Test scores complicate the debate over expanding L.A. charter schools

The L.A. Times reports:

As the battle to greatly expand charter schools in Los Angeles begins, both sides are touting statistics they claim make their case.

Charter forces point to test scores showing that their students, on average, do better than those in L.A. Unified.

L.A. Unified officials put forward a different set of numbers. They argue that it's more accurate to compare charter schools not with the district as a whole but with magnet schools. In that match, magnets generally do better.

The struggles of government schools.