Do the disadvantaged benefit more from small classes? Evidence from the Tennessee class size experiment

American Journal of Education

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-26

  Nye, Barbara A ^a   Hedges, Larry V ^a   Konstantopoulos, Spyros ^a  

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EID: 0035218262     PISSN: 01956744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/444257     Document Type: Article

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