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.educationsector.org/usr_doc/Michigan_Charter_Schools.pdf
This report on the state of charter schooling in Michigan is the latest in the charter school series begun by the Progressive Policy Institute and carried on by Education Sector. Michigan's charters have seen improvements in academic performance in recent years, and on the most recent state assessments (MEAP), a slightly higher percentage of charter school students in most host districts were proficient on the English language arts (ELA) and math tests in grades 3-8. At the high school level, charter high schools had about the same percentage of students proficient in ELA as host district schools, but a lower percentage of students proficient in math. The author notes the EMO dominance of chartering in the state -- 75% of schools are EMO-affiliated, the highest percentage in the nation -- which has led critics to assert a "corporate" model of schooling.
Date: 2006
Source: Education Sector
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