The charter school dust-up: examining the evidence on enrollment and achievement

The reaction to the AFT's report on charter school scores 2. Can the 'dust-up' lead to a new consensus in education research and policy? 3. Problems with the critiques of the NAEP report by charter school supporters 4. Are charter school students more disadvantaged than regular public school students, and does this explain charter schools' unexpectedly low NAEP scores? 5. What we know about relative charter and regular public school student achievement 6. The philosophy of charter schools 7. Conclusion Appendix A. Using different standards for evaluating charter and regular public schools Appendix B. Alternative presentations of NAEP charter school demographic data.