Methods of assessing achievement of students in charter schools

Charter School Outcomes

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 7-38

  Hoxby, Caroline ^a   Murarka, Sonali ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 85075278606     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315095806-2     Document Type: Chapter

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