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.ode.state.or.us/opportunities/grants/nclb/title_v/b_charterschools/200405finaleval.pdf
This annual achievement report tracks academic and non-academic performance of the 56 charter schools in operation in Oregon in 2004-05. Thirty-nine of the 56 (70 percent) operating charter schools received an AYP rating (the lack of a rating for the remaining charter schools is the result of a lack of longitudinal data). Of those 39 charter schools, 56 percent met AYP (compared to 65 percent of all rated public schools in Oregon. (Note: nearly all of the charter schools that failed to meet AYP specifically targeted at-risk youth.) State achievement data shows that elementary charter schools outperform traditional schools at elementary benchmark levels (grades 3 and 5), while charter middle and high schools generally have achievement levels lower than traditional public schools. For the second year in a row, parent satisfaction survey results indicated a high level of satisfaction with charter schools.
Date: 2006
Source: Oregon Department of Education
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