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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- Charter School Laws and Partnerships: Expanding Opportunities and Resources
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- A Policymaker's Primer on Education Research: How to Understand, Evaluate, and Use It
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- Collective Bargaining and Teachers Unions in a Charter District
- Charter Districts, The State of the Field
- ECS StateNote: Charter School Finance
- Education Commission of the States
- Key Questions for District Leaders in Creating and Supporting Charter Districts
- Key Questions for State Leaders in Creating and Supporting Charter Districts
- School Choice: State Actions
- The Nuts and Bolts of Charter Districts
- ECS No Child Left Behind Database
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