Life After Vouchers: What Happens to Students Who Leave Private Schools for the Traditional Public Sector?

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-199

  Carlson, Deven ^a   Cowen, Joshua M ^b   Fleming, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attrition; program evaluation; school vouchers; student achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876954627     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373712461852     Document Type: Article

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