Seattle, WA - Supporters and critics alike continue to argue about whether charter schools are making a positive difference in the education of America's children. The answer, according to a new analysis of the most rigorous studies conducted to date, is a measured 'yes' in the lower grades.
Y. Emily Tang
Y. Emily Tang
| 10/2011 |
BRIEF - Charter Schools and Achievement
This brief summarizes findings from The Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement: a Meta-Analysis of the Literature, a detailed assessment of the literature on student achievement in charter schools. Economists Julian Betts and Emily Tang analyzed studies of charter school... |
| 10/2011 |
The Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis of the Literature
Charter schools are largely viewed as a major innovation in the public school landscape, as they receive more independence from state laws and regulations than do traditional public schools, and are therefore... |
| 12/2008 |
Value-Added and Experimental Studies of the Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement: A Literature Review
While the volume of research on charter school achievement has mushroomed in the last five years, most of these studies have used relatively unsophisticated snapshots of... |
| 12/2008 |
Ch. 1 - Charter Schools and Student Achievement: A Review of the Evidence (HFR '08)
In this chapter, Julian Betts and Y. Emily Tang show us that there is strong evidence that charter schools are outperforming other public schools in many ways. But their analysis of existing charter school... |