Fact 3: Charter schools are closing the achievement gap against the rest of the state and are, on average, outperforming their traditional
public school counterparts according to the latest available PARCC data.
Not exact matches
All this despite the fact that private
schooling doesn't actually yield better outcomes for students,
according to a recent Statistics Canada report (instead, the apparent academic success of private
school student is due to their socioeconomic backgrounds).9 A UBC study also found that students from
public schools scored higher in first - year university classes than their private
school counterparts.10
NYC
public school students have substantially closed the achievement gap with their
counterparts in the rest of the state on standardized English and math exams,
according to an analysis released yesterday.
According to a recent evaluation by the RAND Corporation and comparisons in Philadelphia and Baltimore, Edison's record is not very different from that of similar
public schools, though it has received greater funding than its
public counterparts.
Due in large part to an «enormous» concentration of special - needs pupils, students in District of Columbia
public schools are receiving an education far inferior to that of their
counterparts in two neighboring suburban districts,
according to a recent report by a coalition of parents and business leaders.
Students using vouchers to attend established private
schools in Cleveland are slightly outperforming their
public school counterparts in language skills and science, and doing about the same in reading, math, and social studies,
according to the latest independent evaluation of the program.
Over time, Internet access has steadily increased in
public schools, leading to virtually no difference in access between poor
schools and their wealthier
counterparts,
according to the latest figures from the National Center for Education Statistics.
Intended to be exemplars, only 17 percent of charter
schools outperform their
public counterparts,
according to Stanford University's June 2009 study.
Students who received publicly funded vouchers in Louisiana and Indiana appeared to lose significant academic ground in the first two years after switching to private
school and then catch up to their
public -
school counterparts in subsequent years,
according to two new studies made
public Monday.
According to Sec. 300.208 - 209, charter
schools founded under the purview of the local education agency (LEA) are required to «serve children with disabilities... in the same manner» as their
public counterparts (IDEA Sec.300.208 - 209 2004).