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: A nonprofit, nonpartisan, Boston-based public policy research institute, the Pioneer Institute maintains a Charter School Resource Center which focuses on MA charter schools. Pioneer's web site contains both a link for Accountability Services and the Massachusetts Charter School Handbook, which has chapters on accountability in governance and for student achievement.
- Charter School Fact Papers
- Charter Colleges: Balancing Freedom and Accountability
- Charter School Accountability Action Guide
- Review of the First Fourteen Massachusetts Charter School Renewal Inspection Reports
- Scaling Up Educational Accountability and Innovation
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