| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 279 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Advances in applied microeconomics,
0278-0984 ;
v. 14
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Advances in applied microeconomics ; v. 14.
0278-0984
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Editors' Introduction; Tinkering Toward Accolades: School Gaming under a Performance Accountability System; Accountability, Ability and Disability: Gaming the System?; Do Good High Schools Produce Good College Students? Early Evidence from New York City; Efficiency and Performance in Texas Public Schools; An Examination of Student Achievement in Michigan Charter Schools; Does School Choice Increase School Quality? Evidence from North Carolina Charter Schools. |
| Summary |
This volume brings together ten papers by outstanding researchers who tackle important economic issues surrounding school accountability reforms. The existing state of K-12 public education in the United States is perceived as unacceptable by a large number and wide variety of critics. How to improve upon this state is the subject of much disagreement. The public discussion is heated, and even the academic debate is often sharp. One common thread of argument stresses the need to increase accountability as a strategy for improving public school quality. There are two broad mechanisms for i. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Educational accountability -- United States.
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Educational accountability. |
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United States. |
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Public schools -- United States.
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Public schools. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Gronberg, Timothy J.
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Jansen, Dennis W.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Improving school accountability. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, ©2006 076231351X 9780762313518 (OCoLC)70230180 |
| ISBN |
9780080475738 (electronic book) |
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0080475736 (electronic book) |
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1849504466 |
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9781849504461 |
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076231351X (hardback) |
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9780762313518 (hardback) |
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