STUDY: CHARTER STUDENTS TRAIL PEERS TESTS FIND STUDENTS UP TO A YEAR BEHIND PUBLIC SCHOOLS Final Edition

Charter school students were anywhere from a half year to a full year behind their public school peers, researchers at the Brookings Institution concluded after reviewing 1999-2000 reading and math achievement test scores of 376 charter schools in 10 states. Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for...

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Published inEvansville courier & press
Main Author GREG TOPPO, AP education writer
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Evansville, Ind Gannett Media Corp 03.09.2002
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Summary:Charter school students were anywhere from a half year to a full year behind their public school peers, researchers at the Brookings Institution concluded after reviewing 1999-2000 reading and math achievement test scores of 376 charter schools in 10 states. Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform, a Washington organization that advocates for charter schools, said more information is needed on how much students learn after they've spent a few years in a charter school. Researchers found that scores of urban charter school students were no worse than others but suburban and rural charter schools had much lower scores.
ISSN:1559-1581