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Differential Regulation: Clever Customization Or Unequal Interference?

Rutgers University

When New Jersey passed the Quality Education Act to equalize expenditures between rich and poor school districts, it increased regulatory oversight of its 30 poorest districts. This article describes that oversight system and the additional burdens it created for those districts. It also explores the political context that contributed to new regulation and the past abuses that it was expected to correct. The article concludes that the new system was moderately effective in improving the performance of those districts. However, it questions the use of an input criterion rather than performance for determining which districts should undergo oversight.

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Vol. 17, No. 1, 97-112 (1995)
DOI: 10.3102/01623737017001097


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