As Detroit moves to turn more of its public schools into charter schools, a new study indicates that students at most of the city’s charter schools have lower scores than those in the public system.
“„Of 25 charters in Detroit or nearby, only six had higher math or science proficiency scores than Detroit Public Schools’ average on the most recent Michigan Merit Exam, with most of the others doing worse than the district.
“„More charters did poorer in reading and writing as well; only in social studies did more charters surpass rather than trail DPS.
“„One of the largest nationwide charter-schools studies found that nearly half of charter schools do as well as the local public school; more than a third did worse, and just 17 percent did better.