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Improving school accountability : check-ups or choice /
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 improv...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Oxford :
Elsevier JAI,
©2006.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Advances in applied microeconomics ;
v. 14. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 279 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780080475738 0080475736 1849504466 9781849504461 076231351X 9780762313518 |
| ISSN: | 0278-0984 ; |