National Charter School Resource Center

Resources & Research

Report Shuttered Public Schools: The Struggle to Bring Old Buildings New Life This 2013 report from the PEW Charitable Trusts focuses on the use of closed public school district...	Report Testing Integrity Symposium: Issues and Recommendations for Best Practice This 2013 report from the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National...	Report Understanding Patterns and Precursors of ELL Success Subsequent to Reclassification The National Center for Research on Evaluation funded by the US Department of Education, Institute...
Report Charter Schools: Guidance Needed for Military Base Schools on Statup and Operational Issues This February 2013 Government Accountability Office report reviews the operation of charter schools...	Report Charter School Growth and Replication This 2013 two-volume report from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes focuses on growth...	Report Spotlight on Choice: Parent Opinions on School Selection in New Orleans This January 2013 report from the Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives focuses on...

Creating and Sustaining High-Quality Charter School Governing Boards Report This guide examines the laws, policies, and programs that states are using to create and sustain...	Charter School Governing Board Training Handbook Toolkit The purpose of this guide is to equip present and future board members with the knowledge they need...	Creating an Effective Charter School Governing Board (Abridged) Toolkit This 2000 toolkit from the Charter Friends National Network outlines the steps required to create...
Developing Training Programs for Charter School Governing Board Members: A Promising Practice Profile Brief Through examination of innovative practices in Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Minnesota, this guide...	Center for Charter Schools Offers 'Board Gear' Toolkit Developed by the Center for Charter Schools at Central Michigan University, this online resource...	A Cost Estimation Tool for Charter Schools Toolkit The National Resource Center on Charter School Finance and Governance provides this tool to help...