Some findings from an independent investigation of the Tennessee STAR experiment and from other investigations of class size effects

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-163

  Hanushek, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 0033457658     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/01623737021002143     Document Type: Article

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