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Education Week. (1999). Quality counts '99. Washington, DC: Editorial Projects in Education.

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Hassel, B. C. (1997). Balancing acts: What charter schools teach us about government-nonprofit contracting. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 26, 442-465.

Hassel, B. C. (1998). The case for charter schools. In P. E. Peterson & B. C. Hassel (Eds.), Learning from school choice (pp. 33-51). Washington, DC: Brookings.

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Hill, P. T. , Pierce, L. C. , Lake, R. , & Herdman P. (1998). Charter schools: Accountability for results. Annual Report Draft, 30 September. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.

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Manno, B. V. , Finn, C.E., Jr. , Bierlein L.A. , & Vanourek G. (1998). How charter schools are different: Lessons and implications from a national study. Phi Delta Kappan 79(7), 489-498.

Manno, B.V. , Finn, C.E., Jr. , Bierlein L.A. , & Vanourek, G. (1997). Charter school accountability: problems and prospects. Charter Schools in Action Project, Final Report, Part IV. Hudson Institute.

Nathan, J. (1996). Charter schools: Creating hope and opportunity for American education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. (1999). Charter school fiscal and operational accountability. Handout presented to the National Charter Schools Conference, Denver, CO, March 14.

RPP International. (1999). The state of charter schools: Third-year report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.

Tucker, M. S. & Clark, C.S. (1999). The new accountability. The American School Board Journal 186(1), 26-29.

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