Larry, what that research doesn't take into account are the other things that parents and students might be striving for within the charter school system. We place no importance in our society on emotional intelligence or social competence, nor do we teach creative reasoning, problem solving, etc.. Those are much more difficult to test for. Traditionally, the public school system has "taught to the test." I would expect the scores on the tests to be higher in the public (non charter) school system. Is there any research out there that compares the problem-solving or higher-order intellect skills? The 4th grade math test is really not much more than rote memorization.
On 10/6/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Most recent analyses show that Charter schools are either no different > in terms of the student's educational achievement or actually perform > at a lower level than public school students. For instance the Upjohn > institute in a recent study looked at Michigan Charter schools and > found that they performed at significantly lower educational > achievement levels than public schools: > http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/01-68.pdf > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176368 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
