This book is an investigation of some of the policy issues related to the government's role in the reform of primary and secondary education in the United States.

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