Resources Filtered by: Report + Understanding Charter Schools

This 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 Illinois Charter School Biennial Report from the Illinois State Board of Education, dated January 2012, provides an overview of the state’s charter school landscape, including charter school academic performance and demographics, changes in the law, and results of a survey of charter schools regarding bonus pay.

This March 2012 report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. -- part of a series of studies assessing the impact of charter management organizations (CMOs) on student achievement and identifying effective practices -- focuses on the association with success of high expectations for student behavior and close supervision and coaching of teachers.

This frequently referenced 2009 report was published by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University. In this complex longitudinal study, the researchers examined student learning outcomes in reading and math in 15 states and the District of Columbia. Read the report to learn more about what the researchers found when they compared the performance of students in charter schools with that of similar students in traditional public schools.

This 2004 report from The Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy compares the demographic profiles of charter schools in Massachusetts to the districts where they draw students. The study shows that the charter schools serve proportionately more African-American students than their feeder districts and proportionally fewer Hispanic, Asian, low-income, special education, and English language learning students.