Resources & Research

This May 2013 report from the National Education Policy Center covers the virtual school landscape, including information about charter schools, and provides analyses of performance data, funding and governance, and reviews other reports on the subject.

As the English language learner (ELL) population increases in American schools, it is becoming increasingly important to consider how ELLs can be accounted for fairly within the context of large-scale assessments. In this report, the authors present a meta-analysis of research on testing accommodations for ELLs on large-scale assessments. The authors considered 20 studies that, in aggregate, analyzed nine testing accommodations. When the study populations of the 20 studies were pooled together, more than 9,400 ELLs were represented in a total student population of  more than 33,000.

This table from the School Choice section of the Idaho Department of Education shows what charter schools of various sizes are expected to net as a result of April 2013 changes to state law that will provide funding for charter school facilities and require charter schools to pay authorizer fees.

This is Mississippi's new charter school law that establishes a single statewide Charter School Authorizer Board to approve up to 15 charter schools annually. The state’s governor announced April 17, 2013, the signing of the measure as part of a package of education actions.