Professional Educator - Opinion – League tables

Allen, R. (2006). How much school segregation is due to post-1988 school choice policies? Paper presented to British Educational Research Association Conference, 7 September.

Audit Office of New South Wales. (2008). Improving Literacy and Numeracy in NSW Public Schools. Sydney: Audit Office of NSW.

Bifulco, R. & Bulkley, K. (2008). Charter schools. In Ladd, H.F. & Fiske, E.B. (eds.). Handbook of Research on Education Finance and Policy. London: Routledge.

Burgess, S., McConnell, B., Propper, C. & Wilson, S. (2004). Sorting and Choice in English Secondary Schools. CMPO Working Paper Series No. 04/111, Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol.

Cullen, J., Jacob, B. & Levitt, S. (2006). The effect of school choice on student outcomes: Evidence from randomized lotteries. Econometrica. 74(5): 1191-1230.

Figlio, D. & Ladd, H. (2008). School accountability and student achievement. In Ladd, H.F. & Fiske, E.B. (eds.). Handbook of Research on Education Finance and Policy. London: Routledge.

Gibbons, S., Machin, S. & Silva, O. (2006). Competition, Choice and Pupil Achievement. Centre for the Economics of Education. London School of Economics.

Hastings, J.S., Kane, T. & Staiger, S. (2006). Parental Preferences and School Competition: Evidence from a Public School Choice Program. Working Paper No. 11805. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

Hastings, J.S., Kane, T. & Staiger, S. (2007). Preferences and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in a Public School Choice Lottery. Working Paper No. 12145. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

Hastings, J.S., Kane, T. & Staiger, S. (2008). Heterogeneous Preferences and the Efficacy of Public School Choice. Available at: http://aida.econ.yale.edu/~jh529/justine_hastings_research.htm

Ladd, H.F. & Fiske, E.B. (eds.) (2008). Handbook of Research on Education Finance and Policy. London: Routledge.

Lee, J. (2008). Is test-driven external Aaccountability effective? Review of Educational Research. 78(3): 608-644.

Levitt, S. (2007). More evidence on the (lack of) impact of school choice. New York Times, 4 October.

Rouse, C.E. & Barrow, L. (2008). School Vouchers and Student Achievement: Recent Evidence, Remaining Questions. Working Paper 2008-08. Chicago: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.