Strategic responses to school accountability measures: It's all in the timing

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-68

  Sims, David P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education economics; Human capital

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ACCOUNTABILITY; EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 38949107273     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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