How schools and students respond to school improvement programs: The case of Brazil's PDE

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-38

  Carnoy, Martin ^a   Gove, Amber K ^b   Loeb, Susanna ^a   Marshall, Jeffery H ^c   Socias, Miguel ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c American Institutes for Research ^*  (United States)

^d AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Efficiency; Input output analysis; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION REFORM; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TEACHER TRAINING;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38949156775     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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