Ludger Woessmann, Professor of Economics and Director, ifo Center for the Economics of Education, University of Munich, Germany, Elke Luedemann, KfW, Germany, Gabriela Schuetz, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Germany and Martin R. West, Harvard Graduate School of Education, US

• Contents: 1. Introduction: School Reforms around the World 2. Institutions and Student Achievement: A Basic Model 3. Accountability 4. Autonomy 5. Choice 6. Non-Cognitive Skills 7. Equity 8. Lessons Learned References Index

'. . . the book is a valuable contribution to the literature by thoroughly analyzing the PISA 2003. Its analysis will be very important to future students and researchers as more international data sets become available to researchers.'

Ludger Woessmann, Professor of Economics and Director, ifo Center for the Economics of Education, University of Munich, Germany, Elke Luedemann, KfW, Germany, Gabriela Schuetz, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Germany and Martin R. West, Harvard Graduate School of Education, US

• Contents: 1. Introduction: School Reforms around the World 2. Institutions and Student Achievement: A Basic Model 3. Accountability 4. Autonomy 5. Choice 6. Non-Cognitive Skills 7. Equity 8. Lessons Learned References Index

'. . . the book is a valuable contribution to the literature by thoroughly analyzing the PISA 2003. Its analysis will be very important to future students and researchers as more international data sets become available to researchers.'

Ludger Woessmann, Professor of Economics and Director, ifo Center for the Economics of Education, University of Munich, Germany, Elke Luedemann, KfW, Germany, Gabriela Schuetz, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Germany and Martin R. West, Harvard Graduate School of Education, US

• Contents: 1. Introduction: School Reforms around the World 2. Institutions and Student Achievement: A Basic Model 3. Accountability 4. Autonomy 5. Choice 6. Non-Cognitive Skills 7. Equity 8. Lessons Learned References Index

'. . . the book is a valuable contribution to the literature by thoroughly analyzing the PISA 2003. Its analysis will be very important to future students and researchers as more international data sets become available to researchers.'