Taking Measure of Charter Schools

Better Assessments, Better Policymaking, Better Schools

By: Julian R. Betts (Editor), Paul T. Hill (Editor)

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Paperback | 16 May 2010

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Charter schools offer something that public school systems, parents, and teachers need: a way to experiment with alternative ways of teaching, motivating students, organizing schools, using technology, and employing teachers. While people came down on both sides of support for or against charter schools, everyone was surprised by how difficult it was to assess charter school performance. The first part of this book focuses on how to improve estimates of charter schools'' performance, especially their benefits to students who attend them; the second part suggests how policymakers can learn more about charter schools and make better use of evidence. The editors and authors suggest ways states and localities can improve the quality of data on which charter school studies are based and trace some of the ways charter school research influences policy.

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Taking Measure of Charter Schools, edited by Betts (Univ. of California, San Diego) and Hill (Univ. of Washington, Bothell), guides the reader through the contradictory labyrinth of the current state of charter school research. Its 11 chapters are divided into two parts, 'Improving Research on Charter Schools' and 'How Policymakers Can Make Better Use of Evidence.' Its genesis is the National Charter School Research Project and its Charter School Achievement Panel, on which both of its editors serve. The reader is introduced to a variety of school characteristics....These include selection of target groups, school maturation, teacher characteristics, the nature of admission lotteries, and alternate achievement indicators. The book gains in strength and focus as it progresses. The final several chapters are particularly useful in bringing together the information in the first several chapters. All in all, this is a book that rewards the reader for sticking with it. While it appears to be meant for an audience of policy makers, it is probably best read by researchers, who will find the effort well worth it. Summing Up: Recommended.

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