states that charter schools increase racial segregation. A UCLA report points out that most charter schools are located in African-American neighborhoods. However, a recent statistical analysis of racial segregation and performance outcomes in U.S. charter schools notes that studies on race and charter schools often incorrectly confound the inter-dependent variables of race and family income (poverty). Moreover, the authors conclude: "charter schools with a strong academic focus and "no-excuses" philosophy that serve poor black students in urban areas stand as contradictions to the general association between school-level poverty and academic achievement. These very high-poverty, high-minority schools produce achievement gains that are substantially greater than the traditional public schools in the same catchment areas." This study concludes that "charter schools are also, on average, more racially segregated than traditional public schools," and state "reducing school segregation and improving the quality of schools serving minority students are both important goals, but they are not the same". Selective admission Although charter schools are not allowed to engage in selective admissions tests and are required to use random selection, some charter schools are allowed to interview students or parents, evaluate student records or require an admissions test. This is similar to other selective admission public schools such as Magnet Schools, career and professional academies, or IB programs. See also Education in the United States Federal Charter school program Charter School Growth Fund Waiting for Superman The Lottery References Bibliography Further reading 9 Billionaires Are About to Remake New York’s Public Schools – Here’s Their Story (March 2015). "A Nation investigation reveals how a group of hedge funders are about to get exactly what they paid for." Charter schools making big profits for private companies (Aug. 2014), WTSP Television Study of charter school effectiveness (Oct. 2013), The Boston Foundation Buckley, Jack and Schneider, Mark. Charter Schools: Hope or Hype? (Princeton, PUP, 2007). Perez, Shivaun, "Assessing Service Learning Using Pragmatic Principles of Education: A Texas Charter School Case Study" (2000). Applied Research Projects, Texas State University. Paper 76. Silverman, Robert Mark. 2012. "The Nonprofitization of Public Education: Implications of Requiring Charter Schools to be Nonprofits in New York." Nonprofit Policy Forum 3(1). Silverman, Robert Mark. 2013. "Making Waves or Treading Water?: An Analysis of Charter Schools in New York State." Urban Education, 48(2): 257–88. The original Wikipedia article listed here is based on the text at this public domain site. External links The Birth and Life