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Improving educational quality: how best to evaluate our schools

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  • Eric A. Hanushek
  • Margaret E. Raymond

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This paper considers some of the basic features of school accountability systems and assesses both the incentives for change that are imbedded in these systems and the existing evidence we have about behavior under different systems.

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  • Eric A. Hanushek & Margaret E. Raymond, 2002. "Improving educational quality: how best to evaluate our schools," Conference Series ; [Proceedings], Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, vol. 47(Jun), pages 193-247.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedbcp:y:2002:i:jun:p:193-247:n:47
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