Accountability and flexibility in public schools: Evidence from boston's charters and pilots

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 699-748

  Abdulkadiroǧlu, Atila ^a   Angrist, Joshua D ^b   Dynarski, Susan M ^c   Kane, Thomas J ^d   Pathak, Parag A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ACCOUNTABILITY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STUDENT;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051652924     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjr017     Document Type: Article

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