Comments on: Charters Work, Unions Don’t

By: Ed is Watching » Lessons for Colorado from Study on Boston Charter School Success

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:44:41 +0000

[...] the well-read Dr. Greg Forster puts the Boston study in context to note that “charters are an improvement over the status quo, even if only a modest one, as [...]

By: Greg Forster

Greg Forster — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:47:58 +0000

Yes, the Boston Foundation supports pilot schools and has issued a lot of spin trying to neutralize the finding. Some of it is pretty amusing.

And of course it’s true that this is a “black box” study. My interpretation of the significance is based on a much broader reading of the available evidence than just this one study – no one should ever try to interpret the significance of a study’s findings in isolation from all the other available evidence.

By: pm

pm — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:54:33 +0000

Seems like the Boston Foundation is more hesitant to claim causes.

“Finally, the authors stress that this study was designed to respond to the important question of whether different types of schools produce significant achievement gains, and not to explain why or how charters and pilots might have an impact on performance. The Boston Foundation has announced its intentions of funding future studies that will address these questions.”

That came from here:

http://www.tbf.org/utilitynavigation/multimedialibrary/newsdetail.aspx?id=9490