How Accountability Pressure on Failing Schools Affects Student Achievement

Hanley Chiang

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Abstract: Although the threat of sanctions on low-performing schools can raise student test scores in the short run, the extent to which these test score improvements are due to schools' manipulation of the accountability system has remained uncertain.

Keywords: School Accountability; Sanction Threats; Low-Performing Schools; School Expenditures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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