A Think Twice Review of:

Student Achievement in Florida's Charter Schools: A Comparison of the Performance of Charter School Students with Traditional Public School Students

Think Twice - Jun 18, 2019

Publisher/Think Tank - Florida Department of Education

Author(s) -

The Florida Department of Education recently published a report consisting almost entirely of simple graphs comparing achievement levels, achievement gaps, and achievement gains on statewide tests among charter school students to those among traditional public school students. The Department's press release touted the report as showing that the state's "charter school students consistently outperform their peers in traditional public schools."

Reviewer(s) - Robert Bifulco, Syracuse University

Robert Bifulco of Syracuse University, reviewed Student Achievement in Florida's Charter Schools: A Comparison of the Performance of Charter School Students with Traditional Public School Students, and found it to be of extremely limited use.