Let No Child be Left Behind: Determining the cost of improving student performance

Public Finance Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-290

  Reschovsky, Andrew ^a   Imazeki, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adequacy; Cost functions; School finance; School funding formulas; State education aid; Texas education finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037657857     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142103031003003     Document Type: Article

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