Measuring school performance using cost functions

Measuring School Performance & Efficiency: Implications for Practice and Research

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 67-91

  Schwartz, Amy Ellen ^a   Stiefel, Leanna ^b   Bel Hadj Amor, Hella ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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