In this thought-provoking volume, scholars offer evidence, insights, and ideas on key policy questions affecting education—such as national exams, accountability, performance, and other vital issues, while detailing the importance of education to both the individual and society as a whole.

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• Director’s Foreword (0817928928_vii.pdf ~20 KB)
• Foreword (0817928928_ix.pdf ~31 KB)
• Introduction (0817928928_xvii.pdf ~58 KB)
• The Age of Human Capital (0817928928_3.pdf ~26 KB)
• Education as a Determinant of Economic Growth (0817928928_9.pdf ~69 KB)
• The Value of Education: Evidence from Around the Globe (0817928928_25.pdf ~59 KB)
• Redistributional Consequences of Educational Reform (0817928928_41.pdf ~89 KB)
• The Education of Minority Children (0817928928_79.pdf ~44 KB)
• Educating Black Students (0817928928_93.pdf ~33 KB)
• Delivering Education (0817928928_105.pdf ~104 KB)
• Competing Visions of the Child, the Family, and the School (0817928928_147.pdf ~81 KB)
• Contributors (0817928928_179.pdf ~27 KB)
• Index (0817928928_185.pdf ~39 KB)