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Charter School Studies and Research

Charter Schools Serve Predominantly Minorities, Low Income Students. According to the Center for Education Reform (CER), on November 19, 2004, the U.S. Department of Education released a study that confirms that charter schools serve a disproportionate number of low-income and minority students, or those students most likely to be struggling in conventional public schools. Although it addresses some student achievement data, it does not explore student progress from year to year. Click here to read the full copy of the report.

Hoxby Achievement Study: A Straightforward Comparison of Charter Schools and Regular Public Schools in the United States. Harvard professor Caroline Hoxby released a thorough study of charter school achievement that found charter schools outperforming nearby traditional public schools in both reading and math. Unlike the recent report issued by the AFT and published by the New York Times, the Hoxby study was methodologically sound, controlling for important factors that influence student achievement.

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