Are rural schools inferior to urban schools? A multilevel analysis of school accountability trends in Kentucky

Rural Sociology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 360-386

  Reeves, Edward B ^a   Bylund, Robert A ^a  

^a MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847247921     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/0036011054831215     Document Type: Article

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