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.sri.com/policy/cep/pubs/choice/KIPPYear1Report.pdf
This report is the first in a three-year study of five KIPP schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. It treats each school as a case study, examining school demographics, instructional methods, stakeholder satisfaction, and faculty turnover. The researchers find that the overall percentage of students performing at a proficient level or above is consistently higher for the KIPP schools than for comparable schools in the district. The authors call the speed of the implementation of the KIPP program "remarkably fast." That speed appears to be related to three factors: faculty and parents have chosen to be part of KIPP; principals are immersed in the model for at least a full year prior to hiring staff and opening a school; and the KIPP model does not prescribe a particular curriculum or instructional approach.
Date: 2006
Source: SRI International
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