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I'm writing a flyer as we have charter schools on the ballot this election. I'm trying to write up a brief 10-point flyer with a point, a little info, & a web link where the reader can go to check the facts, e.g.:

1. Charter schools do not improve student outcomes.

The largest study of charter schools to date was the 2009 Stanford University CREDO study. The sample population covered 14 states and DC: 70% of charter school students in the US at that time.

Researchers compared state reading and math test scores of charter students to scores of regular public school students matched for characteristics like family income.

For math scores, 37% of the charter school students showed less improvement than their matched public-school peers. Forty-six percent had gains that were statistically equivalent, and only 17% had statistically higher gains. In other words, 83% of charter school students performed the same or worse on state tests than their public school counterparts. For reading, charter students on average had lower gains as well.

http://credo.stanford.edu/reports/National_Release.pdf

If you can help out by adding bullet points or info, please have at it!