The effects of small classes on academic achievement: The results of the Tennessee class size experiment

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-151

  Nye, Barbara ^a   Hedges, Larry V ^b   Konstantopoulos, Spyros ^c  

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0034343394     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312037001123     Document Type: Article

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