Creaming versus cropping: Charter school enrollment practices in response to market incentives

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-158

  Lacireno Paquet, Natalie ^a   Holyoke, Thomas T ^a   Moser, Michele ^a   Henig, Jeffrey R ^a  

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Author keywords

Charter schools; Cream skimming; Disadvantaged students; Educational management organizations (EMOs); School choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036623124     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/01623737024002145     Document Type: Article

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