The political and institutional origins of a randomized controlled trial on elementary school class size: Tennessee's Project STAR

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-125

  Ritter, Gary W ^a   Boruch, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0033421561     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/01623737021002111     Document Type: Article

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