Sentences with phrase «better than their traditional public school counterparts»

For example, the NAEP data reveal that charter fourth - graders in California and Arizona, representing fully a third of all charter schools, do better than their traditional public school counterparts in reading performance.

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In general, charter schools that serve low - income and minority students in urban areas are doing a better job than their traditional public - school counterparts in raising student achievement, whereas that is not true of charter schools in suburban areas.

The study of charter schools in 15 states and the District of Columbia found that, nationally, only 17 % of charter schools do better academically than their traditional counterparts, and more than a third «deliver learning results that are significantly worse than their student [s] would have realized had they remained in traditional public schools.»

, found that for every charter performing better than the traditional public schools in its area, there are two charters either at or below or the performance of their public school counterparts.

While the report recognized a robust national demand for more charter schools from parents and local communities, it found that 17 percent of charter schools reported academic gains that were significantly better than traditional public schools, while 37 percent of charter schools showed gains that were worse than their traditional public school counterparts, with 46 percent of charter schools demonstrating no significant difference.