Nation's Report Card: America's Charter Schools. Results from the NAEP 2003 Pilot Study

摘要

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) conducted a pilot study of America's charter schools and their students as part of the 2003 NAEP assessments in reading and mathematics at the fourth-grade level. NAEP also surveyed participating charter schools about their practices, structure, and governance. Charter schools are public schools of choice. They serve as alternatives to the regular public schools to which students are assigned. While there are many similarities between charter and other public schools, they do differ in some important ways - including the makeup of the student population and their location.