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At the Neighborhood House Charter School in Dorchester, eighth-grade teacher Emily Pratt spoke with student Alyssa King during a class last week.
At the Neighborhood House Charter School in Dorchester, eighth-grade teacher Emily Pratt spoke with student Alyssa King during a class last week. (Globe Staff Photo / David L. Ryan) Globe Staff Photo / David L. Ryan
History teacher Harold Francis at Boston Collegiate Charter School.
Neighborhood House student Charlene Fernandes as she read a book.

Charter students score well on tests

But foes cite ESL, special-ed ratios

By Maria Sacchetti
Globe Staff / January 9, 2005

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Students in charter schools in the state's largest and most troubled school systems score higher than students in regular public schools on the vast majority of standardized math and English tests, a Globe review has found. (Full article: 1419 words)

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