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Charter Schools, Academic Achievement and NCLB
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Lubienski, Christopher; Lubienski, Sarah Theule – Journal of School Choice, 2006
The reform movement embracing charter schools is based largely on the promise that these autonomous schools will out-perform public schools plagued by bureaucratic administration--an expectation reflected in the federal NCLB law. However, the many state-based reports have been mixed, and previous national studies have suffered from serious…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, School Location
A New Look at Public and Private Schools: Student Background and Mathematics Achievement
Lubienski, Sarah Theule; Lubienski, Christopher – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
A recent report of mathematics results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) highlighted this "major finding": "Public- school students scored lower on average than non-public-school students at both grades 4 and 8." Of course, this finding is nothing new. Indeed, it is part of the common wisdom in the…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Mathematics Achievement, Family Characteristics, Standardized Tests