Selected Bibliography
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      Ahearn, E., Lange, C., Rhim, L. M., & McLaughlin, M. J. (2001). Project SEARCH: Special education as requirements in charter schools. Final report of a research study. Alexandria, VA: National Association of State Directors of Special Education. (online: www.nasdse.org/project_search_doc2.pdf).

      Bulkley, K., & Fisler, J., (2002, June). A review of research on charter schools. CPRE Web Paper Service. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved June 22, 2002 from http://www.cpre.org.

      Bulkley, K. (1999). Charter school authorizers: A new governance mechanism? Educational Policy, 13(5), 674-697.

      Colorado Department of Education. (2000). 1998-1999 Colorado charter schools evaluation study: The characteristics, status and performance record of Colorado charter schools. Retrieved September 2, 2001 from: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdechart/charsurv.htm

      Finn, C. E., Manno, B. V., & Vanourek, G. (2000). Charter schools in action: Renewing public education. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Press.

      Fiore, T. A., Harwell, L. A., Blackorby, J., & Finnegan, L. A. (2000). Charter schools and students with disabilities: A national study. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Education Research and Improvement.

      Fiore, T. A., Warren, S. H., & Cashman, (1998). Charter schools and students with disabilities: Review of existing data. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement.

      General Accounting Office. (1995). Charter schools: New models for public schools provided opportunities and challenges. Washington, D.C.: U.S. General Accounting Office.

      Gill, B.P., Timpane, P. M., Ross, K. E., & Brewer, D. J. (2001). Rhetoric versus reality: What we know and what we need to know about vouchers and charter schools. Santa Monica, CA: RAND.

      Giovanetti, E., Ahearn, E., & Lange, C. (2001). Charter schools and the education of children with disabilities. St. Paul, Minnesota: Charter Friends National Network: Special Education Working
Group.

      Goldhaber, D. D. (1999). School choice: An examination of the empirical evidence on achievement, parental decision making, and equity. Educational Researcher, 28(9), 16-25.

      Green, Preston C. and Mead, Julie F. (2004). Charter Schools and the Law: Chartering New Legal Relationships. Christopher-Gordon Publishers, Inc., Norwood, Massachusetts.

      Guarino, C., & Chau, D., (2003) Special education in charter and conventional public schools. In R. Zimmer, R. Buddin, D. Chau, G. Daley, D. Guarino, L. Hamilton, C. Krop, D. McCaffrey, M. Sandler, & D. Brewer (Eds.), (2003). (pp.161-173). Charter school operations and performance: Evidence from California. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Education.

      Hannaway, J. (1999, November). Contracting as a mechanism for managing education services. University of Pennsylvania: Center for Policy Research in Education.

      Hassel, B. C. (1999). The charter school challenge: Avoiding the pitfalls, fulfilling the promise. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.

      Henig, J. R., Moser, M., Holyoke, T. T., & Lacireno-Paquet. (1999). Making a choice, making a difference: An evaluation of charter schools in the District of Columbia. Washington, DC: Center for Washington Area Studies, The George Washington University.

      Heubert, J. P. (1997). Schools without rules? Charter schools, federal disability law, and the paradoxes of deregulation. Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 32, 301-353.

      Hill, P. Lake, R., Celio, M. B., Campbell, C., Herdman, P., & Bulkley, K. (2001). A study of charter school accountability. Washington, DC: Office of Educational Research and Improvement.

      Horn, J., & Miron, G. (2000, July). An evaluation of the Michigan charter school initiative: Performance, accountability, and impact. The Evaluation Center: Western Michigan University.

      Lange, C. (1997, March). School choice, charter schools, and students with disabilities. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

      McKinney, J. R. (1996). Charter schools: A new barrier for children with disabilities. Education Leadership, 54(2), pp. 22-25.

      McLaughlin, M.J. & Henderson, K. (1998). Charter schools in Colorado and their response to the education of students with disabilities. The Journal of Special Education, 32(2) pp.99-107.

      Miron, G., & Nelson, C., (2002). What’s public about charter schools? Lessons learned about choice and accountability. Thousand Oakes, CA: Corwin Press, Inc.

      Nathan, J. (1996). Charter schools: Creating hope and opportunity for American education. SanFrancisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

      Nelson, B., Berman, P., Ericson, J., Kamprath, Nancy, Perry, R., Silverman, D., & Solomon, D. (2000). The state of charter schools: Fourth year report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Education Research and Improvement.

      O’Neill, P, T., Wenning, R. J., & Giovanetti, B. (2002). Serving Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools: Legal Obligations and Policy Options. Retrieved June 23, 2002 from http://www.naschools.org/uploadedfiles/Special%20Ed%20Charters%20Article%20 Reformatted.pdf

      Rhim, L. M., & McLaughlin, M. J. (2000). Balancing disparate visions: Charter schools and special education. Alexandria, VA: National Association of State Directors of Special Education.

      Rhim, L. M., & McLaughlin, M. J. (2001). Special education in American charter schools: State level policy, practices and tensions. Cambridge Journal of Education, 31(3). p. 373-383.

      Scheffel, D.L., Revak, M., & Houser, J. (2002). Special education services in Colorado charter schools: Surveying perceptions of charter school administrators and special education directors. Colorado Department of Education, Denver, CO.

      U.S. Department of Education. (2002). No child left behind: Public school choice (Draft Non-Regulatory Guidance). Washington, D.C.: Author. Retrieved July 30, 2003, from http://www.isbe.state.il.us/nclb/pdfs/schchoice.pdf

      Wells, A. S. (1998). Beyond the rhetoric of charter school reform: A study of ten California school district. Los Angelos: UCLA Charter School Study.