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Rhode Island’s Need: Rhode Island’s K–12 students face persistent achievement challenges. Only about 31%
are proficient in math and 34% in English/language arts on recent state assessments, and parental should be a
powerful part of any plan for improvement. According to Stanford University’s Center for Research on
Education Outcomes, 55% of Rhode Island’s charter schools outperform comparable district schools in reading,
while 41% are equivalent. The RI Center for Freedom and Prosperity has found that students at relatively low-
cost private religious schools in Rhode Island outperformed their public-school peers substantially on the
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT).