The effects of competition between schools on educational outcomes: A review for the United States

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 279-341

  Belfield, Clive R ^a   Levin, Henry M ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Markets; School choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036625226     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00346543072002279     Document Type: Article

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