What does CER stand for?

Saying test scores are "significant" leaves too much to interpretation, said Jeanne Allen, president of the nonprofit Center for Education Reform think tank.

Nationwide, 355 charter schools opened their doors for the first time this fall, with Arizona, California, and Florida having the most new charters, according to survey results from the Washington-based Center for Education Reform.

Jon Hussey of the Center for Education Reform says comparisons must look at achievement over time, mentioning work performed by Paul Hill, research professor at the University of Washington and a member of the Charter School Achievement Consensus Panel.

If Granada succeeds, ``I think it's going to be used as a model for the rest of the country,'' said Anna Varghese, director of external affairs for the Center for Education Reform, a Washington, D.

The Foundation continues to provide grants to the numerous non-profits working to divert public funds to private schools, including the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the Center for Education Reform, the Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute, the Evergreen Freedom Foundation, the Free Congress Foundation and the Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based libertarian think tank.

A study from the Center for Education Reform (CER), a nonprofit charter proponent, shows that 6 percent of the 1,207 charters around the country have a career education or school-to-work focus.

The Center for Education Reform (CER) also recognized MATCH Charter Public High School of Boston as a National Charter School of the Year in 2007, an honor given to only 53 charter schools across the US.

based Center for Education Reform, said states and individual school districts ultimately must change how they allocate funds, either allowing charters to use bonds and other public construction funds or give them more money to build their own facilities.