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Unintended consequences of school accountability policies: evidence from Florida and implications for New York
Chakrabarti, Rajashri; Schwartz, Noah (2013-05)
Over the past two decades, state and federal education policies have tried to hold schools more accountable for educating students by tying rewards and sanctions to test scores and other measurable outcomes. A common criticism of these policies is that they may induce schools to ?game the system? along with?or instead of?making genuine educational improvements. One such strategic response may be to classify low-performing students into categories that are excluded from grade computation in an effort to artificially inflate scores. This article analyzes school responses to an influential ...
Economic Policy Review , Volume 19 , Issue May , Pages 19-44

Report
Housing demand and community choice: an empirical analysis
Rapaport, Carol (1996)
Housing demand reflects the household's simultaneous choice of neighborhood, whether to own or rent the dwelling, and the quantity of housing services demanded. Existing literature emphasizes the final two factors, but overlooks the choice of community. This paper develops an econometric model that incorporates all three components, and then estimates this model using a sample of households in Tampa, Florida. Incorporating community choice increases the price elasticity of demand and reduces the differential between white and comparable nonwhite households. The results are robust to the ...
Staff Reports , Paper 16

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Weaver expects entrepreneurs to lead economic development in Florida
anonymous (1993-10)
Financial Update , Issue Oct , Pages 5-6

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Florida's pace to slow but remain strong
anonymous (1996-10)
Regional Update , Issue Oct , Pages 8-10

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Services and construction to buoy Florida in 1995
anonymous (1994-10)
Regional Update , Issue Oct , Pages 7-9

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Florida likely to post moderate growth in 1994
anonymous (1993-10)
Regional Update , Issue Oct , Pages 7-9

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After lagging early in the recovery, Florida likely to outpace nation in '93
anonymous (1992-10)
Regional Update , Issue Oct , Pages 10-13

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Florida continues to drive southeast economy
anonymous (1997-10)
Regional Update , Issue Oct , Pages 8-10

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Florida and Georgia find jackpots with lotteries
anonymous (1996-04)
Regional Update , Issue Apr , Pages 1, 3-7

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South Florida MSAs much more than just retirement havens
Kottman, Stacy; Conaway, Melissa (1992-04)
Regional Update , Issue Apr , Pages 10-12