The long-term effects of small classes in early grades: Lasting benefits in mathematics achievement at grade 9

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 245-257

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

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Class size; Long term effects; Longitudinal study; Randomized experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035285632     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220970109599487     Document Type: Article

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