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.charterauthorizers.org/files/nacsa/BECSA/IssueBriefNo11.pdf
This Issue Brief is the second of a two-part series on virtual charter schools and their authorizers. It examines the challenges and opportunities of approving, overseeing, and evaluating virtual charter schools. It assesses the approaches and lessons learned by current virtual charter school authorizers and details the education and management issues that are unique to virtual charter schools. The document offers numerous recommendations for high quality authorizing of virtual charter schools.
Date: 2006
Source: National Association of Charter School Authorizers
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