The effect of charter schools on traditional public school students in Texas: Are children who stay behind left behind?

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-145

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

^a Mathematica Policy Institute Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44249126489     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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