For the first three cohorts studied, charter school effects on test score growth were negative and significant. (ajeforum.com)
These analyses also make it clear that there is a great deal of heterogeneity in charter school effects within and across states. (educationnext.org)
«Schools that adopt an intensive «No Excuses» attitude towards students are correlated with large gains in academic performance, with traditional inputs like class size playing no role in explaining charter school effects,» researchers write. (washingtonexaminer.com)