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WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- An education research study scheduled for release tomorrow relies on bad data about students attending charter schools, according to the Center for Education Reform (CER).
Studies using raw data collected in 2004 by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) include seriously flawed poverty indicators among charter school students, a problem NCES acknowledges. The problem is compounded when researchers apply various assumptions about poverty to assess and compare academic achievement between charter school students and those attending conventional public schools.See the full content of this document
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Flawed Research to Discredit Success by Charter Schools
"This problem is at the heart of the ongoing research wars," said CER President Jeanne Allen. "The education establishment -- teachers, unions, school boards associations and more -- tout these flawed studies in an attemp...
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