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What's the Secret Ingredient? Searching for Policies and Practices that Make Charter Schools Successful

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This paper summarizes research on charter school impacts on achievement, and examines which factors and policies are most strongly associated with successful charter schools.

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  • Philip M. Gleason, "undated". "What's the Secret Ingredient? Searching for Policies and Practices that Make Charter Schools Successful," Mathematica Policy Research Reports eea6e24d9bf1409f92f60ae29, Mathematica Policy Research.
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