A Think Twice Review of:

Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts

Think Twice - Jan 19, 2012

Publisher/Think Tank - Mathematica Policy Research Inc. and Center on Reinventing Public Education

Author(s) -

At the heart of this study of charter management organizations (CMOs), is an impact analysis which found that a small number of CMOs boosted middle-school student achievement.

Reviewer(s) - Bruce Fuller, University of California-Berkley

Fuller's review of this study finds that though it offers insights into features of successful CMOs, it overreaches when interpreting key findings from the very small, selective subset of CMOs used.