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.doe.k12.de.us/files/pdf/sbe_decseval.pdf
This report summarizes findings across a three-year evaluation of the Delaware charter school program. It examines the state's charter schools and the students they serve, teachers and staff that work in charter schools, the relative revenues and expenditures for charter schools, charters' performance and impact, and state challenges of overseeing a charter program. Charter school student performance was mixed with 10th grade charter school students achieving significantly higher reading scale scores than their matched noncharter peers, while 5th grade charter students were not performing at levels comparable to their noncharter peers. In other grades and subjects, district and charter students performed at similar levels. The researchers conclude that, on the whole, the Delaware's charter program has been successful. Charter schools in the state have grown slowly, but steadily, with 17 charter schools in operation in Spring 2007.
Date: 2007
Source: Western Michigan University, Evaluation Center
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