The devil's in the details: Evidence from the GED on large effects of small differences in high stakes exams

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-349

  Tyler, John H ^a   Murnane, Richard J ^b   Willett, John B ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; STANDARD (REGULATION);

EID: 2542586184     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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