Schools Managed by Private Providers Lift Student Test Scores in Philadelphia
According to a new Harvard study, students who attended privately-managed Philadelphia schools made larger test-score gains on the Pennsylvania State System of Assessment (PSSA) between 5th and 8th grade than did other students in these grades in the Philadelphia school district as a whole.
For more information on this important study please download a complete copy of the release issued by the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University.
