Value added and its uses: Where you stand depends on where you sit

Education Finance and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 418-434

  Corcoran, Sean ^a   Goldhaber, Dan ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84879927254     PISSN: 15573060     EISSN: 15573079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/EDFP_a_00104     Document Type: Review

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