Fort Worth charter school students outgrew Fort Worth district school students in reading by a significant 38 days, with a non-significant 26-day math advantage¶
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q2 i2 Within Fort Worth, charter school students significantly outperformed other district school students in reading growth (0.07 SD, 38 days of learning), while the math difference (0.05 SD, 26 days) was not statistically significant. → City Study 2022: Fort Worth 2022
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City Study 2022: Fort Worth 2022¶
City Study 2022: Fort Worth. (2022). CREDO. https://credo.stanford.edu/reports/item/fort-worth-tx-2022/
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Within-Fort Worth sector comparison of one-year growth for 2018-19, benchmarked to state averages accounting for student characteristics. The table row prints a reading effect size of "0.07**" SD (38 days, significant at p < 0.01) and math at 0.05 SD / 26 days without significance markers.
"C h a r t e r S c h o o l s v s . O t h e r D i s t r i c t S c h o o l s 2 0 1 8- 19 0.07** 38** 0.05 26"
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Related Claims¶
- Fort Worth charter school Black students outgrew Fort Worth district school Black students in reading, though the within-Fort Worth contrast was not statistically significant — related
- Fort Worth charter school Hispanic students significantly outgrew Fort Worth district school Hispanic students in reading growth — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Fort Worth charter school ELL students significantly outgrew district-school ELL students in reading growth — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Fort Worth charter school students in poverty significantly outgrew district-school students in poverty in reading growth — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Fort Worth charter school male students significantly outgrew district-school male students in reading, while female students showed no significant sector difference — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Fort Worth CMO-affiliated charter schools significantly outperformed independent charter schools in reading growth, while independent charters lagged the state — related
- Austin charter students in poverty outperformed Austin district students in poverty in reading, with a non-significant math advantage — related
- Newark charter school students outgrew similar Newark district school students in reading but not significantly in math in 2018-19 — related
- Fort Worth students overall made significantly less reading growth than the state average in 2018-19, with a smaller non-significant math gap — related
- Austin charter ELL students outperformed Austin district ELL students in reading growth — related
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fort-worth-charter-beats-district-reading-growth |
title |
Fort Worth charter school students outgrew Fort Worth district school students in reading by a significant 38 days, with a non-significant 26-day math advantage |
description |
Fort Worth charter school students outgrew Fort Worth district school students in reading by a significant 38 days, with a non-significant 26-day math advantage |
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review |
evidence_strength |
moderate |
newest_evidence |
2022 |
recheck_by |
2025 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
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unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content |
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1 — city-study-2022-fort-worth-2022 |
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