Sentences with phrase «than one's traditional public school peers»

A majority of the states in our sample have charter sectors that enroll a higher percentage of low - income students than their traditional public schools peers.

«The rigorous, independent analysis of the achievement results of charter schools in New Jersey shows that the results are clear — on the whole, New Jersey charter school students make larger learning gains in both reading and math than their traditional public school peers,» read a statement from Cerf.

She found that students at charter schools performed 5 % better on state reading tests than their traditional public school peers and that charter school students performed 3 % better on state math tests than similar students at public schools.

The Bay Area, Boston, D.C., Memphis, New Orleans, New York City and Newark are much stronger than their traditional public school peers in math.

In Pennsylvania, a Stanford University study found that virtual charter schools in the state, including ones contracting with K12, all provided a lackluster education and left students significantly worse off in reading and math than their traditional public school peers.