School choice and school improvement / edited by Mark Berends, Marisa Cannata, and Ellen B. Goldring.

Other author Berends, Mark, 1962-
Other author Cannata, Marisa.
Other author Goldring, Ellen B. (Ellen Borish), 1957-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, ©2011.
Descriptionvi, 311 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents School choice debates, research, and context : toward systematic understanding and better educational policy / Mark Berends, Marisa Cannata, and Ellen B. Goldring -- School vouchers in the nation's capital : summary of experimental impacts / Patrick J. Wolf ... [et al.] -- Charter school effects in Indianapolis : an analysis of student achievement gains / Anna Nicotera, Maria Mendiburo, and Mark Berends -- Eighth graders and compliance : social capital and school sector impacts on the noncognitive skills of early adolescents / Paul E. Peterson and Martina G. Viarengo -- Does intradistrict transfer make the grade? : a case study of the effects of school choice on achievement / Kristie J.R. Phillips, Charles S. Hausman, and Elisabeth S. Larsen -- Do parents do as they say? : choosing Indianapolis charter schools / Marc L. Stein, Ellen B. Goldring, and Xiu Cravens -- Barriers to access : high school choice processes and outcomes in Chicago / W. David Stevens, Marisa de la Torre, and David W. Johnson -- Communication breakdown : informing immigrant families about high school choice in New York City / Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj -- How do principals respond to charter school competition? : understanding the mechanisms of the competitive effects of choice / Marisa Cannata -- Shaking up public schools with competition : are they changing the way they spend money? / David Arsen and Yongmei Ni -- Charter schools : do they cream skim, increasing student segregation? / Ron Zimmer ... [et al.] -- Does parental choice foster segregated schools? : insights from the Netherlands / Helen F. Ladd, Edward B. Fiske, and Nienke Ruijs.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-293) and index.
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Joyner General Stacks LB1027.9 .S34 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold