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This 2008 issue brief from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reviews research on the performance of black students in public charter schools and profiles a number of charter schools that successfully serve black students and narrow the black-white achievement gap.

This 2011 report from the Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research is an analysis of aspects of the impact of public school choice in Washington, D.C. The report finds that “disadvantaged students are able to attend higher-performing schools than their neighborhood public schools, even with prolonged commutes,” but that “choice exacerbates student quality disparities between low- and high-poverty schools.” The report includes data on school choice trends, with breakdowns based on academic proficiency and household income.

This brief from the National Charter School Resource Center, published in September 2010, provides guidance for practitioners and policymakers in navigating the body of recent research on student achievement in charter schools. The brief includes an accessible overview of rigorous charter school research published during the past five years and sources for additional information and summarizes research concepts that are imperative to an informed interpretation of the research findings.