The effects of ability grouping on student achievement and resource allocation in secondary schools

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-15

  Betts, Julian R ^a   Shkolnik, Jamie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Educational finance; Human capital; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002813040     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-7757(98)00044-2     Document Type: Article

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