools.
Date: 2006
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
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