Claim: "In Connecticut and New York, students at Achievement First schools consistently outperform city and statewide averages."
Fact-check: Providence Mayor Angel Taveras says that Achievement First charter schools in Connecticut and New York outperform city and state averages on standardized tests
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Alex Kuffner
Date published: 2012-01-15T00:00:00