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.educationevolving.org/pdf/Staying_In_School.pdf
This new publication from Education/Evolving profiles high school students in Minnesota who quit school, were attending a school with a low graduation rate, or were on the path to quitting. Once engaged in a charter school, the students are found to be excited about learning and improving their performance rapidly. The document finds that different things motivate different students to choose learning and that no one factor is likely to motivate all students to learn well. The authors conclude that states now doing the best job with struggling youth are those allowing for the creation of new and fundamentally different schools and advancing customization in addition to high standards for learning.
Date: 2007
Source: Education Evolving
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