How should we measure the effect of ability grouping on student performance?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-20

  Rees, D I ^a   Brewer, D J ^b   Argys, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Efficiency; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039330869     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-7757(98)00050-8     Document Type: Article

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