Charter school authorizers and student achievement

Education Finance and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-85

  Zimmer, Ron ^a   Gill, Brian ^b   Attridge, Jonathon ^a   Obenauf, Kaitlin ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84891716778     PISSN: 15573060     EISSN: 15573079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/EDFP_a_00120     Document Type: Article

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