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NEPC Review: "New York Charter Schools Outperform Traditional Selective Public Schools--More Evidence That Cream-Skimming Is Not Driving Charters' Success"
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Cordes, Sarah A. – National Education Policy Center, 2017
A common argument leveled against charter schools is that they attract the most motivated and intelligent students from already struggling public schools. Marcus Winters seeks to examine this claim, known as "cream-skimming," by comparing the performance of New York City's (NYC) charter middle schools with a set of traditional selective…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Schools, Urban Schools, School Effectiveness