Quality of Schooling in Rural Areas*

Jerry G. West and Donald D. Osburn

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1972, vol. 4, issue 1, 85-87

Abstract: The report of the President's Commission on Rural Poverty stressed the need for improvement in rural schools. Numerous studies have pointed to this need for improvement and have identified ways in which rural schools are inferior to urban schools. The current stress on rural development and improved infrastructure in rural areas further supports the importance of this topic. But what is a good measure of quality when schooling is being considered?

Date: 1972
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