Excerpt from: Disability Law (click for full article)
The Center on Reinventing Public Education yesterday put out this report evaluating the enrollment of students with disabilities in charter schools in New York State. It's well known that on average charter schools in New York enroll fewer students with disabilities than do district-run public schools. This report attempts to disaggregate the data a bit to try to figure out what is going on. The results are interesting, though more suggestive of areas for future research than conclusive of anything. Here are the study's findings (the second and third findings are the key ones):
1.)The statewide difference in charter and district enrollment is too simplistic of a comparison
2.) Charter middle and high school enrollments are indistinguishable from district enrollments
3.) Charter elementary schools show underenrollment
4.) There is also variation among charter authorizers
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