The numbers don't lie

From the North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools:

"North Carolina Public Charter Schools continue to shine. Reports released by the NC DPI today reflect that 52 of the 99 charters, or 52.5% made AYP versus 27.7% of public schools overall. 23.5% of charters made the highest level, the Honor School of Excellence versus 7.9% of district schools."      

-Eddie Goodall

From the John Locke Foundation's Terry Stoops:

Charters among best schools in the state

Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:50 am

According to a preliminary analysis of last year’s state test results, 23.5 percent of charter schools received the state’s top classification – Honor School of Excellence. Only 7.9 percent of regular/traditional public schools received that honor.

And...

Charter schools outscore traditional public schools… again

Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:25 am

I compared the average performance composites of all regular/traditional public schools and all charter schools. (Note: All schools classified by the Department of Public Instruction as “alternative” were not included.) The performance composite is the percentage of students performing at or above grade level (Level III) on all state tests taken at the school during the 2010-11 school year.
Last year, the average performance composite of 2,351 regular/traditional schools was 76.1 percent. The average performance composite of 98 charter schools was 79 percent.