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LITERATURE REVIEW
The authors of the academic journal “Starting Behind: A Comparative Analysis of the Academic Standing of Students Entering Charter Schools” Garcia, McIlroy, and Barber demonstrated that students entering a charter school are at an academic disadvantage in comparison with the students that choose to transfer to public schools, affecting the agreement stipulated on the charter to improve and maintain a high level of academic standards, producing a negative effect on how the school will be evaluated for the continuation of the program. To do this they rely on the use of statistical data from the Arizona and Washington DC state records. Charter schools are public entities funded by the state that operate under a charter or contract …show more content…

Charter schools have been growing in popularity over the years and more states are authorizing their creation. The main purpose of the charter schools is to provide families with more options for their children’s education. The authors focus this journal on three legislative objectives: classroom options, teacher’s participation in learning objectives, and freedom from state …show more content…

In general, there are five categories used as different classroom education options such as traditional education, advanced programs, gifted and talented programs, vocational and technical education, and non-traditional education (which are the schools that do not fall into any category). After evaluating the data proportioned by CRE (Center for Education Reform) the results are that charter schools offer more special and alternative programs while public schools offer a traditional education program. Charter schools do not offer gifted and talented programs while some of the public schools do. One possible reason for this, mentioned in the journal, is because regular schools have more physical space to create an extra classroom as

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