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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Description: The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) is a nonprofit membership association of educational agencies across the country that authorize and oversee charter public schools. NACSA welcomes and serves the needs of the full range of chartering authorities: local school boards and districts of all sizes, state boards and departments of education, universities and colleges, municipal bodies, and independent chartering boards. All of these types of institutions are represented in NACSA's membership
- NACSA Member Salary Survey, 2008
- A Framework for Academic Quality: A Report from the National Consensus Panel on Charter School Academic Quality
- Authorizer Self-Evaluation Instruments
- Good to Govern: Evaluating the Capacity of Charter School Founding Boards
- National Association of Charter School Authorizers Conference, October 22-23
- Starting Fresh in Low-Performing Schools
- Navigating Special Education in Charter Schools: Part I and II
- Starting Fresh in Low-Performing Schools: Empowering Teachers
- Piecing Together the Charter Puzzle: A Commentary
- Principles and Standards for Quality Charter School Authorizing: 2007 Edition
- Steadying the Three-Legged Stool: Authorizers, Charter Schools, and Education Service Providers
- NACSA 2006 Annual Conference, October 23-24 in San Diego, California
- Turning the Corner to Quality: Policy Guidelines for Strengthening Ohio's Charter Schools
- Authorizing Virtual Charter Schools: Rules of the Road on the Digital Highway
- A Primer on Virtual Charter Schools: Mapping the Electronic Frontier
- Starting Fresh in Low-Performing Schools: A New Option for School District Leaders Under NCLB
- Highly Qualified Teachers and Paraprofessionals in Charter Schools: A Guide for Charter School Authorizers
- Authorizer Self-Evaluation Instruments
- National Association of Charter School Authorizers Conference
- Education Service Provider Clearinghouse
- The Authorizer and Charter School Closures: Exercising Adaptive Leadership to Protect the Public Interest
- The Value of Quality On-Site School Reviews: Seeing Is Believing
- Built for Quality: The Capacity Needed to Oversee Charter Schools
- NACSA's Online Library of Charter School Authorizer Resources
- Principles and Standards for Quality Charter School Authorizing
- Building a Foundation for Success: How Authorizers Can Help Schools with the Facilities Challenge
- Authorizer Issue Brief: Renewal Decisionmaking
- Building Excellence in Charter School Authorizing
- A Reference Guide to Special Education Law for Charter School Authorizers
- Critical Design Issues for Charter School Authorizers: Issues and Illustrations
- Educational Service Provider Information Clearinghouse
- NACSA Online Resource Library
- NACSA Online Library: Application Resources
- NACSA Online Library: Renewal Resources
- NACSA Online Library: Legal Resources
- NACSA Online Library: Accountablity and Oversight Resources
- National Association of Charter School Authorizers Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN (October 27-28)
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