Competition Lowers Black-White Achievement Gap

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Nov 4th, 2009 by wintercow20

Name another “social program” that has even come close to success in doing it. In what should be “man bites dog” story …

One of the most encouraging findings by Mr. Winters is how charter competition reduces the black-white achievement gap. He found that the worst-performing public school students, who tend to be low-income minorities, have the most to gain from the nearby presence of a charter school. Overall, charter competition improved reading performance but did not affect math skills. By contrast, low-performing students had gains in both areas, and their reading improvement was above average relative to the higher-performing students.

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