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/I@W_Five_Charter_Deals.pdf
In this Ideas at Work series from Education Sector, Andrew Rotherham outlines five policy initiatives designed to reduce the tension between charter school advocates and critics and to encourage high-quality charter school growth. Specifically, they are: (1) lifting the limits on the number of charter schools in exchange for more rapid expansion of proven models; (2) trading high test scores from some charter schools for space for charter schools to operate; (3) linking transitional aid for public schools to access to facilities for charter schools; (4) tying increases in school funding to the expansion of high-quality charter schooling; and, (5) unionizing some charter schools with teachers' contracts that reflect charter schooling values.
Date: 2008
Source: Education Sector
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