Competition from charter schools has been shown to increase composite test scores in traditional district schools.
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http://www.charterschools.org/pages/MEAP.cfm
State assessment (MEAP) results, released in June 2005, show students attending Michigan's charter public schools outpacing their peers by posting greater year-over-year gains. Charter children showed greater progress than the state average in seven of ten grades/subjects on the 2005 MEAPs. Charter students had a nine percentage-point climb in 7th-grade writing, compared to a state average increase of six points. In 4th-grade reading, charter scores escalated five points; the state average increased three points. Charters had a 24-point decline in students at the lowest level in 8th-grade science, compared to a 15-point decrease statewide the past three years. In 7th-grade reading, charter students had a 17-point increase the past two years, while the statewide average climbed 11 points. MAPSA provides a complete set of MEAP fact sheets on a statewide basis and for charters in Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids and Lansing.
Date: 2005
Source: Michigan Association of Public School Academies (MAPSA)
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