From the ECS State Policy Database: Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws - This is the third annual ranking of state charter school laws. The document analyzes the country's 42 state charter laws and scores how well each supports charter school quality and growth based on the 20 essential components from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools' model charter school law. This report captures state legislation affecting the charter school movement in the last year, including moves states made to be more competitive under the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top program. (Todd Ziebarth, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, January 2012)...

State Charter Law Rankings Database - This is a web based report which gauges a state's public charter school law with respect to its commitment to the full range of values in the public charter school movement: quality and accountability, funding equity, facilities support, autonomy, growth and choice. The report looks at these values across the states. (National Alliance for Public Charter Schools)...

An Evaluation: Virtual Charter Schools - Enrollment in virtual charter schools in Wisconsin has increased every school year since 2002-03. This report examines enrollment trends, opportunities for social development, provision of special education, assessments, teacher licensure, revenue and expenditures. (Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau, February 2010)...

Hopes, Fears and Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2009 - This is the fifth annual report of the National Charter School Research Project. Essays provide updates on charter school growth, look at charters as school turnaround strategy and as a urban school solution, interactions with teacher unions, at the possibility of charters as prompting school districts to become more innovative, and, finally, look at governing boards for charter schools. (Robin Lake, National Charter School Research Project, January 2010)...