Teacher Practical Guidance:

Charter Schools

Category: External

Rank Order

86

Effect Size

0.04

Achievement Gain %

1

How-To Strategies

How-To Resources

Link – Guide (WWC) KIPP Charter Schools

References

Betts, J., Tang, E. (2018). A meta-analysis of the effect of charter schools on student achievement. SD Research Alliance (sanDERA), Discussion paper. Link

 

Betts J. R., Tang Y. E. (2011). The effect of charter schools on student achievement: A meta-analysis of the literature. National Charter School Research Project. Retrieved from http://www.crpe.org/publications/effect-charter-schools-studen-achievement-meta-analysis-literature

 

Cheng, Hitt, Kisida, & Mills (2017). “No excuses” charter schools: A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence on student achievement. Journal of School Choice.

 

Clarke, F & Burt, W (2013). A study of the effects of charter schools on student achievement, attendance, and selected mitigating factors in a midwest state’s midsize urban school districts. Education and Urban Society, 51(9). Link

 

Erickson. (2013). Examining a decade of reading and mathematics student achievement among primary and secondary traditional public school and charter school students: A meta-analytic investigation. Dissertation.

 

IES WWC (2018). Knowledge is Power Program KIPP. Link

 

Jeynes, W. (2012). A meta-analysis on the effects and contributions of public, private charter, and religious schools on student outcomes. Peabody Journal of Education 87(3), 305. Link

 

Krowka, Hadd, & Marx. (2017). “No Excuses” Charter Schools for Increasing Math and Literacy Achievement in Primary and Secondary Education. Campbell Collaboration.

 

Miron, G. (2015) Review of separating fact vs. fiction: What you need to know about charter schools.  National Education Policy Center. http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-separating-fact-and-fiction

 

Miron, G. & Nelson, C., (2002). What’s public about charter schools? Lessons about choice and accountability. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press

Charter Schools

DEFINITION

Schools that receive government funding but are independent of the public school system, and sometimes privately run. They operate as schools of choice typically adhering to the regulations of public schools. In some countries they are called Academies or Trust schools and they typically share more freedoms from the government regulations that apply to most schools.

 

DATA

  • 6 Meta-analysis reviews

  • 347 Research studies

  • 3 Confidence level. Hattie (2023) p. 155

 

QUOTES

Charter schools show very similar outcomes to traditional public schools. Differences between the two were not statistically significant and close to zero, both when considering the entirety of studies and when considering only the subset using sophisticated controls. Jeynes (2012)

 

 

 

 Students in charter schools performed no different in reading, but slightly higher for math.  Charter school effects are highly variable, which likely reflects variations in the quality of education provided in the charter schools and comparisons schools.  Betts & Tang (2018)

 

 

 

“Based on eleven studies and over 1 million students, we found a negative effect of charters (-0.27), with lower achievement scores in reading (-0.25) and mathematics (-0.29) when compared to traditional public schools.  The advantage of public schools increased in the middle and high schools.”  Erickson (2013)