id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt WOS-000246089600001 Hanushek, EA Charter school quality and parental decision making with school choice 2007 .txt text/plain 171 7 40 This paper investigates the quality of charter schools in Texas in terms of mathematics and reading achievement and finds that average school quality in the charter sector is not significantly different from that in regular public schools after an initial start-up period but that there is considerable heterogeneity. Charter schools have become a very popular instrument for reforming public schools, because they expand choices, facilitate local innovation, and provide incentives for the regular public schools while remaining under public control. cache/WOS-000246089600001.txt txt/WOS-000246089600001.txt