RAND Corporation Out With A New Report…

looking at charter schools in five big school districts and three states.

Some of the key findings from the report are:

• The charter are not attracting the brighter students.
• Charter schools in the first year of operation have trouble raising scores more than traditional schools.
• They found better high school graduation rates in charter schools in Chicago and Florida than in traditional schools.
• They did not find students learning more at a a charter school