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.vanderbilt.edu/schoolchoice/conference/papers/Ballouetal_2006-DRAFT.pdf
This paper, delivered at the National Conference on Charter School Research at Vanderbilt University, compares gains of individual Idahoan students before and after their enrollment in a charter school. Using longitudinal analysis, the authors find that charter schools at the elementary level are more effective than district schools in increasing performance in math. They also find that students who moved from district schools in the first year to charter schools in the second year experienced greater gains after the move. By contrast, those who moved from charter schools to district schools saw the greatest decline in gains. The authors highlight some differences between the experience of Idaho and other states, including charters in the state tend to attract students who have been performing above average in traditional public schools. In 2005-06, 29 charters were in operation, serving four percent of Idaho's public school population.
Date: 2006
Source: National Center on School Choice
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