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N.Y.C. Study: Big Gains Found in Small Schools
Charter-Management Organizations
- “The National Study of Charter-Management Organization Effectiveness: Interim Findings” is by the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the Univeristy of Washington and Mathematica Policy Research.
- “Educators, Technology, and 21st Century Skills: Dispelling Five Myths” is by Grunwald Associates in partnership with Walden University.
- The “National Indian Education Study 2009, Part I and Part II” is by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics.
Testing Accommodations for ELLs
- “Accommodations for English-Language Learner Students: The Effect of Linguistic Modification of Math Test Item Sets” is by the federal Insitute of Education Sciences.
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Studies Take Aim at Policies on English-Language Learners in Arizona
- The nine studies were released by UCLA’s Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles.
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No Clear Edge for Charter Schools Found in 15-State Study
KIPP Middle Schools Boost Learning Gains, Study Says
- “Student Characteristics and Achievement in 22 KIPP Middle Schools” is by Mathematica Policy Research.
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Minn. Law Spurs Some Districts to Rethink Sponsoring Charters
- Minnesota’s new charter school law.
- Read a fuller version of this story, “Minn. Law Spurs Charter Sponsors to Think Twice”.
