Differences in Reading Performance Between Elementary Charter Schools and Traditional Public Schools: A Texas Statewide, Multiyear Investigation

The purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to determine the degree to which differences were present in the reading achievement of Grade 3 students between charter elementary schools and traditional elementary schools. In the first journal article, the extent to which the reading achievement of Grade 3 students differed between charter elementary schools and traditional elementary schools was addressed. In the second study, the degree to which differences existed between charter elementary schools and traditional elementary schools in the reading achievement of their Grade 3 students who were in poverty was determined. Finally, in the third article, the extent to which differences were present between charter elementary schools and traditional elementary schools in the reading achievement of their Grade 3 Black students was ascertained.