The Dallas school accountability and incentive program: An evaluation of its impacts on student outcomes

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-16

  Ladd, Helen F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Education policy; Evolution; School reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037887677     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-7757(97)00044-7     Document Type: Article

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