The charter school dust-up : examining the evidence on enrollment and achievement / Martin Carnoy, Rebecca Jacobsen, Lawrence Mishel, and Richard Rothstein.
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Washington, D.C. : Economic Policy Institute ; New York : Teachers College Press, 2005.
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"Published simultaneously by the Economic Policy Institute and Teachers College Press."--T.p. verso
Contents
The reaction to the AFT's report on charter school scores -- Can the 'dust-up' lead to a new consensus in education research and policy? -- Problems with the critiques of the NAEP report by charter school supporters -- Are charter school students more disadvantaged than regular public school students, and does this explain charter schools' unexpectedly low NAEP scores? -- What we know about relative charter and regular public school student achievement -- The philosophy of charter schools -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Using different standards for evaluating charter and regular public schools -- Appendix B. Alternative presentations of NAEP charter school demographic data.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-176)