Reexamining middle school effects: A comparison of middle grades students in middle schools and K-8 schools

American Journal of Education

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-272

  Weiss, Christopher C ^a,b   Kipnes, Lindsay ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b Dialectic Capital Management LLC   (United States)

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EID: 33244482485     PISSN: 01956744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498996     Document Type: Review

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