CREDO Study: Charter School Performance in New York City (2010)

Stanford University's Center for Research on Educational Options (CREDO) has conducted a series of studies comparing the academic performance of charter and district schools. The New York City study finds that 51% of New York City charter schools show significantly larger growth in math, and 29% in reading, than students in district schools.

Additional studies from CREDO, including its 16-state study (which did not include New York), are available for download at http://credo.stanford.edu/.

CREDO's New York City study prompted lead researcher Dr. Margaret Raymond to write an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times about the reasons for New York City's success: "LA could learn a lot about charter schools from the Big Apple."