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Quality of Schooling in Rural Areas*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Jerry G. West  and
Donald D. Osburn
Jerry G. West
Affiliation:
University of Missouri
Donald D. Osburn
Affiliation:
University of Missouri
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Extract

The report of the President's Commission on Rural Poverty stressed the need for improvement in rural schools. Numerous studies have pointed to this need for improvement and have identified ways in which rural schools are inferior to urban schools. The current stress on rural development and improved infrastructure in rural areas further supports the importance of this topic. But what is a good measure of quality when schooling is being considered?

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Research Article
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , July 1972 , pp. 85 - 87
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1972

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Footnotes

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Missouri Agr. Exp. Sta. Journal Series No. 6299

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