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.publiccharters.org/files/3770_file_NAPCS_Familiarity_Breeds_Web_Version_2.pdf
Analyzing 28 national and state-level polls conducted on charter schools over the past nine years, this issue brief finds support for charter schools grows as citizens become more familiar with them. A consistent finding across the polls showed a persistently large, yet decreasing, percentage of the public was uninformed about charter schools, or had misconceptions. However, when they were provided a simple definition of charter schools, the polls found significant increase in charter school support.
Date: 2008
Source: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
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