Typical Nova Guy Wrote:
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> Studies have continually shown that the majority
> of charter school students perform at or below
> their public school counterparts. The most recent
> large-scale study, performed by Stanford
> University across 26 states, showed that only 1/3
> of charter school students performed better than
> their public school counterparts. The remaining
> students were either equal to or below their
> public school peers.
Simple Google search appears to say... YOU LIE.
http://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/charter-schools-better-than-traditional/
More excellent outliers than terrible outliers — Over all, there are more outperforming charter schools than underperforming ones. (Charters are four times more likely than non-charters to over-perform their prediction, while only twice as likely to be underperformers.) Given that the low performing schools tend to be smaller than the high performing schools, the positive effect is amplified — with 2.5 times as many students served in the top performing 5% than the lowest performing 5%.
http://www.npr.org/2013/07/16/201109021/the-charter-school-vs-public-school-debate-continues
"The fact that we can show that significantly disadvantaged groups of students are doing substantially better in charter school in reading and math, that's very exciting,"
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/knowledge-bank/2015/03/19/new-study-shows-charter-schools-making-a-difference-in-cities
On net, the findings are good news for charter schools: Across the 41 cities studied, students in charter schools learned significantly more than their peers attending traditional public schools – 40 more days worth of learning in math, and 28 more in reading.
Some urban charter sectors are producing phenomenal results for kids: Charter schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, the District of Columbia, Detroit and Newark, New Jersey produced particularly strong results for students.
Urban charter schools are producing learning gains for nearly all student subgroups: Black, Hispanic and Asian charter students, as well as students in poverty and special education programs, all made significant learning gains compared to similar peers in district schools. Only two student subgroups – white students and Native American students – appeared to do less well in charters than in traditional district schools.