Includes bibliographies and index.

Recognizing and rewarding success in public schools / Charles T. Clotfelter and Helen F. Ladd -- The new accountability in state education reform : from process to performance / Richard F. Elmore, Charles H. Abelmann, and Susan H. Fuhrman -- Standards-based school reform : policy, practice, and performance / David K. Cohen -- Comments on chapters two, three, and four / Eric A. Hanushek and Robert H. Meyer -- School choice and student performance / John F. Witte -- The effects of private school vouchers on schools and students / Caroline Minter Hoxby -- Comments on chapters five and six / Thomas J. Kane -- The allocation of resources to special education and regular instruction / Hamilton Lankford and James Wyckoff -- Comments on chapter seven / Jane Hannaway -- How and why money matters : an analysis of Alabama schools / Ronald F. Ferguson and Helen F. Ladd -- Economics of school reform : three promising models / W. Steven Barnett -- Alternative approaches to measuring the cost of education / William Duncombe, John Ruggiero, and John Yinger -- Comments on chapters eight, nine, and ten / William H. Clune and Richard J. Murnane.