Chapter 1: Introduction
PART I: Performance-Based Incentive Programs
Chapter 2: Recognizing and Rewarding Success in Public Schools
Chapter 3: The New Accountability in State Education Reform: From Process to Performance
Chapter 4: Standards-Based School Reform: Policy, Practice, and Performance
Comments on Chapters Two, Three and Four
PART II: Choice and Performance
Chapter 5: School Choice and Student Performance
Chapter 6: The Effects of Private School Vouchers on Schools and Students
Comments on Chapters Five and Six
PART III: Allocation of Funds
Chapter 7: The Allocation of Resources to Special Education and Regular Instruction
Comments on Chapter Seven
Part IV: Costs of Achieving High Performance
Chapter 8: How and Why Money Matters: An Analysis of Alabama Schools
Chapter 9: Economics of School Reform: Three Promising Models
Chapter 10: Alternative Approaches to Measuring the Cost of Education
Comments on Chapters Eight, Nine, and Ten
Conference Participants
Index
Tables
Figures
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