Intro -- Chapter One -- Through a Glass Darkly: An Introduction to Issues in Measuring the Quality of Charter Schools -- Part I -- IMPROVING RESEARCH ON CHARTER SCHOOLS -- Chapter Two -- Madness in the Method? A Critical Analysis of Popular Methods of Estimating the Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement -- Chapter Three -- Expanding What Counts When Evaluating Charter School Effectiveness -- Chapter Four -- The Effect of Attending Charter Schools on Achievement, Educational Attainment, and Behavioral Outcomes: A Review -- Chapter Five -- The Selection of Students into Charter Schools: A Critical Issue for Research and Policy -- Chapter Six -- Admission Lotteries in Charter Schools -- Chapter Seven -- Charter School Maturation as a Factor in Performance Assessment and Accountability -- Chapter Eight -- What Do We Know about Teachers in Charter Schools? -- Part II -- HOW POLICY MAKERS CAN MAKE BETTER USE OF EVIDENCE -- Chapter Nine -- The State of State Charter School Research -- Chapter Ten -- Would Better Research Lead to Better Schools? -- Chapter Eleven -- Conclusions about Charter School Policy and Research -- About the Contributors.

This book breaks new ground on how policymakers and journalists can fairly assess charter school performance. The editors and authors show how good approaches to charter school assessment would also work for regular public schools, which is important because of the requirements of No Child Left Behind.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.