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Charter Schools in Eight States
Ron W. Zimmer
Brian Gill
Kevin Booker
Stephane Lavertu
Tim R. Sass
其他書名
Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition
出版
RAND
, 2009
主題
Education / Administration / General
Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General
Social Science / Children's Studies
ISBN
1282081667
9781282081666
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ICu2zgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The first U.S. charter school opened in 1992, and the scale of the charter movement has since grown to 4,000 schools and more than a million students in 40 states plus the District of Columbia. With this growth has also come a contentious debate about the effects of the schools on their own students and on students in nearby traditional public schools (TPSs). In recent years, research has begun to inform this debate, but many of the key outcomes have not been adequately examined, or have been examined in only a few states. Do the conflicting conclusions of different studies reflect real differences in effects driven by variation in charter laws and policies? Or do they reflect differences in research approaches --some of which may be biased? This book examines four primary research questions: (1) What are the characteristics of students transferring to charter schools? (2) What effect do charter schools have on test-score gains for students who transfer between TPSs and charter schools? (3) What is the effect of attending a charter high school on the probability of graduating and of entering college? (4) What effect does the introduction of charter schools have on test scores of students in nearby TPSs?