Does money matter in Pennsylvania school district spending and student proficiency since no child left behind

Eastern Economic Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-171

  Flaherty, Sean ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

educational spending; proficiency tests; student achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875203877     PISSN: 00945056     EISSN: 19394632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/eej.2012.7     Document Type: Article

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