The impact of charter school attendance on student performance

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 849-876

  Booker, Kevin ^a   Gilpatric, Scott M ^b   Gronberg, Timothy ^a   Jansen, Dennis ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter schools; School choice; Student mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947103050     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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