Resources

Charter school resources

Links to charter school resources on other websites.

Oregon Public Charter School Handbook (589k ) - Oregon Department of Education handbook explaining the purpose of a charter school and the process for starting one.
Dept of Ed's Charter School Information - Information from the Oregon Department of Education regarding Oregon's charter school law.

NSBA Charter School Review - Providing school board members a comprehensive view of charter schools and the people making decisions about them.
Northwest Regional Education Laboratory: Charter Schools - NWREL provides a variety of services and information regarding Charter Schools throughout the Northwest. Current projects include the development of charter school leadership training, collection and dissemination of charter school training materials, and state and school level evaluation services.
America's Charter Schools - The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) conducted a pilot study of America's charter schools and their students as part of the 2003 NAEP assessments in reading and mathematics at the fourth-grade level.
On Thin Ice: How Advocates and Opponents Could Misread the Public's Views on Vouchers and Charter Schools - Summary of a study released by Public Agenda, a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research group, that posed more than 40 questions on vouchers and charters to 1200 Americans.