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Charter School Achievement

By Stuart Buck, Esq.

Mike Petrilli makes a good point about charter school studies: [C]harters serving lots of poor or low-performing kids made a significant positive impact on math achievement, while ?middle class? charter schools had a negative effect on both math and reading. You could joke that this is evidence that charters are closing the achievement gap: they are helping low-performing poor kids make gains and affluent kids lose ground.So what?s going on? If you know a little bit about the charter school movement, these findings make a ton of sense. While the media mostly pay attention to inner-city charter schools?think KIPP, Achievement First, Harlem Success, etc.?several of the early-adopter states (like Minnesota, California, and Colorado) are also home to suburban charter schools...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Buck Stops Here on July 28, 2010 (boomark / email).