High Expense: Disability Severity and Charter School Attendance in Arizona

“Does Charter School Attendance Improve Test Scores?”: Comments and Reactions on the Arizona Achievement Study

In a recent report, Solmon, Paark, and Garcia (2001) seek to identify the impact of attending charter schools on student achievement using data from Arizona. Based on a sophisticated statistical analysis, these authors report that charter school attendance increases test score gains of students. This note raises some questions about the interpretation of the results reported and some questions ...

Impact of Charter School Attendance on Student Achievement in Michigan

Proponents of school reform have argued that charter schools and vouchers can provide adequate market pressure to improve the performance of traditional public schools. While the number of charter schools and student enrollment have burgeoned, relatively little attention has been paid to their effects on student achievement. Proponents of charter schools suggest a direct effect on student achie...

the relationship between academic self-concept and academic achievement in english and general subjects of the students of high school

according to research, academic self-concept and academic achievement are mutually interdependent. in the present study, the aim was to determine the relationship between the academic self-concept and the academic achievement of students in english as a foreign language and general subjects. the participants were 320 students studying in 4th grade of high school in three cities of noor, nowshah...

Charter School Growth and Replication

Primary headaches in female high school students: Types, disability scores and analgesic consumption

Background and Objective: Headache in children and adolescents is among the most common complaints that can cause impairment in their function. The current study is designed to evaluate the frequency and type of headaches and use of analgesics in a sample of female high school students in Tehran. Methods: Three hundred female high school students were included in the study during September 201...