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Public school students took a new test this year, and compared to the rest of the state, it could be said that Miami-Dade’s kids aced it.

Tulane university shows that under the charter system, student achievement is up with 63% of students passing state assessment tests in 2013, a 30% increase since 2005. and graduation rates are up from 56% to 73%. >> can everybody do that? >> reporter: initially charter schools were able to recruit the most desirable students. now parents can rank their school choices and go through a centralized lottery process. >> we have no influence over who attends at all. >> reporter: parents say when a spot unexpectedly opens up at a good school, they run. >> when we got in, there were two spots left. a...

The state of louisiana seized more than 100 schools, fired about 7500 teachers, and turned the buildings over to independent school operators or charters. >> there was a narrative created that somehow everything and everyone here was broken. >> reporter: some community leaders say the experiment has destroyed community schooling and has disproportionately benefitted whites over blacks. >> this brand of reform that has been employed in new orleans and touted across the nation as some kind of miracle is simply not working. >> reporter: a study by tulane university shows under the charter school ...

About 7,500 teachers, and turned the buildings over to independent school operators or charters. >> there was a narrative that was created that somehow everything and everyone here was broken. >> reporter: but some community leaders say this experiment has destroyed community schooling and has disproportionately benefited whites over blacks. >> this brand of reform that has been employed in new orleans and then touted across the nation as some kind of miracle is simply not working. >> reporter: but a study by tulane university shows under the charter school system, student achievement is up. w...

Destroyed community schooling. and has disproportionately benefited whites over blacks. >> this brand of reforeign minist minister -- reform, employed in new orleans and touted across the nation as some kind of miracle is simply not working. >> reporter: a study by tulane university shows under the charter school system, student achievement is up. with 63% of students passing state assessment tests in 2014. up 30% increase since 2 # 85. and graduation rates are up from 56% to 73%. >> hey, everybody. get out your calendar. >> initially charter schools were able toy you the the most desirable st...