Saturday, September 18, 2004
Education: In California Children in Public Schools Out Perform Children in Charter Schools.
An article in the San Francisco Chronicle notes that children in public schools scored higher on the California Standards Test then children in charter schools. This holds true even when controlling for low-income children. This is important because, as the article notes, part of the No Child Left Behind Act requires that low performing schools hand over control and/or become charter schools. In addition, the Department of Education is "handing out millions of dollars to build more charters -- California just got $50 million." Perhaps that money would be better spent in public school improvement. The article does state that charter schools are improving at a faster rate then public schools. This is most likely due to the fact that charter schools have more room for improvement. Finally, the best predictor of school performance is family income.
full article
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