Fourth graders attending public charter schools across the country are making notable strides in reading and math, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), otherwise known as the "The Nation's Report Card," released today. Gains were particularly strong in reading, with charter students gaining at a faster rate than students in traditional public schools, whose scores were unchanged since 2003.
African-American, Latino, and low-income charter students also registered larger reading gains than their fourth-grade peers in non- public charter schools. Gains among Hispanic charter fourth graders were so strong that they have opened a 10-point gap with non-charter students.
"Charter students and educators can be proud of these results," said Nelson Smith, president of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. "The findings confirm those of national and state- level studies showing strong gains in achievement among public charter schools -– with especially good results for minority and low- income children."
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