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.hoover.org/publications/books/4455806.html
This edited volume examines state legislation and policies that restrict charter school expansion (including inequitable funding, lack of authorizer capacity, and caps). Caroline Hoxby reviews how legislative provisions affect the numbers of charter schools and demonstrates that the supply of charter schools is highly responsive to state policy and actions. Eric Osberg examines charter school funding sources and costs. Chester Finn and Paul Hill (who serves as editor of the book) focus on the problems of charter school oversight. Other chapters include the examination of the effects of local conditions on the emergence of new charter schools, the impact of non-profit and for-profit sectors, and how legislation and policy can be altered to create conditions more favorable to charter schools quality and growth. (The book is available for purchase, but full-text PDF versions of each chapter may also be accessed online at no cost.)
Date: 2006
Source: Hoover Institution, Stanford University
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