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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456098303321

Titolo

Improving America's schools [[electronic resource] ] : the role of incentives / / edited by Eric A. Hanushek and Dale W. Jorgenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1996

ISBN

1-282-08127-6

9786612081279

0-309-52197-1

0-585-02095-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HanushekEric A <1943-> (Eric Alan)

JorgensonDale W <1933-> (Dale Weldeau)

Disciplina

371.2/00973

Soggetti

School management and organization - United States

Educational change - United States

School improvement programs - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""CHAPTER 1 Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 2 Research-Based School Reform: The Clinton Administration�s Agenda""; ""CHAPTER 3 Outcomes, Costs, and Incentives in Schools1""; ""CHAPTER 4 Changes in the Structure of Wages1""; ""CHAPTER 5 The Effects of School-Based Management Plans""; ""CHAPTER 6 Management Decentralization and Performance-Based Incentives: Theoretical Consideration for Schools""; ""CHAPTER 7 Signaling, Incentives, and School Organization in France, the Netherlands, Britain, and the United States""

""CHAPTER 8 Public School Partnerships: Community, Family, and School Factors in Determining Child Outcomes1""""CHAPTER 9 Using Student Assessments for Educational Accountability1""; ""CHAPTER 10 Value-Added Indicators of School Performance*""; ""CHAPTER 11 Economics of School Reform for At-Risk Students1""; ""CHAPTER 12 Staffing the Nation�s Schools with Skilled Teachers1""; ""Index""