Competition from charter schools has been shown to increase composite test scores in traditional district schools.
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http://www.nycsa.org/Memos/HostDistrictNonCharterSpending.pdf
This financial analysis, conducted by the New York Charter School Association, finds that several districts' non-charter school related spending are on the increase despite declining district enrollments. For example, in Albany, since the first charter opened, the district's non-charter spending increased by 31 percent while enrollment decreased by five percent. Since the first charter opened in Buffalo, non-charter spending has increased in that district by 8 percent while enrollment decreased by 13 percent. The document concludes that without the presence of charter schools, districts would have suffered a greater drop in per pupil spending.
Date: 2006
Source: New York Charter Schools Association
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