Feeling the florida heat? How low-performing schools respond to voucher and accountabilitypressure

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 251-281

  Rouse, Cecilia Elena ^a   Hannaway, Jane ^b   Goldhaber, Dan ^c   Figlio, David ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84878997399     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.5.2.251     Document Type: Article

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