Does Government Need to be Involved in Primary and Secondary Education: Evaluating Policy Options Using Market Role Assessment: Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy

1. An Introduction to Market Role Assessment 2. Market Role Assessment: Economic Goods and Market Roles 3. The Regulator: Who makes and enforces te rules? 4. The Administrator: Who is responsible for day to day operations? 5. The Distributor/Allocator: Who is responsible for allocating access to education and assuring its delivery to students? 6. The Producer: Who is responsible for producing the education? 7. The Auditor: Who provides quality control for the system? 8. The Finanacier: Who pays the bills and how? 9. The Entrepreneur: Who is the source of innovation? Who bears the risk of innovation? 10. Common Ground: An evaluation of Government's Role in Primary ad Secondary Education 11. School Finance Reform in Practice: What can we learn from recent experience? 12. Regulatory and other Non-financial School Reforms: Has a Change in Government's role been for the better? 13. School Reform for the 21st Century: Can we find the path to Success? Epilogue: School Reform and the Twenty-First Century Public Administrator