The Brown Center Report on American Education enters its fourth year of publication with the 2003 Report. The first section uses the latest and best available evidence to evaluate student achievement in America's schools.

The Brown Center Report on American Education enters its fourth year of publication with the 2003 Report. The first section uses the latest and best available evidence to evaluate student achievement in America's schools. The second section investigates the characteristic of rural schools and examines their academic performance. The third section of the report presents a follow-up to the 2002 study of charter schools, and breaks out an analysis of state test results for "conversion" charters and those charters run by education management operatiors.