Paying for better test scores

Education Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329-339

  Eisenkopf, Gerald ^a  

^a University of Konstanz and Thurgau Institute of Economics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education; Educational tests; Incentives; School accountability; TIMSS

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INCENTIVE; STUDENT; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 80052600660     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290903546330     Document Type: Article

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