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Charter Schools and Public School Choice

CRPE’s research examines both the promise and the challenges of charter schools and school choice, with a focus on how they can expand opportunity, drive innovation, and better serve diverse student needs. We study charter schools alongside district schools and other models, highlighting lessons that can inform the broader system. New data and evidence help innovators across the country collaborate, communicate, and develop best practices.

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BRIEF – Charter Schools and Achievement

Julian Betts, Y. Emily Tang

This brief summarizes findings from The Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement: a Meta-Analysis of the Literature, a detailed assessment of the literature on student achievement in charter schools.

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The 7 Components of a Portfolio Strategy

This one-pager outlines the 7 key components upon which the portfolio strategy is built.

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The Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis of the Literature

Julian Betts, Y. Emily Tang

This report infers the causal impact of attending a charter school on student performance and finds that whether charters outperform traditional public schools depends on the location, grade, and subject.

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Smart Choice Policy: Using Evidence to Inform Policy

Betheny Gross

CRPE Senior Research Analyst Betheny Gross presented this overview of the latest evidence on choice policies including public school choice, vouchers, and charter schools at the National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative Summit 2011, in San Antonio, Texas.

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Eliminating the Achievement Gap: A White Paper on How Charter Schools Can Help District Leaders

Robin Lake

Drawing from the experiences of high-performing charter school networks, this white paper examines why districts struggle to close the achievement gap, what portfolio district leaders can find when they look outside the traditional system for gap-closing solutions, and how new schools are able to do what traditional schools have not.

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Reforming Districts Through Choice, Autonomy, Equity, and Accountability: An Overview of the Voluntary Public School Choice Directors Meeting

Betheny Gross, Robin Lake

In February 2011, the Center on Reinventing Public Education convened a conference to help districts implementing school choice under the U.S.

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How Do Charter Schools Get the Teachers They Want?

Betheny Gross, Michael DeArmond

This paper examines charter school leaders’ deliberate strategies to hire teachers who will boost student achievement and contribute to a thriving school culture.

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Special Needs and Choice Districts

Robin Lake, Betheny Gross

This report focuses on the evidence to date on how students with special needs fare under choice, and promising new ideas that have yet to be tried.

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Inside Charter Schools: Unlocking Doors to Student Success

Betheny Gross

This final report from the four-year Inside Charter Schools initiative examines how charter schools differentiate themselves from traditional public schools to attract students and families and how they recruit and manage their staff.

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BRIEF – Inside Charter Schools: Unlocking Doors to Student Success

Betheny Gross

This brief provides a summary of the four-year Inside Charter Schools project’s final report, Inside Charter Schools: Unlocking Doors to Student Success.

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