The effect of class size on student achievement: Evidence from Bangladesh

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 217-221

  Asadullah, M Niaz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 16644390154     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350485042000323608     Document Type: Article

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