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.casb.org/assests/pub_prism_spring_2006.pdf
In 1993, the Colorado legislature provided for the creation of charter schools. In spring 2006, there are more than 100 public charter schools, serving over 36,800 students across the state. Twenty thousand families are on waitlists to enter them. The impact of charters are definitely being felt and the Colorado Association of School Boards devotes its whole spring issue of its journal, the Prism, to charter schools. Articles –- crafted by an array of education researchers, school board members, district officials, and charter school advocates -- focus on academic performance (charter schools perform equal to or better than district schools), issues of racial/income equity, ways to address charter school funding issues, and the effects of districts' declining enrollment.
Date: 2006
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