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A Critique of the Report by Irv Garfinkel and Edward M. Gramlich entitled "A Statistical Analysis of the OEO Experiment in Performance Contracting."
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O'Connor, Edward; Klein, Stephen – 1973
This paper shows that Garfinkel and Gramlich's conclusion about the average performance of the contractors is not supported by the data. The discussion focuses on three issues: (1) The study was conducted in such a way that performance contracting schools and the comparison schools were generally not comparable in terms of initial achievement,…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods