claim: "in connecticut and new york, students at achievement first schools consistently outperform city and statewide averages."
author: angel taveras
evidence_1: sep 17, 2018 ... the students in three new haven charter elementary schools continue ...  achievement first is 18.3 and 7.1 points ahead on the average growth ...
evidence_2: "in connecticut and new york, students at achievement first schools consistently  outperform city and statewide averages." — politifact rhode island on sunday ...
evidence_3: may 20, 2010 ... american education is, as always, in a state of crisis. ... charter operators in new  york city, including achievement first, knowledge ... last year charter-school  students exceeded the new york city average by eight percentage points in  reading and seven in math, and outperformed students from their own ...
evidence_4: oct 1, 2015 ... achievement first operates a growing network of public charter schools in  bridgeport, ...... currently, the af student population (average across all schools)  is ..... consistent across the vast majority of schools in new york state due to ....  subjects, af's minority students outperformed connecticut's minority ...
evidence_5: the nation's first charter school opened in st. paul, minnesota, in 1992. ... first, is  expanding to meet rippling public demand in new york, connecticut, and rhode  island. ... of all students in new york city, and 65 percent of all students statewide . ... outperform the average score on california's statewide achievement exams, ...