Class composition and student achievement in elementary schools

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 207-233

  Burns, Robert B ^a   Mason, Dewayne A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b John F Kennedy Elementary School Riverside Unified School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Class formation procedures; Combination classes; Composition effects; Context effects; Hierarchical linear modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036012081     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312039001207     Document Type: Article

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