Corrigendum for Table 4 of "Teaching to the rating: School accountability and the distribution of student achievement" [Journal of Public Economics 92 (2008) 1394-1415] (DOI:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.05.003);Teaching to the rating: School accountability and the distribution of student achievement

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1394-1415

  Reback, Randall ^a  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributional effects; Incentives; No child left behind; Performance measures; School accountability; School ratings; Test scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849120760     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.08.002     Document Type: Erratum

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