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Student Achievement in Charter Schools: What the Research Shows

The charter sector has grown dramatically since its beginnings in…

Is the Quality of Charter School Facilities Related to Student Performance?

This report details the effects of facilities in charters' student performance.

Common Core Implementation Insights for Charter Schools Webinar

In this webinar, our experts present a fresh perspective on Common Core implementations at charter…

Virtual Schools: Assessing Progress and Accountability

This report catalogues findings and recommendations from a 2012–13 National Charter School Resource…

SEA Webinar: Early Childhood Learning in Charter Schools

Early Learning programs have emerged as an intervention to the historical and pervasive gap between…

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Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Groups 2016 ReportsInstitute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics01 Aug, 2016 Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Groups examines the educational progress and challenges students face in the United States by race/ethnicity. This report shows that… Read more

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Special Education Students, State Education Agency, At-Risk Students, Teacher and Principal Effectiveness, Recruitment and Retention, Student Achievement, Policy Maker, Policy, English Learners

What's the Secret Ingredient? Searching for Policies and Practices that Make Charter Schools Successful ReportsPhilip M. Gleason, Mathematica Policy Research22 Jul, 2016 The charter school sector in the United States has grown steadily since the first charter school opened in 1992. As of the 2015–2016 school year, more than 6,800 charter schools served… Read more

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Charter School Laws, District of Columbia Charter Schools, Innovative Instruction, State Education Agency, Charter School Management Organizations, Student Achievement, Policy Maker

A Call to Action to Improve the Quality of Full-Time Virtual Charter Public Schools ReportsNational Alliance for Public Charter Schools16 Jun, 2016 Currently, more than 180,000 students attend 135 full-time virtual charter schools in 23 states and the District of Columbia. While some students do well in a full-time virtual charter… Read more

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Charter School Laws, District of Columbia Charter Schools, State Education Agency, Blended and Online Learning, Charter School Family and Community, Policy Maker

Exploring Quality Programs for English Language Learners in Charter Schools: A Framework to Guide Future Research ReportsPeggie Garcia,P. Zitlali Morales, The University of Illinois at Chicago09 May, 2016 Although there has been a great deal of debate about the effectiveness of charter schools in the research literature, there has been surprisingly little attention paid to English language… Read more

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California Charter Schools, English Language Learners, State Education Agency, Charter School Management Organizations, Educators, Student Achievement, Policy

A Step Up: How Charter Schools Provide Higher Levels of California Public University Access ReportsCalifornia Charter School Association19 Apr, 2016 Report includes first-of-its-kind dataset combining data from the University of California (UC) system, the Cal State University (CSU) system, and all California public high schools, which… Read more

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California Charter Schools, State Education Agency, Charter School Management Organizations, Charter School Family and Community, Student Achievement, Policy Maker

Case Study: AppleTree Case Study06 Apr, 2016 The National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) recently observed a successful and expanding network of charter schools for three- and four-year-olds and documented findings in a… Read more

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District of Columbia Charter Schools, Innovative Instruction, Charter School Management Organizations, Performance Management, Teacher and Principal Effectiveness, Educators, Charter School Family and Community, Student Achievement, Teacher Training and PD, Increasing Achievement, Leadership

Charter High Schools’ Effects on Long-Term Attainment and Earnings ReportsTim R. Sass, Ron W. Zimmer, Brian P. Gill, and T. Kevin Booker04 Apr, 2016 Confirming previous research (Booker et al., 2011) that charter school students are more likely to graduate high school and enroll in higher education, this study looks at charter school… Read more

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Charter School Management Organizations, Charter School Family and Community, Student Achievement

Startup teacher education: A fresh take on teacher credentialing ReportsThomas Arnett, Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation01 Mar, 2016 As education reformers across the country are working to improve student outcomes at scale, many are focusing on improving the teaching force. This case study describes how three groups of… Read more

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Charter School Management Organizations, Educators, Charter School Family and Community, Student Achievement

What Matters for Student Achievement ReportsEric A. Hanushek01 Mar, 2016 Description: Education Next compares results from James S. Coleman’s groundbreaking report (Equality of Educational Opportunity, 1966) with current findings from the field on how different… Read more

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At-Risk Students, Educators, Charter School Family and Community, Student Achievement, Increasing Achievement

A New Wave of School Integration ReportsHalley Potter and Kimberly Quick, with Elizabeth Davies, The Century Foundation09 Feb, 2016 Students in racially and socioeconomically integrated schools experience academic, cognitive, and social benefits that are not available to students in racially isolated, high-poverty… Read more

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Innovative Instruction, School Culture, State Education Agency, Charter School Management Organizations, Policy Maker