Review of "Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration and Competition (original) (raw)

2009, Education and the Public Interest Center

Charter Schools in Eight States uses longitudinal data from eight states to evaluate the effects of charter schools on achievement, attainment, integration, and competition. The findings are mixed. Achievement: The study examines seven jurisdictions and finds insignificant effects on reading and math performance in five, and small negative effects in two others. Attainment: In the two jurisdictions with data, the study finds positive effects for charter high schools' rates of graduation and college matriculation. Integration: The study finds no evidence that charter schools are skimming high-achieving students away from public schools, or that charter schools lead to increased racial/ethnic stratification, but these findings should be regarded as equivocal because the supporting analyses use highly aggregated data. Competition: The study finds no evidence that the average student achievement at public schools either increases or decreases in response to entry of DOCUMENT REVIEWED: "Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration and Competition"

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