Left behind by design: Proficiency counts and test-based accountability

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-283

  Neal, Derek ^a   Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 77955128624     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.2010.12318     Document Type: Article

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