Competition from charter schools has been shown to increase composite test scores in traditional district schools.
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This new report from the California Charter School Association finds Oakland-area public charter schools are out-performing their public district-school peers. The researchers found that over the last three years, public charter schools in Oakland have consistently outperformed Oakland traditional schools on the California Department of Education's state Academic Performance Indicators (API). Public charter schools in Oakland outperformed traditional schools at every grade level on 2008 median API scores, with performance highest at the middle school level.
The public charters outperformed traditional public schools with a number of subgroup populations, including Asian, socio-economically disadvantaged, African American, English Learner, and Latino students. The charters also were more likely to meet API and AYP targets in 2008 than traditional public schools.
Date: 2009
Source: California Charter Schools Association
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