Evaluating performance in Chicago public high schools in the wake of decentralization

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-14

  Grosskopf, Shawna ^a   Moutray, Chad ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicago; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Education performance; Educational finance; Efficiency; Productivity; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATION REFORM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034525729     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(99)00065-5     Document Type: Article

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